JUSTIN MORGAN!!

God no

Get the little Ginner back to his spiritual home. He has a 9 from 10 record from 2005 and clearly has the intellegence to learn. I think James has a bright future in the game and he would look good in R&W once more.

As for Sandy, don't let the door hit your 'arris on the way out. I'm sure he's a nice bloke, but it doesn't mean he can coach.

I hope not and very much doubt he would be considered.
Personally i dont believe it will be either of the afore mentioned personel that will be given the position, assuming of course that Sandercock is relieved of his duties, at least not for the longer term anyway, though its possible that one of them could be given it in the short term before becoming the assistant to whoever takes up the position of new permenant coach of Hull Kingston Rovers .

Got to be James Webster for me if Sandy doesn't stay.

I regard Webster as having a 100% coaching record of 9/9 for us.

He was absent all week of the Oldham game with a bad case of the flu, didn't do any coaching and was too ill to play in the game. He did turn up at Oldham but looked like death warmed up he really wasn't well.

Either way he has a 100% record as player-coach.

Webbo still turns up at CP he had his lad on his shoulders wearing a Rovers shirt the other week. He's still a Rovers legend and would be warmly welcomed back I'm sure.

yes defo has to be james webster and put stan as his assistant, also i would bring andrew webster back into the club he did a brill job before going through the games and helping front the defence up last year wasn't as bad as this year. so bring back the ginger one

I feel a bit sorry for Sandercock, tbh. IMO there have been some mixed messages as to building longer term vs delivering immediately. That said, he's never really managed to get in credit. Signed too many talented but flakey players perhaps, and the rate we concede points is alarming and depressing. We've 6 wins from 14, which isn't bad, but it isn't good either and a couple of the defeats will go down in infamy.
I'd have given him the next 3 before sharpening the knives, but there's no point letting it bleed on now. He needs results, starting with Wakefield.
Until investment is confirmed, I'd assume it'd be Chester as caretaker and see how he goes. StT's suggestion of Kieron Purtell (sp?), last time CS was wobbling, was a good one I thought. Just depends on who is calling the shot and how much cash they have, I guess.

I say give James a chance he has got to be better then sandy then again any body has got to be better

Of course it was, you say that like it was a surprise.

You are right about the mixed messages. Last year Neil Hudgell stated in his programme notes that as fans we needed to be prepared for the team to take one step back in order to take two forward while we blooded some youngsters. He accepted himself that some may have to play before they are really ready.
After the next 3 games there is a chance that we could be in 8th position after more than half the season gone and plenty of youngsters given game time. How many of us would have taken that at the beginning of the season? All of us I suspect.
Would be harsh to relieve Craig Sandercock of his position on that basis. Personally, I think the decision has already been made not to renew his deal and it will be brought forward if we lose the next 2 games. Chester and Gene in charge I would imagine until the end of season.

Why? He came to do a job, identified where improvements were needed most, and failed to implement any measures to address the problems. I would expect anyone to be treated similarly if they failed in their job.


I don't recall the board giving him carte blanch to concede an average 35 points per game. This is steadily rising, so even minor improvements are not apparent. Business has to look after the here & now as well as planning for the future. It's not an "either/or" decision, and whether we like it or not, HKR is a business (albeit a struggling one).

With the fixture list in front of us, I'm anticipating a similar finish to 2012, which is simply not acceptable.