Nice to see the national RL journos getting behind us ahead of the big game...

Can't say I'm surprised. He's a smug t0sser with a track record of making snide comments about Wigan.

They thought the rumor of Bennett possibly going to the Broncos may effect St George.

Therefore they tried to level the surface by using Madges name. Typical Aussie tactics.

IMO I love Madge but I want to see Shaun be given the job after the three years.

17 wiganers coached by a wiganer with a wiganer as his number 2 (rads). BLISS!!

I would love Maguire to stay after his contract for a while as well but then I fear we might lose Wane.

This is a very accurate assessment.

W/LA is quite right - we do need to get used to this sort of thing, and the link is tenuous in the extreme. In fact, when the story about Ivan what's-his-name getting sacked broke in the Aussie press yesterday, there was no mention of Michael Maguire's name that I saw - not in the first couple of stories at least.

But it's no surprise that Andy Wilson has found a way to include it. The guy's comments at the end of last season about "the wobbling Warriors" were, with the benefit of hindsight, utterly hilarious. He sets himself up as some kind of RL sage, and yet at the end of the day he's just another little get trying to make a buck out of TGG.

Wane isn't ready and is a slow learner.

Madge will be hard pushed to stay at Wigan with the offers already coming in. fingers crossed he stays.

IFL needs to pump up the front office - no CEO, no significant fire power in the sales and marketing, etc.

Madge is the leader and I wonder who'd leave if Madge went. I reckon Rads would be first to go.


and yes, success breeds a lot of bulldust rumours. That's why it's so hard to stay at the top once you get there.

Wane is a slow learner and Rads would be the first to go?

All that needs to be said about the above is 'what absolute boll0cks'

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Well said 19 leagues what absolute crap putting the wigan back into wigan rads,wane deacs when he finishes playing etc we are just getting started under il and there is no way il will let any wiganers leave

SAd attempt at unsettling our camp before the WCC.

Madge isnt going anywhere.

without Madge, it'd be hard to imagine Rads staying. he loves his club, but i heard the club is paying him very poorly. he stays because of the working relaitonship with madge.

and yes, Wane isn't ready for the big time. snuggle up to any player and they'll tell you the truth. Doesn't mean he won't be ready but his real apprenticship started one year ago. He'd want to be an assistant for at least 5 years before he's ready to ride the big waves.

doesn't mean anything. Ikin isn't really close to the action. he is just speculating. all it really says is that madge is thought of as one of the 4 best coaches in the world. and should be fine by us Wiganers.

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Negative rumours are part and parcel of being top dogs (anyone remember Hanley is going to American Football?), and the likes of Andy Wilson, who resent any success, delight in spreading them.

We shouldn't be surprised by that, no matter how tenuous the connection to reality.

But likewise, we shouldn't be surprised that there is always someone at this end who hits the panic button, and then adds fuel to the fire by making stuff up. For what it's worth, I've heard exactly the opposite about Rads, and that his main working relationship is with Ian Lenagan. So which of us has heard correctly?

Moreover, would Rads not be the logical choice to succede Waney as Number 2?