As his Catalan adventure comes to an end what next?


Any thoughts?

Cas hopefully.

Ultimately you'd think he'd fancy a return to Humberside, but both SL teams seem to be doing well without his coaching expertise.

Please no.
Hopefully he goes to Bradford.

Put him charge of the refs that way each team is guaranteed 50% of the penalties and 6 agains, regardless of how often they offend, that's how it should work right Steve?

Up yours pal (with respect).

McNamara would be a very very brave choice for Blease/JJB to make.


I've not seen or heard one Leeds fan welcome the idea, he would have to hit the ground running because the fans would turn very quickly if he had a bad start.


I'm not a fan but that's more about his off field demeanour more than his coaching ability, I don't like coaches who moan and whine a lot rather than looking inwardly when things aren't going well.


His coaching ability is really not that bad and he is probably unfairly treated in that regard.

Fond memories of his time in charge of the Bulls when he oversaw some spectacular turnarounds after getting 30 points up (Wigan play-off game, Catalans CC stick to mind) only to blow it in comedy fashion, followed by passive aggressive interview meltdowns with the likes of Tanya Arnold. Tansey-gate is another one. Pretty sure his team were the first to lose to Celtic Crusaders in SL, etc.


I could never understand the hype amongst a section of Bradford fans who credited him with their 2005 GF win over us as assistant coach to Noble (the 'Bulls' Barack Obama' - LOL). The Bulls went from superpower to relegation candidates with him in charge; yes, the money was running out but there were still funds available for quality players and he made a lot of dud signings at the time (Platt, Sheriffe, Tupou, Worrincy etc all spring to mind). To his credit he was surprisingly good and almost successful as England coach, and a stint as NRL assistant helped his coaching. He seems to have learnt something since being Bulls coach but the relative lack of silverware after a long stint at a well-resourced club says it all - he's no better than the likes of Agar IMO, and significantly below long-lived SL coaches like McDermott, Wane, T. Smith and even Powell.