I agree about Noble, wouldn't be a bad choice by any stretch of the imagination. I know some people have said we could do better, but I don't think we're in a position to ATM. Noble could at least get us back on the right track for somebody to take over a much healthier situation in 3 years' time. For all we finished higher last season, I don't honestly believe we're any closer to being contenders than the previous few seasons. When it comes to crunch time we are severely lacking. As you say, at least Noble could get us to the stage where a real top coach would both be interested and able to take us that next step.

Guiness making you have double vision mate

I don't know enough about Aussie assistant coaches to have a view. Some have come over and done well, others haven't. I'm not really a huge Noble fan, but there are precious few occasions when a coach of his calibre is without a job and saying publicly he wants a coaching role at a club that's underachieving.

If we were to replace with McNamara, it would be (almost ) the final straw for me, having spent the last couple of years hearing Bradford fans around here complaining and wanting him out, then rejoicing at the appointment of Potter.

Hudds are not much different imo in terms of style of play. They still attack around the ruck and kick well whcih they did before Brown. The difference is everything they do now they do to a higher standard, I always thought Hudds were more than bash and barge.

Noble is also pretty good when it comes to recruitment, he did a good job for Wigan and the Crusaders aswell as at Bradford.

That's because he is respected both here and in Australia Paul. He is a known name and face across the RL playing world, Agar simply isn't and as a result will never have the pulling power that Noble has.

True, that said Agar got Fitz and Ogre!

The one downside with Noble is does he bring through the kids well enough? We have a decent crop of youngsters on the verge of the first team, but looking at Wigan, Crusaders and especially Bradford he seemed to prefer to sign an ageing Aussie rather than give a kid a chance, e.g. Tim Smith and Sam Tomkins at Wigan. Just look how well Wigan's kids played last season that were nowhere near the first team under Noble.

Saying that, he would be better than Agar!

Only if you believe the spin, I tend to believe that money did most of the talking there.

He does have a good eye for established players, but as others have said there are question marks over his willingness to use youth. That said, although we have spotted young talent and brought it to the club in recent years, we don't have anywhere near the strike rate of turning them into SL players we should, so it's still not exactly something we're excelling at currently.

Go now Agar !! You are not fit for purpose and we don't want you here !!

Without Rich Agar, we wouldnt have any of the Briscoe bros ............FACT!!!

After reading the book, if a Noble person was to cone in....he would be Long gone!

do you honestly think they would follow him to the NL