I'm not a fan of Nobby's style of RL and I was quite happy for him to be given the shove mid season. In hindsight that wouldn't have been a good idea. Some of the rugby we've started playing is very entertaining but it doesn't cover the issues we've had at the start of the year. I do expect some shock results throughout the course of the year and losing to Celtic wouldn't have been so hard to swallow if it was just a blip. Loses to Castleford, Hull, Wakey, Catalan & Warrington effectively ruined what could have been a good season for us and if we'd won those games we'd have been in second place.

Getting to the GF would be great but it still doesn't hide the fact that we've been underachieving in the league for a few years now.

Will I be happy for us to win the final? Of course. Will I be happy for Noble to go if we win? I suspect that decision was made months ago though.

I thought you were leaving this thread ?

The simple fact with Noble is that people do not agree about him.
No view is right 100% No view is 100% wrong...

Now here is a good idea...


LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM... or any point in between...


ffs will you lot grow up and spend a couple of days getting brhind the team and enjoying the fact that we are 80 minutes from a Grand Final.

SURELY THAT SHOULD BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION FOR A DAY OR TWO.


LEAVE THIS TILL THE SEASON IS OVER EH?

That's a lot of questions for a man who'd supposedly had enough of this subject.

But there's a simple answer.

IL will have got it wrong (in my opinion), if he replaces Noble with someone who's credentials aren't as good as Noble's.

Let's not get into all these silly ifs, buts and what-ifs. You know exactly what I mean. The chairman needs to replace Nobby with someone who is highly rated and I don't just mean because he's a nice guy or because, for example, 'he's a Wiganer'. He needs to be someone very promising for this club, not just someone who 'fancies having a go at it'.

If IL does this, and the new guy gets it wrong (i.e. if the Wigan team plays as badly under him as it has under Noble), I won't blame IL. He can only do so much, and if he's appointed the new man on form then he can't be held accountable. As to what happens then, Heaven only knows, though I suspect IL will give him plenty time to prove himself - let's be honest, he gave Nobby an extra year when many said that he shouldn't.

I think the easy answer which a few people have said is that it's already been sorted out if he is staying or not. If we win the GF then I wouldn't mind just to see if he could build on that and the players would know they are some of the best.

First job for the new coach IMO is making Robin Park a fortress... BN has not done this.

I think he should go for the reasons explained on the other thread.

Those suggesting that we might not replace him with anyone better are correct, there is a risk that we end up with a less able coach than BN but I think we have to trust in IL that he will find someone with new ideas and with the drive and determination to take Wigan that final step to closing the gap on our rivals and then pushing us on to regain our status as the leading club in British RL...

Morons, eh?

So we've had 'thick', 'stubbon', 'mule-headed', and now we've got 'morons' ... despite several posters going out of their way to explain as eloquently as possible why they'd prefer someone else, and getting almost no reasoned response to most of the points they've put forward.

I'd suggest that some contributors to this forum haven't had their best week.

Couldn't agree more, I've already expressed similar opinions on this before and come to the same coaching conclusion as you.

I agree and that's what happens every year. We should have beaten an average Warrington side to reach Wembley. I can't erase that from my mind.