I remember his sacking being a bit of a surprise to me when it happened, maybe the memory of Cardiff meant I thought more of him but was very gutted when he left, hope to get to Waterstones for his signing

Cant believe this hasnt gone to 30+ pages of Kath defence with:

"dont forget where we was"

"she saved us"

"she brought us Jason Smith"

"shes ace"

"rugby family"


Oh how some posters were proved right about it's ownership

At least that vile scum has been removed from our club long live AP!

I was thinking the same. Lost count of the times I've been slagged off for daring to question kaff and rule

Not allowed to talk about Hindley and Bradey now

You two must have felt right s in2005/06 but credit for sticking to your guns.

Not really. As has been shown, the seeds were being sown in 2005/6.

Do people forget how poorly we performed in the Super League under Kear?

Yes, we won the Cup. It was brilliant. But were we going in the right direction in the league under Kear?

Near did a great job in winning the cup. But his current job shows what level of coach he is

As ive said before,the thing that really turned me against Kath was when we were queing for CC final tickets and people had been there since early hours of the morning to get them and she got our her Rhinos car then walked passed id say about 1000 fans without so much as a nod or a smile.

That happens next year and Pearson would walk down and shake everyones hand

She was dying for a apparently.

pearson can feck off if he has a rhinos car

I hope the book does not hold back, and shows that previous rotton core in the true light deserving of coming out.

I agree, and I still agree it was the right decision to sack him at the time, as we where heading backwards with a good squad. Sharp got a lot more out of the same side, and obviously we ended up in the Grand Final at the end of 2006. It was the loss of Cooke and the failure to recruit a proper replacement (and poor recruitment in general) that wrecked that team.

I feel had we either kept Cooke, or replaced him with a quality replacement who wasn't a regular on the physio's table Sharp's side had another Final appearance or 2 in it.

I like Kear and will be getting his book, but I still feel he is coach that can only perform for short-spells and in 'one-off' ties (such as saving Wakefield from relegation, winning the cup with Hull and Sheffield) he is yet to prove he can build a side and have pro-longed success IMO.

Indeed, in fact from the Saints semi final win, the run of results was LWLWLWLWL (the win in bold being the Cup win).

Then 2006 started WWLLLWL

Not good enough and the improvement under Sharp was clear. That said, you can sympathise with Kear's point of view that Agar was given much more of chance as coach.

I'm sure Cookes book will add to the mix

I'm sure it will chief

The sarnies where maybe where the catalyst, but the simple fact is John was never paid the going rate for being the head coach. I have no idea if that is in the book or not or if some of our senior players will be named as assisting his departure.

He will remain as one of only three coaches to win the CC and perhaps the one with the least capable team.

Who was coaching the side though, him or Kearney?

If you miss your breakfast in the Forces you are put on a charge

Maybe 50 years ago.

This rumour seemed quite strong a while back. It's credibility has taken a bit of a kicking with Kearney's subsequent coaching career though, IMO.

They pay for their own food now and they still have to sign a book to say they had breakfast and other meals 'That what the young lads were telling us at Leconfield in the Canteen the other week.

Are you taking about people on basic training?

They've got to be suitably nourished to perform the mornings tasks, the easiest way to police it is to make sure they have breakfast. In 6 years I only had breakfast a handful of times and never bothered at leconfield.

What was the plate of sandwiches story?