Nope, not in the slightest. I preferred finishing 4th and nearly getting to the Grand Final emilinator having lost our main play-maker a few games into the season

The fact that Agar can even think that the 'battle for 8th is very exciting' sums the bloke up for me. As soon as he's gone I can enjoy supporting my club again.

No chance.

Agar is gone, gone, gone.

With the continued slide in the attendances, the only way to halt that is a new coach to give the fans cause for optimism for next season. That's the only thing that will bring them back. AP will be perfectly well aware of that fact which is why Agar will be gone as soon as our season ends.

I believe he has retired now.

Yes, he did bring a few good ones in too. As you say though, some very poor choices, not just in terms of quality but also questionable as to whether they suited our needs (I'm thinking Cusack and the utility obsession here).

I'm undecided on him being given longer. Whilst he did have a certain amount of credit built up, we'd got to a stage where he continually pointed out our failings but did nothing to fix any of them (familiar story?), and I didn't see that changing either. If we'd replaced him more wisely I doubt we'd be debating the timing of his departure.

I thought Sharp was Ok. Seems a lot like Royce Simmons in his manner and attitude but because he wasn't winning people chose to use that dry laconic style against him. Whatever , he shouldn't have been sacked when he was because it wasn't planned and instead of finding a proper replacement we just put Agar in who must have been at least as responsible as Sharp for what was going wrong. We should have waited , looked around , cleared the lot out and replaced at the end of that year.

I think AP will be watching the Grapevine survey on this one!

Which I suspect will not be in Agar's favour.

But he also let Brough go!

Yes - hopefully the independent company that are administering it will be presenting the feedback to AP without any in-house censorship.

We need a prop and I'd love to sign Jared Warea Hargreaves (wishful thinking)
Or Mose Masoe even if it's just for his massive hits!

Money no object and wishful thinking.... I'd have to go for Tariq Simms.

On the Cusack signing... He did have the best stats of any forward at Souths when he left thats including NZ co-captain Asatasi.

Cusack was a decent forward, he just wasn't the sort we needed. Our pack was already heavy on grafters, we needed to add more destructive/explosive players.

And that's the type of prop we need now imo. Someone with a bit of size , footwork and pace. Maybe someone like Mose Masoe from the Roosters.

Our new coach and D.O.R sat in tv studio today??????????

Claire Balding would be an improvement on Agar, for sure.

No chance . It would be one or the other ..Not both in .

Would she be coming in as Dyke of Rugby

Wouldn't say no chance. Don't think we can rule anything out from Agar staying to a complete overhaul.

Were in the last 5 years have you seen two first grade coaches taken roles at the same club ?

McDermott and Lowes at Leeds

Honestly couldn't see Morgan sharing the spotlight with anyone. Ego's too big.

Since it always works out that the person signed is someone that never even got a mention on here (despite all the nods and winks) I had a quick look to see who hasn't been mentioned and worked out that our new coach must be.....

Brett Kimmorley!

Happy Days



(Perhaps he'll even bring Grimaldi back with him)

Finally got on that flght did he???

Depends what happens with Dowes & Lauaki. It all depends how you use them, but IMO the most effective blend in general is probably 2 'brutes' and 2 grafters in the front row, and 2 rotating brutes and a 60-80 minute grafter in the 2nd row. Overall for next year, we currently have 3 brutes signed up and 2 grafters, so we could do with one of each as it stands.

Only a little thing but Morgan has also renewed his golf club membership in hull after cancelling it and also has put his daughter back in the school she had been before he pulled her out . With lam looking like he's getting the cas job what's left for Morgan locally apart from wakey ?