laughable that people are pulling the "negatives" out of this

this starts with adding backroom staff to the existing ones we have (which is none btw ) so to bring in one of SL's great players is a big coup imo.

Long has been very well liked at fev, fans and players. There are a lot of unhappy people over their about him leaving.

Mash needs as much experience and heads around him, other SL teams have multiple 'coaches' as backroom staff, we have none. For people saying this is the end of the Kirmo rumour I'd say not, I'd imagine he will link up with the team as well as part of the backroom

Genuine question (I have no real opinion on this appointment) how much impact/influence is an assistant even likely to have?

For us to need 4 wins would mean they need to win 4 of their last 5 games

Just a side issue with your predictions any chance you can share this week's lottery numbers cheers in advance

Looking at Cas’s fixtures I can’t see them winning more than 1/2.

Pretty much a 50/50 at this stage. It’s all on and I’m sure our players are up for the fight.

I like this appointment, surprised by it too, good move!

I think it could be a great move, Longs obviously got the tactical nouse to help the team structures and attacking prowess.
It seems he’s waited for Willie Poching to actually leave the country before venturing to Wakefield, he’s obviously still got ptsd from when Willie nearly put him through the ground floor of the hospitality block back in their playing days.

A couple of forwards a half backs brain far exceeds thiers

If it’s the incident I can recall, the Long received the pass directly from the scrum around their 30 meter, Poching hit him that hard as he received the ball long lost the ball, Willie picked it up and outpaced the cover to score.

That wasn't the comment. Wilzay said we haven't had anyone who won medals since Michael Monaghan. My post was to challenge that with our most recent coaches.

Wasn’t Chester a half back by trade? I certainly remember him with a number 6 on his back for Wigan…

Second row with occasional standing off that's all.

Ask saint Applegarth for the lotto numbers, he's the truly lucky one for still being employed despite being absolutely incapable of performing in his job to the standard required

Never forget that hit and score although we did lose the match.

He played the first half of his career at stand off before moving to loose forward. It was only at the back end he moved to second row.