Well, I agree for one.

I don't want to get embroiled in another "mediocre SL" thread, but the standard of rugby this season has been poor. Saints are a shadow of the side they were 3 or 4 years ago, Leeds are nothing special. We weren't that far off 3rd but have been absymal for large parts of this season. The "chasing pack" hasn't caught up with Saints and Leeds, the top sides have been dragged down, sadly.

Whilst this is bad news for RL in general, its great news for Wigan - if Wigan could be better organised in the backroom and installed a forward thinking coach we could be challenging for honours with the players we already have and with our unrivalled local player base we could really benefit from the current system (not that I think the CC is right, obviously! )

Hope Nobbie stays better the devil u know an all that wud need somebody big to replace him

Firstly the only two people who are "entitled" to know what is going on are IL and BN.

The real question is not whether an announcement has or hasn't come out, it's what has happened in the background.

If rumours are to believed that Nobby found out from a friend that IL had approached another coach then that is unfortunate, but it happens. The real measure of IL as a person is how he reacted to this, once it became clear that BN knew about it. I don't know the detail around this and I suspect 99% of people on this board also fall into that camp.

With regard to a replacement, I think it is virtually nailed on that BN will move (I wouldn't be surprised if BN was the one who decided to move on after the above fiasco, but that's purely conjecture on my behalf).

I don't know enough about this Mcguire guy, but I have to say I would be a little disappointed. Wigan is the biggest club side in RL and we need a big coach. Next year we will be competeting against sides coached by Mick Potter, Tony Smith, Brian McClennen etc. We need to compete with this knowledge and experience. I don't want an Aussie "prospect" coming over here and learning his trade, I want the finished article.


In these days of the CC chairmen have it relatively easy in terms of financial exposure. They effectively get the players "on the cheap". Time for IL to put his hands in his pockets and get us the coach we deserve.

From I'm hearing down the road, McGuire wouldn't have too much trouble outcoaching Mick Potter.

Maybe it's more to do with the players' attitudes down the road.
He didn't do too badly at Catalans.

Noble didn't do too badly at Bradford, and now look.

McGuire would do nicely for me. He's highly rated in a very demanding theatre, has trained under the top men and been coaching far better players than Leeds, Saints or Warrington have. The fact that he's young means that he still has something to prove. It also makes him a realistic target.

It's nice to imagine that we could get someone like Wayne Bennett or Des Hasler, but if we're of a mindset that no-one less than that will do, I think we're bound to be disappointed.

I work in St Helens and practically all the fans want Potter gone, you cant help but feel for whatever reason, the Saints players havent bought into what Potters about. Perhaps he doesnt stroke their ego's enough - who knows, what is true is that they, whilst still a threat are a force on the decline.

Well that is probably because there isn't an anti-IFL campaign and people are not always attacking him. To suggest they are is as silly a generalisation as to suggest he gets everything right, which I am sure you would not do.

Dave

That is a total nonsense of a statement.