wane suffers from over expectation at wigan. Despite horrific injuries earlier in the season he's taken to to within a whisker of the top 4 and a wembley final. I think he's over achieved with the players he has. Your front row is rubbish and your outside backs are no better than average for the comp and you have a full back who is way beyond his best and only one half back. Now that may be down to his recruitment and retention but your squad is nowhere near the best in SL and over achieved last year in winning the GF

I don't like the bloke but he has a pretty impressive coaching CV when it comes to finals and trophies

Absolute nonsense.

Sam Tomkins doesn't become poor overnight. I'd personally not swap our Centre pairing for any other in the league, our Props play to a coached game plan our second row is too small, our hooker is 1 dimensional. Our halves are ridiculously inconsistent I'd seriously like anyone to name a team with 4 better wingers than us. We have the best player in the league still at 13.

The one thing I do see however we as a team are playing well below our potential.

Wane is/has followed the same path nearly step for step at Wigan as Noble did in my opinion.

His failure to learn and adapt and loyalty to 1 style of play is holding the team back and also being damaging to individuals in the team.

When Madge came in he signed Deacon and with the same squad took us from bottom to top of the league.

This team has bags of ability however it will never achieve it with Wane at the heals.

tomkins became an average player during his spell at the warriors and Hull have 2 better wingers than any of your 4 and if you think gelling and gildart are the best centres in sl then you need to take the cherry n white specs off mate.

You wouldn’t swap Gelling, for anyone in this league?!!

I said 4 better Wingers. No other club can boast that strength in depth. All would be first choice wingers in most othe SL teams.

Gildart is a very special player in my opinion, Gelling divides opinion but comes up with massive meters every week. As I said personally I wouldn't swap them as a pair for any others.

I don't think there is a better pair in the league. Are they used wrong, absolutely, but as a combination I wouldn't swap them.

Maybe Shenton and Webster are better however ours are at the start of their career not the end.

I's say Jake is more right than wrong. I like Gelling and Gildart, but I wouldn't deny that Shenton and Webster are probably the best pairing in the comp. And also that Hull wingers have been very good. But Wigan's problems aren't with their outside backs, as many have said. We are plenty good enough to be competitive there if the rest of the team was firing. We *have* overachieved in the last couple of seasons. And without drastic changes, which I think are unlikely, that won't alter anytime soon.

If Manfredi comes back the same player (and it's a big IF) then he is automatically the best winger in the league. Tom Davies is already in the top 3 wingers in the league for me. Just look at his stats, Tries, clean breaks, metres, tackle busts etc, it's phenomenal. Another season for him like this one and the NRL will be sniffing. Burgess is badly out of shape and fitness. Marshall had a couple of good attacking games against a poor Warrington side and that has masked the rest of his games. Shocking under the high ball and totally inept in defence and i can't see that changing, he isn't the answer im afraid. I would swap Gelling for quite a few centres in the league, Bill Topou being the main one. I like Gellings off the cuff style when we are in front or needing to be expansive but he does it too often for my liking and leaves me cringing when i see him within 20 metres of the opposition line when you just want him to take it in.

The criticisms of Hasler are very similar to those of Maguire at the Rabbits (excluding the culture stuff) - hanging on to an outmoded and dull style of play was OK whilst the side was competitive, but not once it stopped at least getting wins.

I'd say Wane and McDermott look a lot like Hasler and Maguire in that the signs are suggesting that they've hung on too long. Tony Smith did too (I'm pretty sure when he left Leeds he said that a coach shouldn't stay at a club for more than 4/5 years). The main difference between Smith and the others to me is that he has a record of achievement at more than one club. I'm really not convinced either Wane or McDermott would be particularly successful outside of the clubs they're at.

So your saying he would have taken

Winning a glorified friendly (Charity Shield game)
Lose at Wembley
Fail to even get to the semi final games

And you as a fan would have taken that

Because in a nutshell that what Wigan standards have just become under Wane. And the buck does stop with him by prioritising getting to Wembley over the GF. We played a vastly understrength side at Leigh though I agree we had injuries.

But the week after at Warrington in the CC game most returned just in time. Or was it more like held back. Because that 2 point if those players who came back the week after were available has cost us a lot more than just pride.

What the answer is I'm not sure. Would keeping Wane and bringing in an attacking coach with a good record help. Waney is a good motivator although he's had a hang dog look about him almost all this season.
Perhaps Wane plus say Geoff Toovey as asst? Toovey would sort out our half backs and backs. The style would certainly improve.

Replacing Wane will be difficult although there would be plenty applicants if his job became vacant. How many of those applicants would be good enough or suitable is another matter. It took IL over a year to find and agree Mcguire so will it take the same next time?

One thing is for sure and that is we are all fed up with the style of rugby played and matter have to improve. Changes have to be made to get those improvements and if they are not made then the outlook for crowds next season is not good at all.
My preference is for Wane plus an attacking/backs asst coach, like Toovey. Don't know if he'd be suitable but if he was I'd have him here and asap!

I wouldn't swap Gelling either! Not unless it was for a top class international, proven centre.