Must be crappy to be Hudds fan right now....

That could well be the case, although you can't always draw parallels between events and assume there's a link. Huddersfield's problems started after their defeat to Wigan but there isn't necessarily a connection there.

It probably can affect teams if it's announced their coach is leaving mid-season but it didn't affect Wigan when Maguire announced he would be going, so you can never really be certain unless someone from within the club sheds a bit of light on what has been going wrong.

I hope he does well. I always want Saints to be in the top 4.

He had to go following yesterdays post match comments - seems they have not been playing for him for quite a while now and i think they should of shown him the door as soon as he decided to join St.Helens.

Be interesting to see if he joins Saints immediatley, i think he could do with a break away.

I'm interested to see how Anderson gets on. I don't think I've ever heard him speak or get seriously animated, not that ranting makes you a good coach.... But its nice to see another englishmen given a chance

Not at all, quite uplifted by todays news, truth is Nathan Brown is a good, perhaps very good coach in terms of improving individual skills of players. He is also reputedly a nice fella. He is not a leader, he had similar player management issues at St George, so that is not a "Giants only" issue.

The truth is NB is a shortish term coach as far as his impact on teams go. His first couple of years at the Galpharm were generally positive, the last two have been very disappointing.

He fell out with Griffen, Raliegh and now O'Donnell. The Hodgson switch to Wire is rumoured to be down to differences with NB. All similar to his days at St George.

There is also a lot of spin on NB's comments about attacking structures, with only two real props on the books (3 if you count Patrick who is best more as an impact player than a grafter) playing a back (Kevin Brown) at 13 was an issue defensively. We regularly played with 3 hookers, sometimes 4.

You crushed our pack at the Galpharm and the rest of the league saw how to beat us. We simply had to pick another forward at 13 or we would have shipped 60+ to Wire, Cas put 52 past us!

I think NB will start like a house on fire at Saints and persist with the same tactics when sussed out by others, a close but no cigar season. Second season a bit of a drop, don't think he makes it to season 3.

He couldn't handle the St george dressing room or the Giants dressing room, how the hell will he handle the Saints squad? Remember they saw off their last coach.

So as a Giants fan I feel positive today, Nathan was good for a while but had long past his sell by date. Time to move on.

When Hodgson was being interviewed after the semi on Sunday, he made comment that hes still very good friends with Brown.

That's great

Have you conveniently forgot to give your opinion on the rest of the OPs post?

Good coach or not, he aint the most "stable" personality wise. Quite content to rip his side up in the media.

I based my post on fact and not idle gossip and hearsay. The fact the poster points out that Hodgson left because of brown is obviously wrong from Hodgson interview.

I won't comment on the rest of the post as its all based on idle gossip with no fact.

If you've got facts to back up the OP comments then I'm happy to pass my opinion on it.

Ok?

He would have gone after the defeat at Castleford when they had 50+ put past them surely if this last weekend had not been the semis.

No different to the last 25 for me

It was a matter of time really when this happened, he had to go in the end - the players had made it clear they wont be playing for him anymore.

Nice one, superb, thought it was only me who noticed it. Love the way he rambles on while looking at the floor, then when he’s done you think…..”What the **** was all that about?” Great stuff I love it!

Rock 'n' Roll.

Especially after you've just lost in a Semi Final.

Sorry my mistake. I'll get the hang of it after the euphoria has worn off. Bliss