Grand title ,but after our antipodean flops this season a job that will surely pay for itself in getting the right players in at the right price ,both domestic and overseas .

Like everything else i guess that comes down to if the person doing the job is good at it!

True and you could link it up with other responsibilities around player engagement.

Well he would have to be really useless to do a worse job than the last bloke who had the responsibility for such matters.

You are right but that's a low bar.
I think this appointment is vital to get us to where we need to be.

Indeed. But when you look at some of the howlers Powell took to Warrington it needs to be a strong person who knows their onions.

We signed Proctor need one say more.

Can I be the first to mention John Kear in the new regime

Hopefully we will start seeing an end to some of the duds weve signed in recent years

I think Powell may have took a few too many of his Cas favourites over to wire but they were not bad players and every one would have walked into our team. If you read the stuff that many put out, it seems it was more of a toxic culture that was going on there.

Anyhow let's be realistic he is a massive step up from Chester and Mash

This is an interesting position… needs someone with both financial/ negotiating smarts and expertise in the game and people management…

No obvious names spring to mind

Michael Carter's been offered the job and he's got till Monday to think it over.