I would be happy with either of those Dudley, sadly I fear will will get Woolagongs assistant water carrier on a rolling contract (or Purtill as I heard he walked into a scaff pole yesterday sustained a mild concussion that may be enough, get him while he's dazed)

So long as he passes the Psycobiometric thingymajig test the Woolagong waterboy will do just fine.

For the record i don't think we would be able to offer money for either of them but my point is they would sell for the right offer, I'm very pro chester and believe he will do a good job not a great job but good enough to raise us from our current state

lets get behind Chester for now and wait and see who we end up with.

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Is that anywhere near Wollongong?

Totally agree, you never know what could happen.

Here's one for you I am lead to believe that Travis Burns now becomes a free agent he is supposedly has written in to his contract that if CS goes he is free to go as the main reason he joined rovers was the fact that Sandercock was coach.
To top it all he is taking Greens place at Wigan.
I am not posting this as a wind up just wondering if anyone can confirm this story or can prove it is not true.
Surely if it is true the Chairman should come out with the truth to kill the rumour before it takes hold

Your next coach will be Wayne Bennett.
He has sacked Costigan from Brisbane, Saint George and Newcastle, and will now follow him to a 4th club to sack him again.
Bennett will leave Newcastle soon. Now all you have to do is find 1.4 million dollars a year and he's yours (you will probably need a Concorde jet too because he insists on spending 3 days a week at home in Brisbane.)

Whilst it's fairly common for such clauses to exist, if it were the case, it would be triggered immediately, and thus hkr wouldn't of been able to subsequently name him in the 19 man squad?

I also don't think Chester is the long term answer, after all, he has been there alongside Sandercock for the previous three years with enough input to have a bearing on the teams performances imo.
What makes people think that just because Sandercock has gone, his no2 is going to suddenly change the way we play or approach games?.
Even if we win tomorrow it wont have much of a bearing on the way i see the situation.
As the saying goes.....One swallow doesn't make a summer.

Not got a clue mateI was just going with the hot tip from eastul105, why is Wollongongs water carrier available too?

There are so many unanswered questions at the moment,

The timing of sandy's departure is a strange one, yes he was saying he was ready to sign a new contract only last week, so what led to Hudge casting him adrift mid week before a massive game.

Were the players as close to him as we are led to believe, and if so why did this not seem to pass over to the performance on the pitch, I'm not saying the players didn't try, but sometimes we have looked clueless and one dimensional which means the coaching was limited, or the players ability is.

Rhys Lovegrove seemed to have been cast into the wilderness by Sandy until the recent spate of injuries, and yes last season his tackling was a bit suspect at times, but I have not seen a player in recent times leave more of himself on the pitch than him. Was this a simple disagreement or did Rhys not buy into Sandy's pitch.

recruitment. Goulding is a very good signing imo, but if as rumoured Burn's is on his way out, we will be needing a top quality 6 to make up for keatings's failings, and if Josh Hodge leaves, we have not got a decent hooker to fill his role so may have to replace two of our best players without even looking forward to improving the squad. and I haven't even got to Larroyer and Gardner's loan deal's ending.


All in all lots to think about and I have to presume that the Board have a good plan in place or things could downhill very quickly, and with the new role a dice to stay in the super league playoff system coming in next year, I hope it's the former.

By your comment regarding his input am I correct in saying you didn’t attend the recent forum when Chris was on the panel?
Chris said he often argued with Craig Sandercock over team matters and Craig’s reply to him was "you can do that when you are Head Coach".

Giving Chester the chance now till the end of the season could be a good move by the board. We will be able to find out if he can get a response from the squad and if it does not work out what have we lost ? If it does it we could look forward to next season without looking for a new coach.