Sorry mate, but I have to disagree......if wheelan hadn't spat his RL dummy out, Lenegan would have taken this club forward. He is a businessman who has built up his empire from the 80"...he started workplace by flogging his BMW to get capital.....he knows and understands risks and risk management....David Hughes buys and Sells a product he doesn't ever see, employs no "teams" in R&D/Sales/Customer Services etc......Ian Lenegan would have made this club a success.

The day he became aware Wigan was up for grabs was the start of the decline that sees us where we are now and it is very unfair of anyone to blame IL for the situation we find ourselves in at present....I'd be more inclined to blame the RFL and David Hughes, who has employed a series of people who were/are not up to the task.

As for the OP......8% of SL coaches tat have tried to win SL have done so......about 188 out of 204 have won SFA......Tony Rea may not be the answer, but he'll do for the next 2 years and steady the ship at worst.

Oh I don't know, walking away with the majority shareholding didn't exactly help the club find new financial backers or enable balanced funding. Think an element of blame can be laid at his feet. More probable blame across the board. Lenaghan could have helped make us a success not would have.

As for appointment of Rea. Given the state of the senior playing side, confidence and winning more than being lost are the most essential things. Other aspects spin out from that. Agree he may or may not be the long term future but after last 18 months of terminal decline a period of stability will not do the club any harm.

i might be wrong here, but I seem to recall a couple of 750k payments being made to the club once he had gone.......the fact that that money was pi55ed up against the wall by others is not his fault, but it does explain why nobody else was prepared to pay for his shares. Don't forget either that without IL, we may very well have ceased to exist in 2005.........as for [uhelping make the club a success[/u, I repeat, he would have made the club a success........David Hughes has simply enabled the club to exist, but we have made no progress under his chairmanship/ownership....in fact, dare I say it, we have gone backwards!

Tony's Super 14 experience will certainly assist as and in his time away, he will have improved his coaching skills and as many have said, his man management is excellent, plus he's London through and through.

The best man we could get has the job.

Hickey > Wheeldon
Bryan and Thomas > not in top 20?
Te Mata and Golden > 2 spots free but these may be required to upgrade Dixon and Krasniqi whose agents ought to be demanding top 20 contracts

Not much wriggle room for bringing in anyone new unless some contracts are paid out/contracted players loaned out etc.

We seem to have no problem giving 18-year-olds professional deals - could we assume McMeekan and a.n.other (maybe Bishay?) will follow the example of Sarginson, Dixon, Lovell?

You really have a problem with Wheeldon don't you? Did he steal your burger?

Oh, I see what you did there now. I take it back

If his performance for the Skolars at Wrexham's any guide then Lamont Bryan isn't a SL player anyway - might hack it in the Championship, but no higher.

Bryan has found his level. He doesn't have a position and most certainly isnt SL standard.

that's how I read it first as well.

www.code13rugbyleague.com/2012/0 ... contracts/ Scott Wheeldon signed a new contract, announced on 25th June.

www.code13rugbyleague.com/2012/0 ... contracts/ Scott Wheeldon signed a new contract, announced on 25th June.