I have led you to a categoric statement from the club, not press rumour, on Maguire's contract terms and you prefer to believe the rumours and go on to say in another post its actually a fact he has a two year contract when you have absolutely no proof that is the case. Quite clearly you believe what you want to believe to suit your argument despite having club statements to the contrary shoved under your nose.

I can almost guess the response

I thought we had given up paraphrasing everything with "if he does leave" and the discussion was based on the assumption he was gone already. I'd be more than happy if this thread was a complete waste of time.

Well that is the pint isn't it "IF" he only has a two year deal but would you expect any club to put out the statement I have linked to if he didn't have a three year deal?



Well given the Souths vacancy needs filling now that is inevitable so I don't think he can earn browney points for that. I doubt he would have resigned now with no job to go to just to give IL pplenty of time to find a new coach.

What's the difference between a 3 year deal with the option to leave after 2 and a 2 year deal with the option to stay for a third year?

If he has the former then Wigan were perfectly entitled to announce it as a 3 year deal I reckon.

Look at football - lots of players have buy out / sale clauses but they don't get announced when they sign the contract; they only come up if someone looks to exercise one of these clauses. That's what I reckon has happened here.

Sorry Dave you misunderstand me. I believe it is a done deal but I don't believe it has to lead to the ruination of this season. I'm concerned about his ability to continue to give 100% but as Cruncher says he has certainly earned the right to have a crack at it. Also, whilst I take on board the Surgeon's comments it is still only April and we have plenty of time to turn things around. His impending move is just one factor we have had to contend with this season along with the WCC, injuries, Gleeson, etc.

All this talk of 2 years or 3 years is a little off the mark.

He has effectively served 1 year because year 2 will be disrupted by his impending departure (if it's not already).

Correct, dear me.

Only if the players are unprofessional, unless you're saying he'd have to quit at the end of the 2nd year of a 3 year contract because the players would know he was leaving then too?

You know for a fact he's been looking do you? Maybe as with all the best people he's been headhunted because of the works he done and been given an offer he couldn't refuse.

I haven't seen anything screwed up for the club, the knee-jerks rants are getting a bit OTT.

It could also have the other effect in that the players have become such a tight knit group under Maguire that they will want to send him out on a high, which is what I think will happen.

I'd be inclined to agree.

"seems like theres some sort of rumor here"




not to mention the grammatical & spelling errors of course ?

sorry,couldn't resist...

So now that it's more or less established Madge is going what is the favourite scenario for 2012?
Does SW get the job full time and someone gets promoted to No.2
Or
Do they look to Oz again
Or
They look to bring in one of your old boys Edwards/Hanley/Farrell
Or
Big money offer for a current SL coach?

No its different. Year 3 was always going to be a transition year - we know Wane is lined up to play a prominent role (probably head coach) and plans would have been made to handover responsibility throughout the 3rd year.

There were no such plans in place for this (2nd year)..Wigan now need to act quickly:-

Sort out his successor
Implement a transition plan (ASAP)
Ensure this season is a productive one building on last years triumph

This situation will be a difficult one to handle this year - mark my words.