In view of all the rumours etc and statement from the club I would like to say the following;

Nathan Brown has done a fine job for our club and I am sure that Paul Anderson will continue that job !!!!

Wherever Nathan goes I would wish him well and if it is St Helen's I'm sure that he would always be warmly received by our fans.

Interestingly we seem good at finding the right coaches and developing them as Tony Smith and Nathan are good examples.

Let's hope that we can finally 'win a pot' to send him off with but he most certainly will leave us in far better shape than before and for that he deserves our thanks !!!!!

See you all at 'the caravan park' on Sunday !!!

What would the reception be if he resigned from Huddersfield and took over at Saints this season?

With 3/4 of the season still to go, if he is Saints choice and he wants the job, I can't see them waiting that long to get him on board. I know you've released the 'hands off' statement, but that's just Huddersfield saying what their fans want to hear and them aiming to minimise the disruption. With his contract having less than a season to run I can't see any tribunal-set compensation figure being very high.

If the club allowed NB to leave early I would have no problem. All our young stars are on long contracts so would attract major transfer fees to leave.

My major reasoning for this is that NB needs a job and with a succession plan in place it would be churlish not to let him go if St Helen's were to pay sizeable compensation.

The most forceful statement coming out of Huddersfield was from NB. He does not make unequivocal statements if he does not want to. He has a strong commitment to the club, ken davy and his players. If you think he would jump ship you fail to understand the guy.

If Saints want him they will have to wait and you will have to limp through the season with Rush

Sacking Simmons smacks of panic not decisiveness.

You have been very astute in your analysis of Saints. If NB does not get an oz head coach job he may well join you. He will improve you straight away but......he inherits several poorer players on long term contracts, the import of quality players is drying up + there are some strong player cliques...it will be a tough job

Don't think NB will have early release, he will try his hardest to win us a trophey this season and go out on a high. If he had the chance to take a job back in Australia would he move back over taking the saints job? Or is he settled here in England? Not really read much about it!

He wants a job in Oz, best way to secure one would be by winning silverware with the Giants. It's a no brainier for me

I will always be grateful to him for turning this club into one of the most feared teams in the country and one where fans of other clubs are in awe of what he has done and the players he has brought through.

I doubt he will go but if Saints did something silly like offer him ridiculous money and the Giants ridiculous compo and he couldn't resist then i will applaud the man and shake his hand if and when i see him.
This guy is quite simply the best thing to happen to Huddersfield RLFC in many years and i cant see any fan having anything other than positives towards Nathan ever !!.

I wouldn't have thought Brown would leave before the end of the season as your in with a very good chance of silverware this year.

I wouldn't worry, its a resonably common theory that a coach, however good, can stay at a club too long and performance can suffer. Brown's done well for you and I'm sure Baloo will continue that trend.

if somehow it all goes dramatically downhill for the giants and we lose say 6 matches on the bounce then maybe then they will say right let anderson start early and nathan can go. - or thats whats saints are hoping anyway

I am a relatively new supporter of 5 years, having come up from the deep south. But I remember the impact Nathan had on the team and the passion and professionalism he has shown towards the club. I do not believe he will go back on his word and I thank him for converting me to the wonders of SL and the Giants in particular. I met him last year when my son was a mascot and he is genuinely a really nice man and I will always watch his progress from afar with great interest.

Fartown, there are no transfer fees any more for players.

Joe westerman Castleford to hull £175,000 as he was on a long contract at Cas and Hull wanted him straight away. we paid Wakefield £14,000 for Danny Brough whether a transfer fee or compensation it does not matter the longer the contract length left the higher the sum if they want the player or he stays unless the contracted club chooses to let him go for free

Mate there are no transfer fees trust me i should know.

So why would any club with a player on a five year contract let them go ?? I see hull are fancying Larne Patrick too !! It's to be hoped we have sorted him a contract out !

So for instance NB goes to Saints and comes knocking for DB, LC, LP, GE et all they can just sign and go then ?

He's signed for Stains according to one of the coaching staff, but hasn't told the players.
Let's hope they don't let it affect them and that we manage to hang on to him till the end of the season, though I doubt Seamus would write off 2012 without a big fight to get him over to the dark side.

Browny will join saints at the end of the season if he doesent get a job in the NRL.Fartown there is no transfer fees end of.

So any team at any time can sign any of our players ? So NB goes to Saints tomorrow and takes half our team it's legal and we can't stop it ? So why did Hull pay £175,000 for Joe Westerman ?

www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1vmz4.html so everyone knows...just remember to look surprised we it comes out in the press. i hope if it comes down to NB he wont come over till end of the season, i think i would lose a little bit of respect for him, he has done such a great job your your place he should want to see it though, for davy, the players, you guys but also for himself........but if you were to let him go Quote ="BOYD2"Fartown, there are no transfer fees any more for players.'" really? so Hull just gave a early christmas pressie Cas??? theres not many as most teams and players still vaule a contract

www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1vmz4.html so everyone knows...just remember to look surprised we it comes out in the press. i hope if it comes down to NB he wont come over till end of the season, i think i would lose a little bit of respect for him, he has done such a great job your your place he should want to see it though, for davy, the players, you guys but also for himself........but if you were to let him go Quote ="BOYD2"Fartown, there are no transfer fees any more for players.'" really? so Hull just gave a early christmas pressie Cas??? theres not many as most teams and players still vaule a contract

When we had Mick Potter he was open about the fact that he intended to see out his contract with us and then get an NRL job won the back of his experience at Saints and Catalans.
However, no job materialised and he signed for Bradford.
If Brown hasn't been tapped up yet, he may be a little nervous about the prospect of no job coming his way for next year and take what is probably a good offer from Saint Helens.

If St's want Mr Brown they will get him, but as Browny has said they will have to wait until the end of the season. personally i would like to see a role like Shaun McKrays role at Hull to be created so we can at least tempt Browny to stay a little longer, this way we get the use of his contacts an knowledge would be a massive help for baloo down the line.

that said im looking foward to the Baloo era think he will do a good job, done the man hours as assistant so earned his chance. one of my pet hates is when players an ex players step into coaching / developmental roles without having done a aprentaship.

is that aimed at lolesi??!

so if/when brown goes to saints we will prob think...why didnt we offer him a longer deal at the giants!

No we won't- Nathan has done a great job but the will he won't he is not good for the squad- even if he accepts a job at saints you can bet there will be a clause to allow him to go if a aus job comes up.

Nathan brown has taken this set off players as far as he can, let him join saints for a new challenge. I would only imagine he'd ever want brough & patrick with him. So baloo may want his own players too and stamp he's own indentity to the squad. Good luck to both parties

don't think he would want Brough with young Lomax and Wheeler coming through.