Great news

Seems a bit of a stretch to put our change in form down to our former Head of Youth becoming an assistant coach. Not that I'm saying an assistant coach can't make a difference, they obviously can and do, but they are still working under the head coach.

We've probably turned the corner by having a run of winnable games, Farrell returning from injury and being able to field a more settled halfback partnership alongside a hooker who looks to be making big improvements to his game.

Jury is still out for me - Hope I’m wrong but it has the feeling of Solskjær getting the Man U job permanently, prematurely.

We haven’t won a game against any of the teams currently above us this season in league or cup and while we should all be happy with the upturn in results and form it needs to be put into context of the teams we’ve played.

We were 10th/11th in the table for a large period, of course we’ve beaten teams above us.

We’ve played Hull once and lost by one point. Against Warrington we lost at Magic 3 tries to 2 - hardly gave a bad account of ourselves - and the cup game by 2 points. Fair enough Saints have beaten us comfortably twice but I’d rather lose to them in July and beat them in September.

Time will tell with Lam.

At times we've been terrible, at others great. In all honesty we've had 2 excellent performances all season, only 2. V Cats and v Hull KR. But...perhaps Lam has had it tough? Not sure.

I pray what we saw last week becomes the norm. I don't think at this stage, losing to Saints would be all doom and gloom, as long as we perform and keep improving so we're ready for when it really matters.

Hopefully this is the right appointment, at the end of the day we all want the same thing, a successful entertaining RL team.

I said the teams “currently” above us - the teams we’d need to beat if we stay in the play-off positions. The record is:

P 6 W 0 L 6

I doubt anyone would argue that Lam still has a lot to do to impress, but maybe this is reflected in the fact that he's only got an extra year.

I'm not sure how long it takes to source, sign and bring over a top coach, but I suspect that would have been very difficult in time for 2020 given that we owed Lammy at least a few months to try and turn things around this year.

If we'd reached July and Wigan were still near the bottom, the decision would have been easier - the 'find a new coach' ball would probably have started rolling by now. However, we're not at the top of the tree either, so giving him a one-year deal would seem like a reasonable response.

In my opinion I think he’s only been given the job to snare Hastings, hence the 1 year deal to fire him off if he gets any worse otherwise if they had any faith in him it would have been a 3 year deal.

Lam for me isn’t the answer, if he was things would have been better from the start and despite our recent upturn I don’t believe he is the answer and we should be making plans with other coaches or at least having one in mind to take straight over should we feel the need to pot Lam.

Fair assessment and one which I agree with. The upturn in form is very much welcomed and goes without saying its been a huge confidence boost, but the real test comes Friday. If he wins that, regardless of how many by etc that will go a long long way to convincing the unconvinced it’s the right choice. Equally a good performance against Saints with a small loss would too.

My one fear is that if we get a drubbing the good feeling we, and the club have currently will be eroded away and we’ll go back to the early season Wigan rather than unlikely GF contenders.

The same comparison was made to me today, at work. I felt it was a fair one.
Not convinced he’s the answer but also not convinced the great Wigan RL can attract a bigger name. It’s either him or a punt on a Chester or Watson & let’s face it, that’s not going to sell many tickets, either.

Time will tell, I suppose

Fair assessment of things as they stand

Solskjær's problem at Old Trafford was not that he was a bad coach, but that, at the end of the day, his squad wasn't as good as the squads of his rivals.

Just sayin'...

Lol...what a difference a month makes...almost every one of you wanted him out.

I learned with Wane, I'd slated him all season, the when we won the GF I quite happily ate humble pie. I don't make any knee jerk comments anymore, I wait for the season to finish and then give an opinion. There's many seasons where a team has been average all season and come good for the playoffs and vice versa, teams have been immense and then folded like a cheap suit when it mattered.

Not like that month wasn't significant, though. Five wins out of five and a rapid ascent from the relegation fight to the top four.

I know where you're coming from, however. I'm sure you'd have preferred Wigan to be coachless and adrift rather than suddenly breathing down your necks.