My 3 would be...

Danny Ward - Out of work, Tom Tsang - Previous head coach at Coventry, London Broncos and now head of Huddersfield Giants academy might be tempted by a head coach job or Simon Grix - Untested at such a high profile club but would probably jump at the chance of a step up to one of the big boys and a sleeping giant.

Simon Grix leaving fax for Bradford would be like leaving the love of your life for Katie price .

Good bit of bait that was Keith!

On the comms from the Bulls it at least shows some acknowledgement that there is a problem even if Kear thinks everything is fine. I fear things will have to get worse before he goes. The brand of rugby needs to change and to do that successfully players need to be fitter and some need to change their attitudes.

Will that happen? I live in hope.

In fairness, you’ve not met the love of Keith’s life…

Bravo Keith. It gave me a good laugh

I just don’t understand where it’s gone wrong for Kear. He was the perfect coach to help stabilise the club and could get players to play for him even in League 1.

I get he still messed a couple of things up as we should have won League 1 instead of coming up through the playoffs.

Even against Leeds in the cup we threw the ball about. Even simple thing like a tip on from a prop to a prop to create a 1 on 1 situation. To get a quick ptb. I think that’s how Kirk broke their line in the first set.

Since then we’ve had maybe two or three games where I think we’ve thrown the ball around and played well. The other times we’ve played alright, we’ve ground out a win doing the basics right and playing percentage rugby.

But now. We should be playing well, throwing the ball around. But it’s so boring to watch and I can’t understand why this is the tactic.

I think fitness has actually got worse for some players (e.g Patton). I get the feeling there's discontent in the dressing room. Some are pulling their weight and some aren't and that's not going to end well as some will end up wondering why they bother if other's aren't.

Personally, if I was playing at this level and 6 or 7 of my team mates were sporting beer bellies I'd be looking for a move to a club that gave a poop.

This is why we need a change in coach now. If we wait then we'll miss the recruitment window as the season progresses and potentially lose those players who aspire to be better. Players want to know who they'll play for and want to know the club they're joining isn't a basket case. If we limp onto the end of the season and finish mid to lower table we'll have a job on to recruit anyone decent.

Katie Price wouldn’t be interested in me. Her solictor’s made that very clear!

I was thinking that the other day. I can’t remember a time when our players looked so unfit compared to the teams we come up against. You sort of let it go against full timers but even the other part timers are miles ahead of us. To think of the stick Martin Clawson used to get compared to where we are at now.

Is this blobendale culture a new thing , I recently watched the Bradford vs Halifax challenge cup quarter final , there’s no Michelin men there ?

Step up to one of the big boys? Come on get real Fax are as big as bulls if not bigger at the moment. Sleeping giant possibly but that depends on ownership etc but you could say that about a lot of clubs.

Probably a post for the Featherstone thread once a brave soul has started jt but I see Featherstone have poked fun at our ‘statement’.

I hope it is printed out and stuck to every surface at Odsal and tong as motivation for Monday. With a bit of fire in the bellies we might only lose by 40….

I had to re read that then I thought it said with big pies in the bellies .

Fev are brilliant on the pitch it’s a shame they can’t seem to help themselves with stuff like this on social media. I’ve seen a few SL clubs doing it recently as well and I think it’s really unprofessional. Leave the ‘banter’ to the fans.

Who are as big as, if not bigger than, the bulls?

It’s really naff but so was the original statement. If the club are going to come out with statements like that they ask for the p155 taking out of them IMO. It’s the social media equivalent of playing we will rock you when the crowd go quiet.

It's a bit of fun and that tweet caused a lot of positive comments from across RL including from at least one RL journo.

Fev's Twitter account did a similar bit of teasing with Halifax before we played them and the Fax Twitter account responded in kind, all good fun.

I must admit I'm not overly bothered, but just in general terms I'd say "Banter" is supposed to be among equals. A way to poke fun at your peers. I'd be wary of taking the pee of clubs that are not your peers, because that runs the risk of just being snide.

Fev’s banter social media doesn’t bother me, it just creates a rod for their own back on the very slim chance it blows up in their face. Everyone remembers Fev’s destination super league T-Shirts from last year after all….

I don't blame them for giving it the bigun while they're doing well. Things won't be so easy in SL and I fully expect them to be back amongst the rest of us also rans in a year or two.

I hope they go up tbh. The comments on the VT after super league fans have been there will be worth it alone. Plus they’ll get spanked every week and then be relegated after a year in the knowledge that they’ll never be at the same level ever again.

Tony smith is now available…

Actually I agree with some of the comments about Fev, who knows what's round the corner, best just to enjoy success whilst we can. Same for every team.

Maybe he fancies rebuilding some of what his brother began! We can dream eh!

That would be a fantastic yet wildly unrealistic appointment!

Tony Smith as head coach with Leon as assistant if we’re not talking realistic!

On a similar note, Rohan Smith just announced as Rhinos head coach.