he should be given enough time he also should be in charge of signings and resignings because if carvell, thackray, king and wheeldon all leave there isn't a coach in the world who could acheive anything with us next season.

He should be given to the end of the season and see if things are improving, if not he's out. A good coach will turn things around straight away like Noble did at Wigan

so when are we announcing the signing of two players?

I expect to see improvments, Wigan brought in Dobson and spent nearly 500K on one player, and still didnt make the play offs.

Too expect him to turn things around straight away with the same squad is just stupid, your attitude towards Agar is embarrasing.

agar has just been given the hardest job in super league if he can get 8th i'd say hes done very well.

Last is definitely Agar's assistant. Quote I have worked with Andy Last for the last four years and he is someone that I trust and have faith in. He is a tremendous coach and person and this is our chance to make our mark. Agar has also confirmed that 27-year-old Andy Last - who also served under Sharp - will step up as his right-hand man but accepts he will need to strengthen his coaching staff in the long term. He said: "I have worked with Andy Last for the last four years and he is someone that I trust and have faith in. He is a tremendous coach and person and this is our chance to make our mark. "I am happy to continue to work with Andrew in the short term but long term we will need to bring someone in as we are quite light-handed at the moment. "I have a couple of names in mind and I need to check out their availability and see whether or not they can compliment what Andrew and I bring to the management team." '" www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 12,00.html

Last is definitely Agar's assistant. Quote I have worked with Andy Last for the last four years and he is someone that I trust and have faith in. He is a tremendous coach and person and this is our chance to make our mark. Agar has also confirmed that 27-year-old Andy Last - who also served under Sharp - will step up as his right-hand man but accepts he will need to strengthen his coaching staff in the long term. He said: "I have worked with Andy Last for the last four years and he is someone that I trust and have faith in. He is a tremendous coach and person and this is our chance to make our mark. "I am happy to continue to work with Andrew in the short term but long term we will need to bring someone in as we are quite light-handed at the moment. "I have a couple of names in mind and I need to check out their availability and see whether or not they can compliment what Andrew and I bring to the management team." '" www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 12,00.html

Wrong.

My main concern about this situation is the familiarity the players will have with Agar and Last and the possiblity that we will just carry on where we left off. I'm quite prepared to give Rich my full backing here and really hope he can turn us into a successful side. Having said that I do have my doubts and worry that Rich has been too close to the action to perhaps be objective enough to make the touch decisions. Time will tell I suppose but for now I will reserve judgement and hope the board and Agar have got this right.

Agree completely.

Would have been happy if we got a big name but i think it is a good decision to give in that role

and a brave decision at that

Confident he can acheive things for us


Good luck to Rich Agar!!

Got to say that I am not overly excited by this appointment. I feel that it is an indication that the board is doing things on the cheap, yet again. That said I will give Agar and the team my full support and wish them every success.


I suppose we will never know if Hull sounded out Folkes for the vacant job, but either way I feel that it is an opportunity missed. Agar has bags of potential, and every coach needs to be given a chance at some point, but with Folkes we would have had a tried and tested coach. If he comes over to the super league at some point I believe that he will be one of the most experienced coaches to every come to the league. And I think that is what we need right now. It is not every day a top coach with bags of experience comes on the market and I really think that we have missed the boat on this one.

I am also surprised people are happy just because the players like Agar. If I was on the board the thought of who the players may or may not like would not cross my mind. The players are obviously going to say they like him as it is a case of better the devil you know.

This is not a rant about Agar, as I do believe that he has the potential and will hopefully deliver the goods. But I do think that the board has yet again been short sighted with this appointment.

Here’s hoping that I am proved wrong and the board have made the right appointment.

I think the very fact that he has familiarity with the players will encourage him to shake things up and try different things, and the players will trust him with his new ideas and join him in hopefully successfully implementing them. The players don't have to take time to build up a rapport with Agar, and vice versa, so the familairity issue is not necessarily a bad thing.