How long has he got left on his current contract? Is it likely he'll be offered another one? Thanks.

Think it runs out end of this season.

Will he be offered another one? Who knows!

Been in talks a while about his new deal.

Hes getting it on April 1st in keeping with club tradition

Double celebration in your house then with it been your birthday.

If he gets another contract season pass sales will plummet

I suspect the expectation was an improved season and extension, up to a fortnight ago. If AP decides he wants a change, he's potentially more likely to get a good candidate at the end of the season. Not sure the likes of McNamara would make much difference though. FC's appetite for proven top level coaches over the last 25 years has been non existent. I remember writing to James Rule on this point re Agar saying in the salary cap era the coach is the biggest differentiator so we should trade up and got told I was wrong.

Yea, I spent 30 minutes on the phone with Rule (ring a director) telling him Agar was wrong for the job and the crowds would fall by at least 2,000 if they carried on with him. He would not have it, I think he was under instructions from the Hethringtons, they was not gonna spend any more money then they had to. We never made the play-offs that season and crowds went down by 2,000. I've got faith in Pearson when it comes to the crunch, Radford will go if he can't pull this back round there's no doubt about that. The "can I have a word in my office" quote is not something Adam shys away from!!!

I'm really interested in what Motu Tony's influence in all this is. He's brought some good Polynesian players in but must also be frustrated. Plus if I were Frank Pritchard and coming over here to see, say, Radford replaced by Rowley (who'd be more experienced than Radford when appointed for example), I'd be underwhelmed.

One issue is cost, clearly. I don't mean cost of the head coach exclusively, more the sort of comprehensive back room setup a really top coach would demand to do their job with parity to Wigan and Leeds. We're miles off that currently. Another is certainty, Middle 8s a real possibility on current form, so again a barrier to attracting the right candidate, particularly with the associated difficulties in attracting players for next year because those negotiations will be starting now.

If and when radford goes I have zero confidence that pearson will appoint the right man in his place. We desperately need an experienced head coach who can steady the ship and get us headed in the right direction. It's what we've needed since sharp left but we won't do it. We'll either appoint a failed coach like macnamara or rowley or some other former assistant with no track record. As someone once said, it's like sticking a learner driver in your new car and not expecting him to write it off