Happy with him coming back, very highly rated as an assistant cisch, thought it might happen as I think his son has signed for Hull.



But he is an attacking coach we need?

Lol I never said he was a centre, perhaps it’s the way it was worded, I’ve slightly amended it.

Apparently there is a rule that you can’t have two overseas coaches at one club, John wanted to bring his own assistant.

What a strange rule that is!

not sure on last. We desperately need some fresh attacking ideas so bringing back the guy who has been involved for decades when we were pretty awful in attack doesn't fill me with confidence. Pretty much every team in the league other than catalans look like they have some structure in attack

Nowt silly about it regarding defence, he’s quite a capable defender.



Perhaps not the skill set, which is why these three games are ideal to look at this, pretty similar to the experiment of looking at Walker at six, until he was injured again.

Have to agree, would have been far from my choice.

I'd have preferred Ryan Sheridan..

It just smacks of an easy/cheap option.

Jobs for the boys. Also giving houghton some role.



Our attack is woeful. Last clearly never had the capability to improve it and I doubt cartwright is an attacking coach. You only had to look at how cas set up in our 20 on saturday to see the difference. They looked organised, everyone knew what they were doing. The complete opposite to us

Danny Levi offered to SL clubs..

our attack is disorganised mainly because right from game one we ve never had a settled halfback combination,with 2 expereinced halfs.smith decided we would manage with 2 hookers and its never improved.one of the secrets of a succesful team is to have cohesion in the halfs.stabilty..i feel sorry for charles,young player trying to learn his craft.hes been playing more than he should have done and along the way has played with numerous partners all season,including 2 fullbacks and 2 hookers.get him alongside sezer next season and he will blossom.just like lachlan galvin has done at wests.they have had a poor season,but lachlan galvin has really come on at 18 playing with sezer.

I don't appointing someone with Lasts experience and reputation who is well though of by one of the most successful coaches in SL is really job for the boys.



Houghton possible, but depends what role it is, think he will be great to have around.



Cas had much better and more experienced people in those positions, we had Moy, Charles and Smith.



Should look alot better next year, particularly with Asista at 13, who is like an extra halfback.

our attack is disorganised mainly because right from game one we ve never had a settled halfback combination,with 2 expereinced halfs.smith decided we would manage with 2 hookers and its never improved.one of the secrets of a succesful team is to have cohesion in the halfs.stabilty..i feel sorry for charles,young player trying to learn his craft.hes been playing more than he should have done and along the way has played with numerous partners all season,including 2 fullbacks and 2 hookers.get him alongside sezer next season and he will blossom.just like lachlan galvin has done at wests.they have had a poor season,but lachlan galvin has really come on at 18 playing with sezer.

We don't have any quota spots left, if we did we should get targeting a centre.



I'd rather have him than Cust, but one advantage Cust has is the ability to play halfback

Would be a good signing but no quota places left and why would you sign a specialist hooker when a half back is going to play there.

partly, but it's also about everyone else in the team knowing what they're doing and putting it into practice. On all of the sets near our line, cas had 2 lead runners with a line of players behind. It causes confusion and opens up space. We have forwards trying to barge over.



Fitness, s&c and commitment/attitude are "relatively" easy fixes for the coaching team but attacking structure needs someone who really understands it. last isn't that person unless he's learned a massive amount since he left.



I once went to an open training session when radford was the coach and the attacking training was pitiful

wow, would have been miles better than cust at hooker. He'll get snapped up

Forgive my ignorance if i'm wrong but wouldn't Smith and Gene counted as two oversea coaches?

Thibk you mentioned in another post, no coincidence that our attack improved hugely when we have Reynolds and Trueman, neither were brilliant, but just that experience really helps set things up

Tony Smith obtained British Citizenship many years ago.

It's almost as if we've signed Cust as a back up half back because we are concerned Abdull is always injured and Sezer will miss games because of his age but Cust isn't injury prone. Don't get Cust simply don't get it.

I've always said he is the one signing I can't get my head around, should have kept Reynokds or gone for Leyland, even Hampshire.

you also need players with guile,flair and expereience in your team.our back division is devoid of them.you can see why we have only averaged 12 points a game.

Better but still not good. The players on the pitch mostly put into practice what happens on the training filed. Some clubs look like they know what they're doing and some don't. Personnel play a part but also training it into them.



I really hope cartwright isn't another coach who encourages players to "play what they see"