I personally have been a huge fan if the IFL impact. I do though think his presence is somewhat missing in the last 2 years I may be wrong in this but is seems from the outside less visable.

It does seem to have reverted to a jobs for the boys mentality at the club. Internally I see many positive words about Rads in his position externally I don't hear too much. The ethos of a club starts at the top and of our 3 most prominent off field representatives IFL seems less present, Rads wildly inexperienced for a club with our ambition and to be fair his track record has done nothing to inspire confidence and Wane seems happy to make headlines but lacks consistent substance.

Major issues highlighted by the 3 mentioned is our failure to find a support hooker since Riddell left and MM became first choice and our public strategy to look at size post Sydney and recruit absolutely non.

Your statements are right but you are ignoring my wider point.

All I'm saying is everything isn't as rosy as some people think within the club.

The truth will come out in the end.

What is missing in our team?
Leaders, true ball players in the halves who can run the show, ideally with a kicking game.
Aggressive props who eat up the yards and tackle hard striking fear into the opposition.
A genuine 9 on the interchange, a player who plays the game with a quick scoot running at tiring forwards.


Do we have the personnel to apply the above?

Honestly I understand your point about Wane, and I've heard similar, but I can only go off the facts, hence my discussion of what occurred with the players you've mentioned.

If Williams is selected over Hampshire in the halves next week I think that would go a long way to prove the point you make.

Fair enough. Like i said, we both know the truth and you are indeed right with your points. With Sam coming back i expect we may here more on this next year from Hampshire and/or Tierney. Time will tell.

Deacon is still very inexperienced as a head coach. Let's get in an experience successful coach from the NRL, let Deacon learn from said coach before taking over.

Wigan will do well to keep Hampshire unless something happens. i.e. he stops favouring Williams/Smith in the halves and gives Hampshire a run in the halves.
I don't see a where Tierney fits in. As a full back we'll have Sam with Hampshire as a back up, and in time someone else will come through the system.
On the wings we'll have Manfredi and Charnley with cover in other established better players.

Let's let Deacon cut his teeth elsewhere then have a crack at the Wigan job.

Next coach has to have NRL experience.

Let Deacon learn from an experience NRL coach at Wigan. Someone who can teach him another perspective to what he's learnt under SW.

This thread is like the ones on our board after the HKR defeat. We thought something was seriously wrong, something deep routed too.

Can't agree. I think the Wigan job is far too big a job to step into as your first Head Coach job without experience in a senior position in the top league in the World.