Madge brought a team that was winning nothing to win some of the gretaest titles and that was with a team that had won nothing for the past 'few' years, there were no new signings so it obviously shows madge can bring the best out of any player.

They are both excellent coaches. Maguire though, just about takes it cos he never moans about ref's, supposed bad tackles etc. If Wigan have a poor game, he always admits it and says he will fix it and he generally does. Wire had better be prepared for a thumping the next time we play.

I don't really think that's a fair comparisson, Maguire has done really well at Wigan, really well. But at the same time I reckon Tony Smith would be a brilliant replacement. (That is ruling out the very slim chance that we will have Wayne Bennett as coach next year).

They are both superb rugby league coaches but you've got to remember Madge is still in the early years of being a head coach. After a few seasons coaching in the NRL I think he'll be head and shoulders above anyone we've got in Super League.

Tony Smith brought a team that had won nothing for the past 35 years to win back to back Challenge Cups and that was without making major squad changes, the squad that he won trophies with was basically one that had been assembled by Paul Cullen and James Lowes.

Other than one year when Wigan had a disaster season, Wigan had been ahead of Warrington every year.

In fact Maguire is only the second Wigan coach I can think of to have actually led Wigan to a league table finish below Warrington!

But I am not knocking him, if he was to take over at us after Smith leaves I would have no complaints and would expect him to win trophies with us.

Tony Smith