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So why didn't IL just come out and say this? He'd have more respect if he came out and said that we wouldn't be offering BN another contract and that the search had started for a replacement. Instead, it appears that he went on the radio and made it appear that Noble could get an extension on the basis of results. Okay, so that's not a problem now, because our results have been pants, but if IL had already decided this prior to the interview, then why cover it up?

I don't know. But it all depends on what was said to Noble in private - that's what really matters. My info is that this was all dealt with at that level several weeks ago.

IL's comments, such as they were, don't look particularly good, but I don't see how publically stating that Noble won't be at Wigan next year could be seen in a much better light. It would still have been hugely embarrassing for the guy.

I'd imagine that if we'd gone on to win the CC (which won't happen), and the GF (which we now probably won't even quality for), then something might have changed. But otherwise, everyone in Wigan must have known perfectly well that Noble was going.

I'm quite amused by all the people suddenly rushing to defend Noble's honour in all this. We should remember that, almost from the beginning of his time at Wigan, there have been stories that he's been applying for other jobs. There've also been his highly unprofessional bleatings to the press and to groups of drunken fans. He hasn't conducted himself particularly well, and that's before we even take into account his poor coaching.

People keep saying that this is irrelevant to the issue. I don't think it is. Sometimes you make rods for your own back, and I don't think Brian Noble has helped his case at all this last season.

Sums up my thoughts perfectly.

If results are still house by the end of the season and he didn't line up an alternative, some of the same people would criticise him for having no plan B. It's obvious certain posters have really got their knickers in a twist about Lenagan and have an agenda to whinge about him whatever he does. It really does make them look silly.

Pemps - how about a Whinging Wiganer t-shirt line? You'd sell thousands.

Well plan A is clearly to get a new coach.

What is plan B?

Dave

Is it?

You know that for certain?

Of course you don't, but why let the facts get in the way of a good whine.

Why would anyone conclude plan A is not to replace Noble when IL has offered the job to Kearney?

To suggest otherwise is simply not being plausible. So what would plan B be again?

Dave

Surely IL wouldn't have question Kearney about the job at all if he wasn't looking for a new coach

Unless you are suggesting that its Noble that wants out of Wigan and IL is having to scout around?? (Noble has a nerve if this is the case)

That said i believe Brian will have been first to know either way re his position for next season after the board came to a decision.

Either way "plan A" is to replace Noble.



You would like to think so but the Higham saga shows sometimes the person leaving may be labouring under a false impression he can influence matters such that he can stay if things work out.

Dave

You do understand the difference between offering someone a job and sounding them out if they are interested?

Given that I know you know the difference, why start making statements you have absolutely no idea are true or not - i.e. Lenagan has offer the job to Kearney, when you have absolutely no idea whether that is true.

You have no idea what plan A, B or C is. Neither do the rest of us, but then we're not the ones blinded by an anti-Lenagan agenda.

I don't know, maybe he's ensuring a fall back position if results don't improve? Maybe he'll give Noble an extension if we win the Cup, but wants a back-up if that doesn't happen. Who knows.

The point is nobody on here probably knows but there are some who are desperate to jump to conclusions because it means they have something to whinge, whine and bellyache about - its a bit of a national sport in Wigan.

I think you're stretching a bit here. BBC reported that IL offerd the job and Kearney had turned the job down. If this was incorrect reporting I would have thought the parties in question - particularly IL - would have been up in arms or at the very least issued a denial. The deafening silence from Wigan tells its own tale TBH.