I’d be shocked if he got rid of Lam never mind Radlinski. Every now and again there comes a time when the owner of a pro sports club has just got to bite the bullet and recognise it’s time to sack the coach. I doubt IL will do it and if he doesn’t he’s harming the clubs prospects not only for this season but next and beyond as fans walk away, young players have their confidence shot and potential recruits won’t like what they see.

It’s hard to say what lies behind it. A misplaced sense of loyalty? Not willing to pay a severance package? No idea who to replace him with or inability to get a new coach interested? Combination of all three? Who knows but the longer he leaves it if things carry on like this the worse it will get and the harder it is to fix.

I'm not sure if that's a sarcastic response or not?

Hankinson won't change the side on his own, but if bringing in a big solid lad, who's also a decent goal kicker and that in turn let's us move one of our defensive champions back into the pack - why wouldn't we do it?

By the sounds of previous posts of yours, I don't think we're a million miles away from eachother in regards to the style of rugby we both like. Isa (who I still think he has his limitations) plays a huge role in what we are good at - hard, spiteful, pack mentality defence.

That's what we need to get back too and the quickest way to do it, is to have the key players playing in their right positions.

Sort the defence and build from there imo.

No it wouldn’t but it would solve the goal kicking problem. Against HKR we’d have been level at one point with the kicks going over and that can change the momentum of a game. It would also allow 2nd row forwards who have been playing centre to go back into the pack which given Bateman is out injured might be a good idea.

I don’t get the opposition to Hankinson being recalled from loan. The club is struggling to find 17 fit players and while he’s not Gene Miles he’s a better centre option than second rowers in my view.

Even minus the goal kicking Hankinson should be brought back and it’s baffling why he hasn’t been. No Smithies now I guess, No Bateman and No Hardaker or French, so we need as many backs as possible to allow Isa to move in to the pack.

Instead we’ll keep finding a few more 19 year olds we can grind in to the dirt.

Are you all not overlooking the obvious here with regards to Hankinson; is there even a recall clause in the loan arrangement? It may be the case that Wigan simply can't bring him back.

Possibly, but if that's the case then it's a simple one to put to bed.

Both Lam and Hank haven't done that. Earlier on in the season, Lam said "we haven't had those discussions yet" and Hank just posted a shoulder shrug emoji when asked why he wasn't back.

maybe he doesn't want to come back, wigan haven't shown him much loyalty, sending him on a season loan, to a non SL club, at the other end of the country in favour of a FB taking your starting spot.

Would you want to come back?

Then not sure why he signed a new deal before he went.

=#FF0000Hankinson IS on a season long loan and can't be recalled.

Then why don't they just say that and why does everything else seem to say differently?

I actually thought Hastings played well for us last night.
The former MOS basically played full back and scrum half last night – I imagine his stats were quite good.
If we’d had 13 Hastings’ on the pitch we would have won.

While injuries have hit us hard, we are a shadow of the team of a few years ago.
We don’t look organised at all, the youth should slot into the orchestrated plays and a lack of personnel should not really mean we fall apart.

We were making 5 metres per play, no metres after contact, very little flair, offloads etc. just one up drives.
Compared to their 10-15. Our defensive line plods up, if moving at all, meaning you lose 10 yard per play.
All signs of poor coaching or wrong coaching.
We need to press when in defence otherwise we are always jogging back.

Sure get Clark and Hank in, why not.
The Stains game is a ‘free shot’ no one realistically expects a contest or a win.