Given this is the first time we will have come across Ian Millward since his departure. Has anyone got any particular message or song in mind for Sunday............

Who?

The old favourite "Cheer up Ian Millward..." is the first thing that springs to mind.

I've nothing against Millward tbh. He made some bad calls and by the sounds of Radlinski's book he wasn't the most popular amoungst the players at the club but considering he got sacked by Wigan he's never really spat his dummy out. He's always been pretty complimentary about Wigan when i've heard him speak.

He's found his level at Leigh mind! ha ha.

He certainly set us back as few years with some crap signings though..

I just want us to batter them, if that's with a young team then even better.

Care to name them? IIRC he signed the likes of Botham and Jonkers when we were in the worst injury crisis I can remember. Of course he'll never be forgiven by many for getting Higham for Newton but don't forget he signed Feca and Pat too.

Pat, Feka, Fletcher and Logan were hardly poor signings tbh...

Micky Higham, Tim Jonkers, Oliver Wilkes, Nathan McAvoy, Danny Hill and Jordan James....nuff said

McAvoy and Hill were Nobles signings.

IMO Botham wasn't a bad player and neither was Jonkers in his day, both hard workers.

I am peeved about getting rid of Newton big time, did he get rid of Guissett and Carney too?

Barrett was also one of Millwards signings I'm lead to believe as the deal was already done when Millward was here. He was still turd as our coach though.

Millward's time at Wigan was ruined by injuries and the players' attitude towards him, not by him being a bad coach.

His poor signings were made on the back of the injury crisis purely as bodies for the squad. His long term signings were actually pretty good for your club.

As for Newton v Higham - there aren't many fans in SL (Wigan apart) who would take Newton over Higham now, or even then. Most Wigan fans are only complaining in retrospect - at the time they were busy lording a "victory" over Saints and celebrating the signing.

I wasnt bowled over with him.

I was 'stumped' by his signing.