More to the point, PJ's injury record meant the club could simply not justify keeping him on a senior player's salary - IIRC he was available for just over 50 of the well over 90 games he could have played in. Funnily enough, the Wire fans have bemoaned for ages the injury issues with PJ (and Sicknote Bridge for that matter).

26 appearances out of a possible 56 in his last two seasons here.

Was it that few?

Sort of proves the point, I guess.

Yes 15 games in 2005 and a 11 in 2006.

Would be an interesting choice, but he has been linked with a few jobs over here. Why has he never come over?

AFAIK he's only ever been linked never directly approached as he's been contracted to the Bulldogs.

I would only sack a coach if:



1) I had a much better replacement lined up to take his place; or



2) I had a highly promising, or very experienced, assistant who I was happy to promote to a caretaker role whilst I found a replacement; or



3) He had done something totally outrageous that demanded instant dismissal; or



4) My club had such stature and pulling power that I knew there would be a long queue of coaches begging for his job.



Not sure that the Bulls fit into any of these categories.



I still think that ideally MacNamara should be given until June/July, but I'd be surprised if Hood wasnt going through his phonebook checking the numbers of various coaches' agents.

I think you'd be surprised the amount of interest if the job became open.

Amount or quality?

Both.

Before or after they were appraised of the limited funds available for new signings?

And the small or negligible sum offered as a wage after Macca's compo has been paid , still I like the tooth fairy idea anyone know who their agent is or where they reside maybe we could all pop over and rattle our collection tins to see if we can get enough dosh to fulfill some of the aspirations of the loyal and faithful Bradford fans.



TBH he has got a big hole to dig us out of, his new contract and our season will probably come down to the next 10 games, but I doubt he will leave until the end of the season. I hope we get to see our team start to perform, wining the league or the cup is a big ask ATM but good entertaining committed rugby would be a good starting point.