Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:32 am  

Back to the reported unrest in the team.. Whatever has gone on with Ben Harrison. Last Smith said he was going on loan to..Hull KR? Then nothing. Either he's fit and didn't go to Hull, or he's not fit to play and he should be part of our injury news. Or we should have advised he was released. As it stands. He is either fit or not, and but still running sanctioned testimonial events with the club. So he's still with us, but not.

Afaik, Ben was/is a well respected member of the squad.

Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:39 am  

All sounds a bit shabby to me & would answer a lot of questions. A whole season being affected should not be tolerated though.

Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:49 am  

Smith's Brolly wrote:

Back to the reported unrest in the team.. Whatever has gone on with Ben Harrison. Last Smith said he was going on loan to..Hull KR? Then nothing. Either he's fit and didn't go to Hull, or he's not fit to play and he should be part of our injury news. Or we should have advised he was released. As it stands. He is either fit or not, and but still running sanctioned testimonial events with the club. So he's still with us, but not.

Afaik, Ben was/is a well respected member of the squad.

I've got it on good authority that its in his own best interest to not play. His Injury insurance payout dwarfs what he would earn playing for us.

Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:17 am  

Says in the Sun you have approached Trent Barrett for next year, to take over from Tony Smith.

Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:49 am  

Interesting. The name i heard for next year was David Furner. Isn't he 2nd in command to McGuire at the bunnies?

Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:14 pm  

Smith's Brolly wrote:

Back to the reported unrest in the team.. Whatever has gone on with Ben Harrison. Last Smith said he was going on loan to..Hull KR? Then nothing. Either he's fit and didn't go to Hull, or he's not fit to play and he should be part of our injury news. Or we should have advised he was released. As it stands. He is either fit or not, and but still running sanctioned testimonial events with the club. So he's still with us, but not.

Afaik, Ben was/is a well respected member of the squad.

He clearly isn't registered as a player, by doing that, he doesn't count on our salary cap. Perhaps he needed to remain in 'employment' to qualify for his testimonial events and the tax benefits? Therefore we couldn't confirm we had released him? Or maybe Harrison himself preferred to see out his contract rather than have it paid out in full at the start of the year?

Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:03 pm  

Longbarn Wire wrote:

Interesting. The name i heard for next year was David Furner. Isn't he 2nd in command to McGuire at the bunnies?

Could put us in the front line for Elton John concerts too.

Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:13 pm  

All the rumours about a new coach are just building people's hopes up.

I would love to see Furner or Barrett given a chance but I can't see Smith moving on despite what the tabloids say. If that was the case the club wouldn't be letting him recruit for next season - the probable Danny McGuire scenario being the perfect example.

If anything, I would have thought it was Wigan lining up Furner or Barrett to replace Wane. Wigan are much more ruthless when it comes to demanding results (hence the SL titles) whilst we tend to stretch out a coach's tenure beyond it's reasonable length.

Furner and Barrett also have connections to Wigan as former players.

Ah well. "Always next Millennium".

Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:36 pm  

NRL Journalist Moley, has confirmed on twitter that Warrington are talking to Aussie coaches at present. When I asked about Barrett he said "nil chance".

Re: Rumours : Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:33 pm  

Gaz3376 wrote:

NRL Journalist Moley, has confirmed on twitter that Warrington are talking to Aussie coaches at present. When I asked about Barrett he said "nil chance".

I wonder if that means that Smith will officially move 'upstairs' to Head of Rugby then (even though that was mooted when Agar joined). I don;t think we'll see him disappear but I'd like to see a reputable Aussie as first team coach. Not sure where that leaves Agar.