Without going too much into it, no.

Wire - Challenge Cups 3, SL - 0
Wigan - Challenge Cups 3, SL - 3

Way ahead IMO.

Whilst the away form has been nothing short of pathetic, I have a bit of sympathy for Wane tonight. We start the game well go 6-0 then we throw a forward pass from dummy half which completely changes the momentum of the game. Then we score to make it 10-16 and Powell throws a shocking pass to Bateman which results in us not touching the ball for the rest of the half. 2 big turning points that he couldn't do anything about.

That being said, some of the players threw the towel in tonight and that is simply unacceptable. That is something Wane can sort out and it will be interesting to see who carries the can for tonight. I thought Bowen, Charnley, Sarginson, Powell, Williams, Patrick, and O Loughlin were woeful. Joel Tomkins had a shocker too but I can cut him slack as he was up against a world class centre in Tonga and Joel quite simply isn't a centre.

4 weeks now for Wane to sort them out or he will be looking at the exit door at the end of the season.

I suspect the 18 (current total) that have voted Wane IN and a coaching genius are all Saints fans!

Up until last week you was looking like being the team to beat. Putting big scores on and not letting many in. Two weeks later it "sack the coach".

Leeds and saints ain't looked hot in recent weeks either. This year is more competitive and anyone can beat anyone.

Anyone with half of brain can see he's no coaching genius but you can't argue with his record and your 3rd in the league!

I voted it, not because I think he is a coaching genius but because I think he should stay. 2 weeks ago nearly everyone was happy with him

You see a lot of these blow outs in a season but they count for very little in the grand scheme of things.

The CC defeat was more damaging really. Wigan have a good chance of reaching the GF and anything can happen then as we know. Should see the season out with Wane in charge and then take stock.

He was the best British coach by a mile a few weeks back


How fickle!

If anything SW is too trusting in his players. Smith should be dropped he gets found out under pressure I cringe watching him. Sarg should be moved to full back on a permanent basis because Bowen hasn't worked out.
However the big problem over the last few weeks is the 20 mins mark, up to that point the forwards have mixed it and Wigan have been in contention. After the 20 mins the wheels fall off. Is it not obvious to anybody else that the replacement props and Powell are useless? SW neeeds to stop hoping that they will perform and drop them to Worky or wherever he sends them, but don't send them out to face Leeds

Not in the opinion of, I think, most supporters. Most are aware of, and have voiced concerns about, Wane's shortcomings as a coach. He is 'tactically naive' if we're being generous. My concern is that he's taken us from being a well-drilled, disciplined, ruthless machine to an unstructured, ill-organised bunch of flat track bullies. Putting 60 points on a Hull KR side that would have struggled against a pub team impresses nobody but the delusional. Having said that he's here for the foreseeable as IFL will not get shut, he loves Wane and is a tightwad. For what it's worth I would give the job to Deacon for the rest of the season

Another worry is that those who say, don't panic, we have a talented young side next season, they're only kids, they'll improve with experience (OK, they may mostly be Saints fans

), aren't reckoning with the likelihood that several of the best of them may not be with us for much longer (Sarginson? Hampshire? Gelling?).

Wrong. I was one them. Give Catalan some credit. They slowed down the PLB and had great line speed and were sometimes in amongst the Wigan line before Wigan had decided to pass! They played with lots of aggression which Wigan couldn't match on the night. The next three weeks will be the best litmus test as to how Wigan will finish this year. I wouldn't be surprised to see us beat Leeds and Saints and then lose away at Hudds. Then again, a betting man would go off form and assume they will lose all three!

I have said from Day 1 he is not a coach. IMO he was given the job as an "old boy" by IL to make it look like he was going back to the glory days of the late 80's/early 90's and to entice the likes of Edwards back.

Fans of other clubs have just laughed at Wane since he got the job, despite his early success that was, lets be honest, built on what Madge did. They all want Wane to stay as they see him taking the club backwards.

He is a one trick pony