If the coach has already signed the contract, before Carter has even spoken to all the candidates, then we are heading for disaster, no matter who it is.

I doubt very much that anyone as signed a contract and its been kept quiet can you imagine the boost naming the coach before the weekend unless its cummins

I would love JD but cant see it

This leads me to suspect one of two candidates. Probably JD as it gives him time to settle his affairs and fly over here. Then he can be present at the press conference.

Alternatively the idea of being "surprised" makes me wonder if Dave Woods is in the frame. At first I didn't like the idea and thought he needs some training sessions with Clugger. However after looking at his record he has been successful virtually everywhere he's been. The only thing is it was in lower leagues so I don't know how he'd manage at SL level.

That's the scary bit - in the past that's meant cheap or useless or both.

I'm bricking it, this is a truly important decision, if we get it wrong we kiss SL and probably the future goodbye.

Can I ask where you get your information from as I know for a fact there are still several people to be seen by the club about the coaches job.

You've probably heard what ive heard then ! Elvis is still alive and he's been taking his coaching badges

Wasn't he nick named the Grim Reaper in the past, based on the record number of times he lost Championship Grand Final?

He's currently Youth performance coach at Wigan I think.
The fact that he got to so many finals puts him above most people in that division. He lost out to Cas and Leigh I think.

There are a number of Coach's who haven't yet been interviewed so if we've already signed someone, even if it's Wayne Bennett or Craig Bellamy, we have acted unprofessionally.

Maybe Darryl Powell feels he has served his apprenticeship doing the coaching at the smaller club's in the WF postcode and is now ready for the step up to the biggest club.

Could be what MC is supposed to have said about it being a surprise choice!

Bloody he'll. Let's get stuck in to the club just at a time when we should be firmly behind any appointment of a new coach. Let's be honest any statement without a name means diddly. M C needs to get the next guy spot on and I'm sure that that will not have been done in such a short time scale. Two of the contenders have been involved in the bash so that would apparently rule out a speedy meeting. Any Australian applicants would want some solid legal documentation to look at before putting pen to paper.
I don't bet but I would be willing to have a quid or two on no contracts been signed just yet.

I am prepared to wait for the best candidate rather than rushing in and making quick fix that will come unstuck in the near future.

Having said all that. If we have got a big name with a brilliant reputation and excellent man management skills, who cares

Michael Monaghan was 10/1 earlyer now he's at 13/2 so looks like some money as been put on him and mc as said hopefully in next 4-5 days it will be revealed who the next coach will be.

Someone with less experience than Webster? Great player, great coach? Who would know.