: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:54 pm  

We should remember that Paul Cullen took over, at a similar time, to Tony Anderson taking over here. It seems rather harsh to call him a poor coach. He did okay for Warrington but eventually reached the point where he could take them no further. That doesn't mean he won't be very capable at this level.

: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:58 pm  

Biggest problem cullen had at wire was that he couldnt control the partyboy ethos that was eroding the club from the inside - something blobby lowes couldnt rectify.

: Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:21 pm  

spent a fortune on top players,probaly more than any other coach in S.L. with no result did ok at haven but was comparing him to Kelly who has won 2 grand finals with Dewsbury and Widnes both in the bottom half of the league when he took over.Think he will find it hard with an ageing side.

: Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:02 pm  

fax-boys wrote:

spent a fortune on top players,probaly more than any other coach in S.L. with no result did ok at haven but was comparing him to Kelly who has won 2 grand finals with Dewsbury and Widnes both in the bottom half of the league when he took over.Think he will find it hard with an ageing side.

Who's got an ageing side?

: Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:16 pm  

A.N.Other Viking wrote:

Who's got an ageing side?

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:47 am  

Tortured Soul wrote:

I wouldn't go slagging him off just yet. Wait and see how he goes during the season. New coach syndrome.....

That is exactly my worry.

When a new coach comes into a club the players want to impress to keep their first team selection and Widnes's second game under a new coach is.....

It will be interesting to watch them on Sky this Thursday against Toulouse to see how both teams fair...

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:25 pm  

All the players who played under Cullen seemed to get worse under his leadership .... Rahihi and Morley in particular. To me he always seemed to have that blank clueless expression and did beggar all at Warrington, other than make decent players lazy and cr*p. He should stick to punditry.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:26 pm  

If he gets off to a slow start it'll be interesting how long it is until the widnes fans get on his back with him having spent most of his career at warrington.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:57 am  

Cullen has stated he wants to get Widnes back into super league but does this mean that he got it wrong about Celtic Crusaders being a good idea ?
hindsight is a wonderful thing.....if only he knew Widnes job was coming up!!!!!

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:54 pm  

I love how the mighty have fallen. Whilst at Warrington he was a passionate supporter for getting rid of P&R and making SL a 'closed shop'.

Now the only job he can get is in a division he can't progress from for 3 years!!

Oh the irony is hialrious!