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Im not keen on Mr Noble coming back at all

They did exactly the same thing when Millward signed for them after leaving Saints. They thought they had the Messiah.

I'm really not convinced Noble is the answer, even though I doubt it's true.

It might do you a bit of short term good, but I'm not convinced about his record. I know he won the things with Bradford, but he didn't have to deal with the crap hand that McNamara has.

If Noble comes back he might bring the under-performing Fielden back with him, and we can make him world-class again.

I'v heard this rumour aswell. Noble back our way and he's getting replaced at Wigan by Adrian Lam. I think it would be a negative step if he came in as head coach, maybe as a director of rugby, but if the clubs finances are as bad as reported, then how could they afford to do that? Wouldn't the money be better spent on a centre or a half back?

Opportunity cost, mate. It depends which is deemed more important by the Board. Noble is a good motivator, which is something we could use, but judging by Wigan's current style of play he isn't someone we should be looking to bring to the club.

And who would you suggest?
Fact is, there is nobody available.

I'm sure there must be someone. Look at Michael Dobson. He was a relative unknown before his loan to Catalans.
I think that when clubs sell on young players they should put in a buy back clause, whereby they can buy him back for a pre-arranged price. That way we could bring Atkins back. His potential was obvious when the club let him go. It's thing like that that wind me up!

Doubt that would be enforceable if the player did not want to return.