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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:00 am  
I didn’t use the word “poop”
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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:40 am  
reffy wrote:
Whilst it was on the cards and inevitable that there would be a parting of the ways, the players are hardly blameless in the recurring second half surrenders.
Surely, in a group of well paid players, someone should have grasped the nettle and suggested that “we are individually and collectively poop, let’s kick some ass and get back in this game”
A captain with a bit of fire in his belly would be better than a very nice man.


Have to agree Reffy. No commander in that squad at present.
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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:19 am  
Des Hasler's free currently trying to sort a payout from the bulldogs (Canterbury not Batley)
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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:35 am  
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Des Hasler's free currently trying to sort a payout from the bulldogs (Canterbury not Batley)


$2 million.. Lets not bother with the exchange rate. :LOL:
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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:03 am  
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Alan is on a 'mission' !! (Blimey fella, it's quite obvious you're a retired gentleman) Have you not got any other hobbies ? :lol: :lol:


Retired, yes. Gentleman - why, thanks for that. :thumb: It's amazing what you can get up to, once the paid (and unpaid) work is out of the way. Train spotting, bird watching, banana label collecting, geocaching, stone skipping, crochet..........................Why, I can only just find time to watch Leigh these days! :wink:
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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:25 am  
I’ve not posted on these forums for a long time. So before anyone starts with a first time post and all that I’ve been there in the bad times. Even walking to Widnes years ago to keep the club going.

Jukes is one of the worst coaches I’ve seen. Out of his depth. Happy to run it as a lads club where there aren’t any rules. Only one manager is hard enough to sort this club out and it’s Tony Smith. Yes he’s not as charismatic as some others. But he’s a born winner who won’t take anything from the players and knows how to win an arm wrestle of a game instead of always looking to play fancy. If he’s not the number 1 choice then we accept mediocrity. All this of appointing Higham is nonsense. What happened to the last coach we appointed with no experience. We got promoted and he got found out and we end up here. An experienced coach who knows how to get promoted and then stay in SL. Shaun Edwards fits the same description of a coach with no experience.

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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:28 am  
It’s also hilarious that DB finds it ok to criticise us clapping Toulouse but didn’t spout anything when we applauded Catalans in the MPG.
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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:25 am  
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I’ve not posted on these forums for a long time. So before anyone starts with a first time post and all that I’ve been there in the bad times. Even walking to Widnes years ago to keep the club going.

Jukes is one of the worst coaches I’ve seen. Out of his depth. Happy to run it as a lads club where there aren’t any rules. Only one manager is hard enough to sort this club out and it’s Tony Smith. Yes he’s not as charismatic as some others. But he’s a born winner who won’t take anything from the players and knows how to win an arm wrestle of a game instead of always looking to play fancy. If he’s not the number 1 choice then we accept mediocrity. All this of appointing Higham is nonsense. What happened to the last coach we appointed with no experience. We got promoted and he got found out and we end up here. An experienced coach who knows how to get promoted and then stay in SL. Shaun Edwards fits the same description of a coach with no experience.

Tony Smith
Milward
Richard Agar


We will all have our ideas on our next Coach and that's our prerogative :wink: Let me say I don't agree with any of yours :lol: Welcome back to the forum :thumb:
Wire fans hated Smith he was ridiculed by them, I too don't like him for the he dismissed us when he was at Hudds!
Millward, I cant believe anyone would even suggest him ! Sacked at Saints, sacked at Wigan and sacked at Cas
Surely you remember when Cas announced he was to be their coach , halfway through his contract with us?
Agar no.
For me it would have been John Kear we've missed that chance now!
I wouldn't hesitate to appoint Andrew Henderson IMO he would be superb, did a top job at London look at them now !
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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:29 pm  
Ok, I set up a Poll on the FB page & will give my ten penneth.

1= Ian Watson *under contract*
1= Andrew Henderson *Assistant Coach at Wire*
3. John Kear *under contract*
4 Tony Smith

Watson has done well at Salford given their circumstances + he has asked for more money to recruit players & been refused.
Given that they might be facing a bad financial situation over coming months it might be a good time to entice him away.

Henderson has a good history, though some might see it as a backwards step going from Head Coach at London to Assistant at Wire I bet he doesn't , he is loooking towards long term progression.
An added advantage is that he is both young & driven & will likely make a good connection with our Antipodean contingent.

John Kear obviously has a new contract as Head Coach at Bradford & so likely out of the running but in League 1, he is a fighter though, gets very decent results from small budgets, I wonder how he would go with more cash in the pot ?

Tony *Can't look you in the eye* Smith
My least favourite but included because he has at least achieved some silverware with Wire & though they ended in the Q8's they were never in danger.
Smith is also the runaway leader in the poll.

Anyone who thinks Micky Higham should be coach wants sedating. Micky another great bloke, great hooker, fires his team mates up & wears Leigh on his sleeve but has zero experience & *jokingly* how would the Aussies & PNG lads ever understand a word he says ?

So they are my current picks, not without obstacles to face.
Have I forgotten any possible good candidates ?

Whoever it is needs to enforce it is done there way & without any interference from KFC or DB *an absolute must*.
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Re: Jukes gone : Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:35 pm  
John Kear is an interesting shout. Has Batley punching above their weight. Can he command that dressing room? I’d argue not. Has to be Smith. Wire fans did ridicule him. But he also gave them their most successful period in living memory. He commands respect
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