I'll tell you why: Leeds probably can afford to prise Rowley out of Salford and continue to pick the bones of them, whereas Leigh and KR have the finance to keep their coaches.

At least Arthur is a free agent and we know why. Some of the reporting on his style concerned me a little bit (leaving players on the bench until the last 5 minutes, shudder...). With what Blease was saying today, I wonder whether we might appoint Arthur to the end of this season, take a look at each other and then extend if both parties happy. If he doesn't do so well, or doesn't settle, we could make a more concerted move for Rowley or someone else.

I don't really want to see Chev and Grix take the side to the end of this season to be honest. If we can get a proper head coach in soon, it will help form the squad, retentions/signings necessary for 2025. Which as I keep saying is the "no excuses" year for me.

It’s the brand of rugby for me with Rowley. Lam wasn’t very successful at Wigan. Willie Peters, needs more time to see how he goes.

From the teams I've seen this season, Leigh's attacking shape is as good as any team in the league. Lam wouldn't be a bad appointment IMO. And if he could manage to swap Lachlan for Frawley, even better

Justin Holbrook?
Richard Agar return?

I found the press conference with GH and Blease interesting. GH going on about how difficult it is to get a coach, how winning can cover a dysfunctional club and vice versa (incidentally both sides of that happened on GH's watch....), and Blease far more direct and to the point, and again talking about focusing on getting the club back to the top.

I didn't know much about Blease, but I like his style - blunt and to the point. Having put him in place, GH needs to leave this stuff to him now. Its like having your granddad wittering on about the good old days when you're trying to talk about what to do about the cost of living today.

No Agar, hell no

Rowleys massive plus, is he clearly get's the most out of bargin basement players. Quite the opposite to RS. How they've brought in Cade Cust to replace Croft without looking much worse is pretty incredible.

The bonus for Arthur is you get the impression his players would run through a brick wall for him. You can see from his behind the scenes coaching vid on Youtube (which is a brill watch) that he's a natural born leader /communicator and man manager. Again, this isn't something I ever witnessed in RS.

going to happen in the presser though.

I’d be happy with Arthur or Rowley. I’d avoid Demetriou given its man management that seems to have let him down at souths.

If it’s Rowley and it can’t be him while next year I think we need an interim.

I’m guessing Leeds will be weighing up Arthur as the better pedigree, and immediately available option - but more expensive vs Rowley who has a worse pedigree and shouldn’t be available until next season. The money will have a part to play as always.

Maybe neither will happen and it will be someone else, but these two seem the natural front runners don’t they? Demetriou is still possible I’d say.

Can't reply to your post JB but i agree on Wane. He ticks all the boxes and shouldn't be discounted at all. Very very capable coach.