: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:27 pm  

The new coach is English,but its not Hanley and its not McDermott

: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:33 pm  

Gareth1 wrote:

Saints were in a bit of a mess by the time Hanley left.

hmm Were they?

He left them as champions, with a ready made team for millward to win it again.

If that's a mess can we get into one?

: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:38 pm  

cheekydiddles wrote:

The new coach is English,but its not Hanley and its not McDermott

is it one of your sisters ...or one of their liberal partners...

: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:00 pm  

Gareth1 wrote:

Saints were in a bit of a mess by the time Hanley left. He did nowt at Cas.

He'll be even more aloof with his players than Smith.

I remember Hanley getting suspended by Saints and then returning just in time to beat us at Headingley, which backs up the theory that he was very much his own man. I also remember him trying to get rid of Cunningham in favour of the hookr at Leigh, Rowley?. That doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. Can't remember him leaving them in a mess though.

I'll discount his time at Cas, as he wasn't even the coach there.

Overall, I don't believe it for one second, but it sure would be interesting.

: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:01 pm  

cheekydiddles wrote:

The new coach is English,but its not Hanley and its not McDermott

Frannie...

: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:05 pm  

Rampant ego aside, Hanley would certainly make for interesting times at Leeds. He's probably the only British coach who would command respect from all the players before he started. Whether he's actually much cop as a coach is another matter entirely.

In any event it would be great to have him in SL in a high profile capacity, whether at Leeds or anywhere else.

: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:26 am  

I know I will regret asking this, but what has Ellery Hanley done is recent years to gain so much respect and wanting him as Tony Smiths replacement?

: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:43 am  

I could live with Hanley as coach he did a good job with England and St Helens, but i could see problems because he likes to run the club from top to bottom, which could be interesting.

People talk about his time at Cass, but from what i understand he told the players a few home truths and they would not listern so he walked because he has high standards.

hanley : Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:21 am  

Lord_Percy wrote:

I remember Hanley getting suspended by Saints and then returning just in time to beat us at Headingley, which backs up the theory that he was very much his own man. I also remember him trying to get rid of Cunningham in favour of the hookr at Leigh, Rowley?. That doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. Can't remember him leaving them in a mess though.

I'll discount his time at Cas, as he wasn't even the coach there.

Overall, I don't believe it for one second, but it sure would be interesting.

It was Cunningham for Puchnik(Rochdale,Hunslet player) & Tommy Martyn for Graham Holdroyd (after he'd left Leeds,possibly Halifax of Salford).This was stated by one of the saints board when Ellery left.I think it was a wind-up by Hanley myself to see if gthe board knew what they were doing & to see if he had overall control.Ellery is not that daft,surely

: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:27 am  

I don’t know about Holroyd but Hanley did want Pachniuk, he was NL player of the year at the time and I think it was only as back up to Cunningham, not as a replacement.