Who is he? I know he was at Toulouse briefly and has worked with Brian Smith at Sydney Roosters, what do the aussies say about him? Is he highly rated over there. He can't be worse than Wlaters in my opinion.



Catalans have re-signed Vincent Duport too by the way, good news.

Quote jonny the leyther="jonny the leyther"Who is he?'" Quote jonny the leytherAgé de 33 ans, il est actuellement l’assistant de Brian Smith dans le club de NRL des Sydney Roosters. Ancien joueur des Roosters mais également des Wests Tigers et des Parramatta Eels, il avait débuté sa carrière d’entraîneur à Toulouse en 2005 qu’il avait conduit en demi-finale de la Carnegie Challenge Cup avant de rejoindre le coaching staff des Newcastle Knights en 2007 puis celui des Roosters cette saison. Véritable technicien, il possède une approche scientifique du sport qui l’a conduit à devenir en 2008 l’un des proches conseillers de Tony Smith, actuel entraîneur de Warrington, pour l’élaboration des stratégies et tactiques lors du Four Nations. Egalement expérimenté dans le domaine de la préparation physique, en charge de ce secteur à Toulouse pendant 3 ans en 2002 puis à Hull KR en 2006, il s’est distingué par sa maîtrise des nouvelles technologies et ses diplômes dans ce domaine. '" www.catalansdragons.com/fr/news30062010_1.php So now you know.

Quote jonny the leyther="jonny the leyther"Who is he?'" Quote jonny the leytherAgé de 33 ans, il est actuellement l’assistant de Brian Smith dans le club de NRL des Sydney Roosters. Ancien joueur des Roosters mais également des Wests Tigers et des Parramatta Eels, il avait débuté sa carrière d’entraîneur à Toulouse en 2005 qu’il avait conduit en demi-finale de la Carnegie Challenge Cup avant de rejoindre le coaching staff des Newcastle Knights en 2007 puis celui des Roosters cette saison. Véritable technicien, il possède une approche scientifique du sport qui l’a conduit à devenir en 2008 l’un des proches conseillers de Tony Smith, actuel entraîneur de Warrington, pour l’élaboration des stratégies et tactiques lors du Four Nations. Egalement expérimenté dans le domaine de la préparation physique, en charge de ce secteur à Toulouse pendant 3 ans en 2002 puis à Hull KR en 2006, il s’est distingué par sa maîtrise des nouvelles technologies et ses diplômes dans ce domaine. '" www.catalansdragons.com/fr/news30062010_1.php So now you know.

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Quote jonny the leyther="jonny the leyther"Who is he? '" lmgtfy.com/?q=Trent+Robinson

Speaks French!



Whoopeee doooo



May coach Mr Goulding?





So after John Kear the catalans rate no British coach



Quelle surprise

A poor cheap substitute for JK. The equivalent of buying the best ingredients and then giving them to a 5 year old to cook. I could go on...

hung drawn and quartered before hes even got here

Well done





It's only took you an hour to copy it.

Apparently he's supposed to be decent enough. How he will actually turn out is anyone's guess, although he does have a better pedigree than Walters, who had previously been shipped out of the Broncos and was coaching a top Queensland Cup side to a mid-table finish before he was approached by Catalans. And like someone has said he can't possibly be any worse, at least he understands the French game and will give game time to some French players if nothing else.

Kear is a poor coach and is exactly what Catalans do not need.

Kears win/loss % at wakey is better than most in recent times for that club which would indicate he is not that bad would you not agree? JK as every human being has his positives/negative points but imo would have done better than Kevvy this year in Catalans, and is amongst the best British coaches in SL. Keep in mind that he has had Brough, Tronc and Newton taken out of his squad this season. Take 3 of the most influencial players out of most squads and you would see a dip in performance.

That's what happened to Walters as well... just saying.

For starters, Barry, you're an idiot with too much time on your hands. What's the point of an RL fans forum if you can't talk about the game with other fans?



I also think the lad should be given a chance, if he has had success in the Queensland Cup, speaks french which will help and if he settles and has success his age is on his side.

Really? Isn't he just following the same sort of path as Justin Morgan? I am pretty sure the Hull KR fans would prefer Morgan to Kear.

No, he's poor. He was crap at Paris, Huddersfield and Hull, and he's been average at best at Wakefield. He was also shocking in the England job. He has won the Challenge Cup twice and miraculously managed to save Wakefield in 2006 so people see him as some sort of wonder coach, but in reality he's woefully limited. He's left every club he has been at in a worse state than when he arrived (although this will probably not be possible at Wakefield). He would have been an improvement on Walters, but only because Walters is so pathetically inept.

It's an opinion



It's so wrong but it's an opinion.



That's why you must qualify as a "moderate" or

A little harsh Jonny.



Barry McKenzie encourages healthy debate but unless you are the 'Dalai Lama' of all things footy like myself I think is better if the person googles the subject they wish to discuss first rather than just firing off unresearched questions on an open forum.



I look forward to discussing this, and indeed any other footy related topics with you in due course..... that is of course as long as you carry out some minimal research first.







Barrington.