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Well put.

to be fair when the last assistant to take over from a departing coach was James Lowes, you can understand why people come to this thick ape conclusion.

James Lowes was a complete cretin, he couldnt even spell clipboard never mind read from one...

Wane does look like he writes in crayon on his clipboard!
However I have no doubt he's a better coach than Lowes will ever be...but Wigan coach ....?? I would be suprised.

Oh I don't know, there was a lot of pi55 on the floor in the southstand toilets after the Salford game.......somebody has got to clean it up

I wouldn't say we're dominating quite yet FTV! Wigan are back. But until we've won the WCC and the treble next season under SW I woudn't say we've been dominant.

Still, nice to know that even Saints fans are starting to think that the early 90s have returned.

I'm not 100% sure what kind of coaching track-record James Lowes had before he was made an assistant, but my understanding is that it was virtually non-existent. Wane on the other hand has been involved in coaching at Wigan - with considerable success (as in his teams have barely lost) - for 10 years before he became MM's sidekick,

So your analogy doesn't stand up in any shape or form.

I don't know whether Wane will make a good first team coach or not, but thus far I've not seen a single convincing argument from any Wire or Saints fan as to why he "probably won't". And I'm afraid you are no exception.

Shaun Wane unlike Lowes has had a very successful spell as coach of a reserve team where he helped churn out players like Sam and Joel Tomkins, Liam Farrell, Paul Prescott, Micky McIlorum and so on and on. He knows these guys and they have huge respect for him.

I'd rather look to an assistant stepping up and driving a club on like Brian Noble when he took over from Matty Elliot then a guy with no track record of coaching success like Lowes.

We should also remember Lowes took over a poor side not a champion side like Wane will take over.

Lowes had the same side that Smith won the CC with.

No doubt MM will be a loss it won't be until the big games that Wane can prove he's up to job.

Of course he did but your side was near the foot of the table whereas ours is at the very top.

Totally different situations and characters for that matter.

it was hardly meant to "stand up" as a concrete matter of fact 2.20361328125:5