Really pleased for him, he's very passionate about the club, it's great to see.

I think Smith ruled himself out of the Rovers link, but they've said "We have a stand-out candidate. We are expecting the appointment to be a top line coach with experience and a finer understanding of the game." I don't think Radford is quite in that lofty bracket.

But you're right, in all probability there'll be a couple of vacancies to be filled elsewhere plus ours if we let Radford go and a limited pool of experienced candidates. I can see him getting a gig elsewhere, but not sure whether a West Yorkshire or Lancashire move would be what he's after.

Maybe incentivise the deal, top 8 come the split - one year, top 4 come the split 2 years?

I have never been a fan of LR and didn't want him as coach to begin with. After his first two seasons my mind was still the same.
However, credit were credit is due, with the help of AP he has assembled probably our best squad in two decades, and our recent performances should be rewarded with at least a year extension (I say that through gritted teeth lol). He is a young coach with plenty to learn and AP has stuck with him when the going was rough so it's difficult to see him bringing a new coach when he is starting to see some light in the tunnel.

That's exactly my view. Had we not come back from the dead at rovers then I doubt we'd have beaten wire or saints as those wins came on the back of the belief we had from the derby win. Having said that we did win them so in reality we have to credit radford and he probably deserves an extension. I'd prefer 12 months but realistically it needs to be 2 years. Still not convinced we're playing as well as we should be with the players we have but you can't argue with recent results