You seriously suggesting that our squad costs the same as wire and saints?

well were both at the full cap.

better players want to play for the better clubs who live in better places.

East Hull

yes thats the place

I still don't see why this is important

Have to say the more I think about it the more excited I am at the prospect of Agar taking charge. He knows this is a huge chance for him to shine and he is a very driven guy and I think he will give this a real go.

Because we need British coaches developing, its important for our game to develope here that we have our own people in place. The Aussies like Bomber and Peter have helped us develope to a higher standard and to push on we need to back our own.

I do not think we will ever compete with the knuckledraggers in the international field, heck its there No1 sport out there.

Good luck to Richard Agar. For me it's the right decision.

I really hope so Paul.

I have reservations about the appointment but I will support him and I look forward to posting on here either later this season or next season admitting i was wrong and congratulating the board on their choice.

I have no doubt that he'll put enormous effort into the job.

Still not convinced that this is the right move at this time.

Haven't read the whole of the 23 pages, but in the Metro today he says


Going on the direction the club has taken recently... well over the last 2 seasons really, I would say that the above quote doesn't fill be with the greatest of confidence... and possibly suggests lack of ambition from the club as opposed to them being really impressed with Agar. We'll see though.

Warrington, no doubt will go for Folkes or Murray for next season. They seem to be ambitious and forward thinking.

Surely forward thinking is building a franchise that has a team of homegrown talent that you have nurtured.

Yep, that sound like wire and not us.

but stuck with cullen for 6 years?

i hope lowes gets it, if he wants it.

It's ok nurturing homegrown talent, but if they are not good enough, what then?

Seriously, why do you bother getting up in a morning, when did you last have a positive thought?

The one thing that strikes me about this appointment is that the board clearly had no plan for next season in terms of who would be coaching us. We are halfway through the season and Sharp's contract was due to expire, as they have now given the job to Agar they clearly had no plans in place to change the coaching set-up next season (unless Agar was always going to be the man). This is just really poor planning by the board and suggests to me they are re-active rather than pro-active.

I was more than happy for Agar to have the job until the end of the season (once Sharp was shown the door) so I will reserve judgement on his permanent appointment until he has had time to get the team playing how he wants them to.

If the news of Crocker on the Website and Grapevine is true then the point of whether we can attract top quality players to the club is at the moment blown out the water.

Hope this signing is true this time as he is an excellent aquisition to any side SL or NRL!

Also shows some intent from the board too!!

Now theres a shift in opinion, only two weeks ago you was screaming for Sharps head because you had had enough of his dour rugby taking us backwards.

"A TEAM FULL OF HOMEGROWN TALENT" ????

Am I watching that same team ??? Lee, G Horne, Yeaman, Radford, Wheeldon, Hall, Dale ect.. are all world stars in the making aren't they !

Just because any player happens to come from Hull, it doesn't stop him from being DISTINCTLY AVERAGE !

yes we could really do with that , a coach with no badges

All the best Rich - here's hoping for a change of luck.

I don't know I havn't looked in my snow globe today.
I do know however, that we have quite a few kids with quite a bit of talent, and with the right guidance, could be future GB internationals.

That is if we can stop relying on them to play every game for us and win it. But hey, lets jump on backs of them and tell them how rubbish they are, because we all could do so much better.

Your not born world class, with a lot of luck your talents are trained and used to the right effect early on.

They go to The Dobbins???

Actually, yes it does. However, I considered Warrington to be forward thinking for making some astute decisions and signings, even if those signings aren't paying off at the moment.

Capturing Joey Johns was quite a coup at the time, as was Morely, but if you want to talk about home-grown talent, then yes, it does sound like Warrington.....

Matty Blythe – Wolves Scholarship – England Academy
Andy Bracek – Leigh Miners / Wigan - England Academy
Chris Bridge - Oldham - England Academy
Lee Briers - local - but ok, not young!
Jon Clarke – Wigan - local enough to Warrington
Mike Cooper – local born, England Academy - highly rated
Martin Gleeson – born Wigan
Mark Gleeson – Wolves Acedemy
Ben Harrison – signed from Barrow as a schoolboy – Warrington schools U11 England Academy England Academy
Paul Johnson – Wigan
Lee Mitchell – Warrington academy – England U17
Adrain Morley – Salford Born
Rob Parker Leigh East
Kevin Penny – Wolves Academy – England Academy
Steve Pickersgill – local lad – joining Wolves at aged 14. Warrington Academy, England Academy
Chris Riley – Warrington born – England Academy
Paul Wood – Warrington Academy. England’s international player of the season 05.


All the above are local born players in the Warrington area and/or have come through the ranks at Warrington.
Please don't believe that Hull is the only club norturing their 'home grown talent' .....and that their talent is full of world beaters.