Fancy a tenner on the outcome on Friday?

Sorry but I could not disagree more.
I like to hear Shaun Wane's honest views about any situation.
He calls a spade a spade, and a cheat a cheat.

Keepnig quiet about injuries and dproblems is one thing, but spice up the chatter as far as I am concerned.

Or maybe he's just passionate about the sport and can see it for what it is an what it is becoming.

Wane needs to learn to keep his gob shut over matters that don't involve Wigan. It is unprofessional and only serves to wind up opposition players and fans.

Wane try's to wind up his players with these comments to motivate them to win games but sadly they can go either way. In the recent league meeting with Wire all his talk of us wanting to smash them only worked to fire the Wire pack in to a frenzy.

It's a very risky business and it's a business I'm not sure he's clever enough to be in. He should keep this all 'in house' IMO.

Wane might come across to outsiders as a blundering ape but he is simply adopting the Alex Ferguson approach of constantly being victimised in the ruling body & referees subconscious. Getting his palyers to tweet, or whatever social media young people use, merely reinforces that.

Best post i've read for weeks..well said

I disagree. I'm as close as possible to being certain that Wane's comments had absolutely no influence on the result against Wire. They'd have smashed our pack regardless! It's not like they were hanging on Wane's words for motivation, they won't have given a damn. They are professionals after all. If a coach having confidence in his players is enough to fire them up then they'd have to be an awfully sensitive bunch.

What happens in the press matters little. Maguire never used to say much and was subsequently boring. It didn't really matter. Wane speaks his mind and seems to like his media duties and likes to give a good quote, it can be entertaining or cringe worthy but it also doesn't really matter.

Wane just embarasses the club with this sort of rubbish, suprised IL has not got him in line yet. let our lads do the talking on the pitch!

I'm pleased that Wane has stated publicly that he expects McGuire to get a ban because this will balance Macdermot's statement saying that he shouldn't get a ban. Barry McDermot on Sky also said that it was a nothing tackle. I thought it was very brutal and I was surprised that someone like Mcguire would attack the head like that. Saying that the play was falling was ridiculous because he had been falling for a couple of metres, it wasn't a sudden slip.

Ape

Big old ape man,
Missed out on evolution,
Talks like a gorilla,
cherry and vanilla.

Brian McClennan used to do this with Leeds. Because RL and football are different games, the main result of adopting the Ferguson approach was the loss of possession and territory due to an increase in penalties for dissent. If Wane's teams want to argue with the referee rather than stand in the defensive line then that's just fine.