One of the reasons that we do well in the play offs is that you have to play percentage football. Well since we play low risk rugby for most of the season it's less of a transition for us than other teams

Noble will do a good job for any club with a big pack and a chairman who can play the salary cap

But we rely on a steady stream of decent youngster who need one on one coaching, something that I don't think Noble does.

What we need to take us to the next level is a coach with NRL experience who can bring a couple of decent NRL players, not necessrilaly world class ones either

I'll always be grateful to Noble as he was the man in charge that saved us from relegation. But we need to move on

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Look it's pretty simple. Leeds are odds on favourites to win it again not because they finished sixth but because they finished first. That is all you need to know.

Dave

Christ people.

Win or lose, Brian Nobles love in at Wigan is finished.

If we were to offer him a new contract and he were to accept it would be embarrassing for both the club and him.

Like it or not Noble has touted himself all over the place. Whilst we have been talking to all and sundry about being his replacement.

We would look like indecisive fools and he would look like he had zero self respect (and I believe Mr. Noble has plenty of Self respect).
It’s over.

Nobodys asking who are favourites Dave,i think you may be in the wrong thread. If not can you re-read the question and answer, Thanks

John

I am sure you got the point.

Dave

We know its over,once again thats has never been the question. Thanks for not reading the thread properly!

No i didnt other than Leeds being favourites but that has nothing to do with what the thread is about. What happens if we win it Dave?

And no im not saying we are going to win it,i am asking 'what if'.

It will be great but the point is if we do win it then it will have been against the odds, which in itself would make it a sweet victory but Leeds have been contesting finals for several years now because they are a good and consistent team. If we want to do the same and be regular contenders we have to be finishing much higher than we do in the league.

Nothing is impossible and if Leeds do as I predict and play us v Saints we have our best chance in several years of getting to the GF. More so than the last two semis we have appeared in IMO.

Dave

Then why the heck is there even a post about this?. Pointless.

Well the answer to your question is no, even if he wins the GF which unfortunatly i very much doubt, the perfomances and consistency over three years hasn't been good enough and in some cases we have been consistently poor, lets enjoy a good victory and look forward to next weeks semi and hope we dont freeze like we have in all the others semis we have played under Nobby.

I understand what you are saying re. finishing higher in the league but to be honest i feel hitting form at the right time is more important than finishing high in the table.

Anyway that wasnt the question.

If and i say 'if' we win the GF how would people feel about losing Noble and replacing him with what looks to be Shaun Wane?

Like every other Wigan fan, I'd be delighted to see us make the Grand Final. But even if we did, I want to see a new coach in charge next season for all the reasons already listed at length on previous threads. I'm not a Noble-hater, but I'm tired of the inconsistency and the lack of creativity in attack. Having said that, I'd love to see him leave as a Grand Final winning coach.

Simpily not true this season.

Why can't we have both?