Do we know when he will actually be here ?

Well, good luck to the bloke. All we can do now is get behind him and the team. It's a little underwhelming but we have to realise where we are and where the SL is tbh.

Work Visa takes up to 3 weeks if you're not already in UK, 8 weeks if you are bizarrely enough...

Then they will book flights, etc.

My bet is at least 1 month. Will be interesting to see what (if anything) changes for us in the meantime. Worrying times, Friday is the most "must win" game we've had in a very long time....

I am actually really pleased with this appointment.I think he is exactly the right age and his reputation in Queensland is excellent.He took over North Devils when they were struggling and turned the whole club around with an empasis on developing young players. He seems really well liked and respected and was expected to move to thr NRL as a head coach in the next few years. If Carr was the expected choice this guy has more experience and also no prior connrction with Leeds which to me is a good thing. Lets give him a chance as there is a massive job to do.

were they close to being relegated

We're not close to being relegated...

Yet

In 2015 we finished 2nd in Cunningham's first year. In 2016 we finished a lowly 4th. We might have finished lower again in 2017, but Cunningham was out, and Holbrook was in, and we were an American Football style block away from meeting you in the Grand Final (or Mark Percival being able to kick a goal in Castleford - whichever you prefer).

We weren't [ibad[/i under Cunningham, just disappointing - and there were lots of other factors poisoning the club (like Cunningham insulting the fans). We went from discussing dynasties from Browns team to needing a complete rebuild when Holbrook came in (not that he did - basically the same players under Cunningham became league leaders under Holbrook).

Jeez.... a lot of damage could be done by then...

A little underwhelmed but not that surprised. Everybody wants a NRL head coach but the reality is Murray is the only one (excepting Furner's short tenure at Canberra) that we have had in the summer era. We even got a bit lucky with Murray in thatthe demise of Hunter Mariners made him available. Plus points for Smith: 1) No record of failure that I can see. 2) Very recent record of success in a very competitive environment. 3) Despite his relative youth lots of coaching experience in the NRL and tremendous coaching pedigree in the Smith Boys.
He's got a big job and he needs the fans to support, not write him off before he gets here. Let's hope he turns out to be a gem.

ffs 3rd occasion in 7 years

cheers i thought in that semi would have been better to play yourselves than cas before their meltdown

He's been given 3.5 years so it's recognized it's a big job and he must be given time . Things didn't happen immediately with Roy Francis. At first I was underwhelmed, but now I'm not his father and his uncle were both successful coaches over here and he may have inherited something from them .I'm very interested how it progresses