Welcome aboard Chris Chester, local lad with SL experience, lets get behind him, the team and see how they go
Always liked John Kear, think he will do well in the role. Feel more positive after hearing this news today. Well done MC IMO. My glass is always half full but why not

Not my cup of tea given his record with much more money at Rovers but still beggers can't be chosers and with Kear coming on board in a roll that will suit him perfectly it's probably as good as we could have hoped for under the circumstances.

Welcome aboard Chezzie lad, fingers crossed it works out.

Happy with the appointment.

Having known Chester from our school days, always had a lot of respect for him for what he achieved in the game. I'm sure as a fan, he only wants what is best for the club and will do what he can to achieve it.

Good luck !

P.S. Maybe he can persuade Campese to come across the M62 to join him !! ?

Would love Campese too, but can we afford his healthcare.

What about Blair or Kelly even. Both of these are better than the two halves we had already, or even start to clear out the deadwood forwards we have. Hull KR have a good young British forward in Green

Would love Campese too, but can we afford his healthcare.

What about Blair or Kelly even. Both of these are better than the two halves we had already, or even start to clear out the deadwood forwards we have. Hull KR have a good young British forward in Green

Brian Smith will have been our most expensive coach ever, Chris Chester will have got his pay out from Hull Kr so there must be a saving as I can`t imagine that Chester will be able to command a high salary. Will the difference mean that we can employ a half back for a few months. As I see it we have four problems : Our defense, Our attack, no money and our players are not very good.
So the new coach may help as if the savings made mean we can employ a half decent 6 or 7 then that will help with the attack and defense, not asking for a lot just a player that can pass, catch and tackle - you know the skills that Finn and Miller don`t have. Kear should be able to pop down and give Chester an idea about how to get the players to defend, he should also be able to motivate them. Kear can also advise which players in the championship would bust a gut to be given a chance in SL. Lets face it most of our squad would not get in a top 4 / 5 championship team and there are loads of players in the lower leagues who would improve our squad , for a start every single 6 and 7 playing in every championship team is a better player than Miller.

Can't believe the pessimism on here, give the guy a chance for goodness sake. He's done a decent job at Hull KR so let's see what he can do with his home town club. It'll be great to get JK back too, well done MC, JK's knowledge will be invaluable. Onwards and upwards Trinity (we hope)

Another disgraceful decision by Mr Bluff.

Nonetheless, good luck Chezzie.....you will need it.

Not for me. Glad JK will be here advising next sesson.

I cannot comprehend what goes on in some people's minds - they talk about wanting someone who can motivate the players and make them proud to wear the shirt, and then say the players are useless. Great motivational technique there. Glad I'm not working for any of them. Chris Chester has a chance to show what he can do and he will have my full support. The success of any new combination of team, coach and club is difficult to predict but with everyone suporting them, rather than denigrating them, the chances of success will be higher.

I totally agree heard Mr Bluff chose Chester in front of Wayne Bennett as new coach.

Kear out!

No pressure on Chester not his players. You can not make a silk purse from a sows ear. A step forward bringing in head of coach , keep going mr carter you are heading in the right direction

Best of luck to him - he has a win ratio with HKR that we'd kill for, albeit with a team that cost significantly more; I'm happy to back the guy, until he gives reason not to.

As for JK as DoR - I would imagine that's with a SL clause; but if he does come next year, it's a role that I feel suits him better than Head Coach - and his Filofax will be worth its weight in gold. Hopefully, Richard Kelly can make enough noise about the Academy lads to force him to pay attention this time around.

Did you enjoy Campese's 20 minutes for the season, great player if we can ever get him on the pitch. The likelyhood of Green going anywhere Chester is is pretty remote, don't think he'll ever forgive him for not picking him for Wembley when he was our form forward.