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| Quote: Cruncher "How do you know?
Or yet again is this how things 'seem' to be?
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Maguire hasn't instructed his players either way regarding the Press.
The players aren't Banned from talking to the Press, Andy Coley gave an interview on Monday of this week!
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I get the distinct feeling (And some of you may know where I'm getting this feeling from!), that the Wigan club decided at the start of the year not to get involved in any Public Slanging Matches and everything would be kept in house!
Richard Agar Comments - Nothing said by Wigan
John Kear comments - Nothing said by Wigan
Gary Hetherington comments - Nothing said by Wigan
Disciplinary issues - Nothing said by Wigan or Any Appeals (AFAIK?)
Referee decisions/controversy/choice - Nothing said by Wigan
Like I said, and in a couple of posts I made a few months ago which I can dig out if anyone would like me to, this has been the most impressive piece of "Management" that the club has overseen this year.
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| Quote: BlackKnight "Apart from reading in a tweet from a journalist in your favourite newspaper - has this actually been confirmed?
I mean; the daily mail ALWAYS tells the truth and is never ever wide of the mark. Heaven forbid they make up a non-story - is Princess Diana on the front cover of today's edition by any chance?
Anything said to the press by the Wigan camp is going to be seized upon by the press - precisely because nothing has been said to date. Why dial up the tension and potentially turn what should be a classic game of RL into something that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons? I thought that Wigan were the dirty team and that leeds only wanted to play rugby? If so, then you should be applauding someone trying to prevent the game from becoming an 80 minute penalty-a-thon.
Maguire has spoken to the press and because he has some class and not started saying how the bloke who cleans the boots was really disappointed by McClennan's post match comments on sky or how Riddell rescues stray kittens in his spare time and sends present to all the other players in the league on their birthdays - there is nothing for people like you to pick holes in. Maguire knows that journalists will be desperate to quote something out of context (as they did with the Sinfield interview) to dial it up and sell more copy/get more hits. So rather than have his players worry that they might make a mistake when speaking to the press (take a bow Peacock); he has taken it out of their hands to let them concentrate on what they are paid to do.
The Wigan camp want to let the rugby be do the talking - rather than see the game descend into a soap opera style cat-fight in the press. If you think that's dull, then that's up to you. What I really think is that you want someone to say something stupid like McClennan has, so you can start all the "Wigan are cracking under the pressure" talk; which has been coming leeds' way so far.
Let leeds keep talking - it reminds me of Hasim Rahman ahead of his rematch with Lennox Lewis.'"
boxing references...........you are phil clarke and i claim my £10 |
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| Quote: FAXE LUCAS "no leeds player who IS PLAYING in the game on saturday has said anything in the press are they banned to ![]()
Other than Sinfield, Ablett, Burrow, and Donald yes.
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "still doesnt answer why he has banned his team talking in public.
I cant see what leeds have said which is anything other than a little bit of pantomime, its not like they have said a player deserves an injury or anything. It seems a bit of an over-reaction to stop players talking to the press.
at the very very least it shows that McClennan and Peacocks pantomime has affected them.'"
I'll answer it then.
It shows that Madge wants his players to do their talking on the pitch.
Good tactics from the Wigan coach. If we stay calm and composed and don't fall for Leeds' cheap mind games beforehand and their "gamesmanship" during what will undoubtedly be the usual poorly refereed, dirty game at Headingley, then we will win.
Madge knows this and is doing everything he can to make sure the players know this too. |
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| Quote: BlackKnight "Apart from reading in a tweet from a journalist in your favourite newspaper - has this actually been confirmed?
I mean; the daily mail ALWAYS tells the truth and is never ever wide of the mark. Heaven forbid they make up a non-story - is Princess Diana on the front cover of today's edition by any chance?
'" They werent at the press conference as they usually would, which regardless of anything means it has affected their preperation |
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "Other than Sinfield, Ablett, Burrow, and Donald yes.'"
only thing iv seen is the standard interview by sinfield which coley has given the exact same interview on wigans website expecting a tough game etc etc |
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "you are confusing two things, responding directly to McClennans and Peacocks comments and talking to the press at all.
You would expect Wigans players to be able to talk to the press and avoid or be diplomatic in their response to McClennan and Peacock. The only reason to stop them talking at all would be he didnt trust them to not say something they shouldnt in response to McClennan and Peacock. Wigan are the only team to have their preperation affected by it.'"
I'm not confusing anything. Madge has decided to treat the comments with the contempt they deserve. |
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| Quote: FAXE LUCAS "only thing iv seen is the standard interview by sinfield which coley has given the exact same interview on wigans website expecting a tough game etc etc'" Sinfield has done another interview with the BBC, Ablett with SL, Burrow and Donald in the YEP |
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "Sinfield has done another interview with the BBC, Ablett with SL, Burrow and Donald in the YEP'"
but none of them at the press confrence which was your whole point |
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "you are confusing two things, responding directly to McClennans and Peacocks comments and talking to the press at all.
You would expect Wigans players to be able to talk to the press and avoid or be diplomatic in their response to McClennan and Peacock. The only reason to stop them talking at all would be he didnt trust them to not say something they shouldnt in response to McClennan and Peacock. Wigan are the only team to have their preperation affected by it.'"
They have spoken to the press and they didn't get drawn into it.
Your trying to make everyone think that Leeds have won some kind of Physcological War game when in fact there was only Team playing it.
Your trying to make out that Leeds have some Moral High ground here when every man and his dog can see they haven't!
Just remember, jus because your team have won the Top Proze etc for the last 3 years it doesn't mean that everything they do nad have done was the correct thing and vice versa what every other team has done has been wrong.
You may have got more of them right, but you can't be right about everything all the time (Unless Your Tony Smith of course!  ). |
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "They werent at the press conference as they usually would, which regardless of anything means it has affected their preperation'"
Yeah!
You've got them really rattled! 
I mean how will Wigan ever compete at the weekend when a couple of officials from the club didn't attend a Press conference and instead chose to concentrate their minds on "On the Field" preparations!
It would have been a much better idea I think for Wigan to trot all their players out at a press conference and publically apologise to the Leeds club for their non-existant Bad Behaviour!
I mean of course if a Wigan Player did that after any perceived misdemeanour then the Leeds club would accept it and just get on with the game and not Bleat about it wouldn't they?
Oh Sorry, Tommy tried that and Look what happened! |
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| Quote: FAXE LUCAS "but none of them at the press confrence which was your whole point'" Leeds made the whole squad available at the press-conference, Wigan 0
[iWigan getting nervous? Maguire has banned players from talking to press this week. Whole Leeds squad was available on Monday. Big contrast.[/i----Neil Barraclough |
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "they dont need to get involved in tit-for-tat arguments do they, they can still talk to the press. Unless Maguire doesnt trust his team could be 'diplomatic' enough to avoid saying something they shouldnt.'"
What a moronic opinion.
You are rapidly turning into a laughing stock with your ever increasing views on this subject.
Our lads will do their talking on the pitch. It seems that your lot will whine to anyone who will listen.
If MM, IL or indeed anyone on the Wigan pay roll was coming out with the kind of guff that you’re Captain, Coach and players have been, then I would be greatly embarrassed |
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| Quote: Jukesays "Yeah!
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who is asking them for a public apology?
All i said was that the fact they hadnt trusted the players to attend the press conference as they normally would so it has affected them. We will see on saturday how much
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