Arthur with Mags assistant is my dream ticket.

Honestly if you look at the form, everything points to Rowley. Ackers, Croft, Blease, Rowley is basically an asset strip.

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.

I'm just glad it's not me making this appointment. I think all we can do is manage the risk and hope for the best - no coach is going to magically turn everything around but we need someone the fans and players can fully get behind.

Again, I'd prefer a coach to come in immediately so they can get four months contact time with the playing squad before designing the next pre-season and any upcoming retention and recruitment. I know Blease is there for that too but it's better if the coach is involved in those discussions if they're going to be held accountable for the outcomes.

One of the Aussie papers reports we are interviewing Arthur Friday night, which is probably some time this morning. If Rowley comes I don't think it will be the end of the year, it will be ASAP with appropriate compensation to Salford, as it would have been if he had chosen Hull. I think the same applies to Arthur or any coach for that matter. Can't afford to let the grass grow under our feet again.