Solomona was a 'big story' because Tony Smith whinged like a little girl.

That was a perfectly legitimate tackle.

So i guess if Craig Bellamy and Mike Maguire were available all of those clubs that have complained would not be interested in employing them?

Of course they would.

If you have some stats showing the amount of career ending / threatening tackles that Melbourne / Wigan have made compared to other clubs then im all ears.

How did you decide that Wigan are the biggest Club in the World based on what measurement?

Wigans loss to St George in the WCC was not that close in reality, St George went up a gear when ever they had to and handed Wigan a master class in how to play.

Based on semi-pro trophies. They can't be bettered.

Just because Brisbane is a bigger club than Wigan doesn't make it a bigger club than Wigan.

Bellamy has won nothing at Melbourne and Maguire fluked a Grand Final at Wigan. Neither are in the top eschelon of coaching.

Maguire has shown himself to be a short sighted coach lacking in tactical depth. Once Royce figured out a masterplan he was beaten. Had Maguire rested his key players and brought through some of the much vaunted youth Wigan might not have limped so pathetically out of the playoffs.

he did'nt butcher the game and I think most if not all clubs over here would defo have him as head coach just look at what he has done with wigan in the 2 years he was here and i think it was clever what he done.

But Trophies won from different competitions is not necessaries a yardstick.
That is not comparing Apples with Apples, Wigan were a Shark swimming with minnows for a decade and they were expected to win nearly everything.

The biggest Club in the game is the one that has the most fans, the biggest crowds, generates the most revenue etc.

The fact that South Sydney and St George have won plenty of titles in the past does not make them contenders for the biggest Club in the Game nowadays.


The fact they employed an assistant NRL Coach who left at the first opportunity to get a first grade spot in the NRL is an indicator of Wigans current standing.
In my opinion...

Sorry, I forgot you were Australian, it probably needed a smiley.

Don't have the exact times. Look after 60m.

Just because people complain doesn't mean it's true - even if lots of them do.

Some coaches have been known to bring attention to other coaches tactics to try and influence the ref - who'd have thought that!!

Once again, going in the wrong direction.
The problem SL's forwards have been having this season are head high tackles with two of our best, Graham and Morley, suffering particularly badly.
Wigan's two worst game for this were v HullFC.
The game at the DW was a thug a thon with Manu leading the way followed by Yeaman. Three brawls, no action from Ganson for 70 mins then, rightly, sending off Joel Tomkins. The game at the KC, three Wigan forwards sent from the field due to blood pouring down their faces from head tackles. All three needing stitches.
The RFL/SL has just got it wrong. No one has been hurt with three or four man tackles. Numerous players have been hurt and damaged this year by head high tackles. Let's hope something is done for next season.

you can only play whats in front of you. End the day he won two major trophies in two years and there not spoiling tactics its very clever tactics. it proves one thing know if they race into leads and hang on that they have a good defence.

You lost. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

If theres one good thing m****re has done it's build wigan fans up and give them delusions of grandeur, only for them to be crashed back down and dissapointed.

Over the last 2 years the level of disrespect they have shown to saints and leeds acheivements is astounding. It's why the final this year is so fitting. You don't hear any pundits or officials bemoaning the loss of m****re do you? He can take his tactics and his receeding hairline and feck right off.

Wigan have used spoiling tactics to suffocate the opposition, before using systematic well drilled attacking lines and patterns to post points.

Rugby by it's very nature lends itself to flair and unpredictability in attack, something leeds and saints thrive off. Wigans patterns of attack are predictable and repetitive, but systematic in their nature hard to counteract. However it seems this year they have been worked out.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

good point but you do realise hoffman and coley are amongst the worst offenders for head shirts