i for one am chuffed with the appointment, apparently he's dead keen on fitness and conditioning as well as having some fresh and exciting ideas tactically. Hopefully will start the sason with a fitter Feka and a bigger more aggressive Fielden. I just hope hes given the time. Hes already being touted as wigans saviour on here, a more consistent wigan team is what we all want and need, the silverware will follow in time. A three year contract is signed, lets give him the time to mould HIS team and the players gel to HIS ways.

Indeed.

I don't want this to turn into an argument, but what on earth are you on about?

Hold over him? Vote with feet? Where on earth did you conjur that up from?


I am expressing my opinion on a forum.

Got it wrong? I have only TODAY given my opinion. Why on earth would I "admit" that I "got it wrong" all of a couple of hours after first posting?




While we are on the subject, what is it exactly that I "got wrong".
It is impossible to get an opinion wrong.


If you think that appointing a 35 year old with no first grade coaching experience as coach of the biggest RL club side in the world , is not a gamble, then you and I have very different views of what a gamble is.

I feel the same, it isn't about being negative at all, just our concerns but in no way does it mean I'm not happy that Maguire is our coach as he does seem to have an awful lot of respect from Oz which can't be a bad thing at all, the only concern is that he has very little experience in 1st team coaching. Let's hope he gets off to a bright start with success at Wigan.

The appointment of any coach is a gamble. All we as fans can do is get behind him and the team by giving our full support.
By the sounds of things, interviews with the man himself, our chairman and recommendations by some of the best coaches in the World , we could be about to witness something special at Wigan in the next few seasons.
I for one can't wait.

Saints took a gamble signing a coach from Leigh.

Hull KR took a gamble signing a coach from Toulouse.

Come on mate, it's not really fair to say no first grade coaching experience about a guy who's been assistant coach to Bellamy who admits Maguire has been very important to what they've achieved, and has even left him in charge when he had other commitments.

Yes it's a step up from Assistant to head coach, a step up that Bellamy feels he's more than ready for.

Be fair that's all i ask.

In theory he only needs to get to a final in his three years

And apparently we are taking a gamble signing a coach from...... wait the NRL champions Melbourne who have been to 4 grand finals in a row

it's an outrage. The fact he is highly rated by other top coaches just makes it more of a gamble!

MaGuire out!

Lets bring an experienced coach in, what about that Noble guy who used to coach us, he has plenty of experience, lets bring him in!

Come on, he's been a big part of the Melbourne set up since 2005. He may not have experience as a head coach, but he has a great deal of experience in 1st team coaching, and his (now previous) boss (a guy mentored and brought on by Wayne Bennett) thinks he's more than ready to step up.

Any appointment is risky, but I don't [ipersonally[/i feel this one is any riskier than Justin Morgan at KR.

I agree but we must must must finish above 6th this year otherwise we will of gone backwards!

Finishing 6th or lower next year would be a huge step down from what we've done this season. We've proven again that we've got the players to mix it with the top teams when we play them, with some consitency the team is capable of a lofiter placing at the end of the season.