Apologies if this is being discussed elsewhere.

Tony's contract runs out at the end of 2013. I cannot imagine for the world the club have not offered renewal terms to 2015 at least.

Is 2013 his last year?

I'd like to think he wouldn't go until he had achieved a GF win. Sort of "work un done"

I'd also like to think he wouldn't leave us with a massive rebuilding job outstanding to replace our core who will retire next year.

Going off previous jobs he never seems to stay too long in one place. U should be hoping that he stays

I wonder if he doesn't fancy the "re-building" job. No silverware during the transition years would spoil his CV.

He's always had a tempting job lined up when leaving a post.
Left Hudds for Leeds
Left Leeds for England
Left England for Wire

Can't really see a job as attractive as the Wire one come the end of 2013.
Hull maybe if Gentle doesn't produce this year with the cash they're spending possibly?

NRL job?

NRL

If Wigan have another trophyless season then I think Shaun Wane will be under pressure and Wigan will be looking for a new coach. Not sure if it will be easy to get a top NRL coach over any more so it will be a case of either look for an NRL assistant like they did with Maguire or try and find a proven trophy winning SL coach.

If TS wants a new challenge then Wigan would be a good option.

Well anyway up we must logically deduce he is stalling on signing/refusing to sign a new deal as I will not believe we have not offered a very juicy one. So he clearly has plans elsewhere.

I worry when he goes. Briers, Hodgson, Morley, Monas, Carvell all retiring will leave a massive restructure required.

To be honest it's about time he moved on anyway. As the Wigan and Leeds fans rightly point out, we have missed out on the two most valuable trophies this year. If we are ever to be a big club, we need to be ruthless and ambitious.
We know how to defend properly now, the obvious solution is staring everyone in the face - re appoint Paul Cullen.

I can't imagine he will leave the UK.

Tongue in cheek eh Winslade ??

I'm confident he'll be with us for a few more years.
He'll want to win a GF and see the youngsters develop.
He's a 1st class relationship with Moran and the job would have to be very very good for him to go and that would only be NRL
but he's a domiciled Brit.

Not at all, just because he has had a bit of success here doesn't mean we can't do better. Is it unreasonable of us to expect to win the hubcap and GF trophies this year ? Do we want to become the St Helen's of RL, constantly losing GF after GF and not be able to afford decent cladding around our stadium ?

Two matches off the triple, get real chaps !

Going off interviews etc over the years with him I think it is highly unlikely he will be with us for Super League XIX, unless the money really was too good to turn down. Having not long become a British citizen I can't see him going to the NRL, though the challenge must surely be tempting. I would like to see what he could achieve at a club like Widnes or Hull who have the money and the infrastructure to be successful. I couldn't tell you who I would replace him with though!

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Quote: sally cinnamon "If Wigan have another trophyless season then I think Shaun Wane will be under pressure and Wigan will be looking for a new coach. '" But Wigan weren't trophyless....they won a tasty prize for finishing top viewtopic.php?f=35&t=536392&tsmp=1349901344