I wonder why the regular pundit was absent last night as Wire's weekend success was reviewed and praised by Laurel and Hardy (Mcrae/Offiah) for half the program. I've no idea....

on holiday. out of country.

impeccable timing..

it was mentioned I think by Moran who also give cullen some credit for being part of warringtons re-building process

Three of the best decisions ive seen:-
1) Getting rid iof cullen
2) Getting Penny out of the regular team line-up
3) Getting rid of gleeson

Cullen does the weekly round up of games. There were no games to round up

Aye, that's it, on the back of your finest hour in years, start having a Cullen bashing session. He has gone, surely he is very little relevance to you now. Not trying to kick up a fuss, but think some of the flack that gets sent in PC's direction is uncalled for.

I agree with Willie Morgan. Does about 25 years service count for nothing?

same here, ot of the structures put in place were down to cullen along with bringing in a lot of the youth players, Smith as good as he is has started with a strong squad of players on paper, which is more than cullen had, and they just just needed tweaking, but saying that some on here are Questioning the rumoured signings or those contract extensions that have been sorted since smith arrived, in a nut shell some fans think the know better than the coach, cant win,

Didnt see Phil Clarke either, would have been interesting to see if they were there if were lost

Clarke was probably busy trying to come up with a reason to show how Wigan can still win the challenge cup.

Something like this

"Do you know Eddie that losing in the semi-finals isn't the end of your cup run"

"Yes it is phil, you bitter wigan tw'at.

Agreed. The treatment Cullen got (and appears to still get) from certain sections of our fans is nothing short of disgraceful. The man put a significant portion of his life as both player, commercial manager and coach in to this club, show the man some respect.

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To right mate

Well said Thecko

I'll always love Paul Cullen. Not in a sexual way.

It intrigues me the way some people adopt a Stalinist revisionist approach to our history. Our current coach has done a marvellous job, but the failure to give any credit to Cull by some is appalling.
Still this is the forum where Simon Moran can be criticised by one poster for celebrating our success so I guess I shouldn't be surpised by anything.

Yes, it would appear that there are still idiots on this Site that want to make stupid and ridiculous comments just to get a reaction.

Sad isn't it?

As an aside, I thought Monas had a crap game on Saturday...

Here it comes.....

That was a joke, by the way.

Briers was the real culprit...

Drives me mad. Doesn't everyone know he rescued us from relegation!



No seriously he assembled a squad which by and large (with a few outs and ins) did win a Challenge Cup. His commitment was never in doubt either, just at too big a club too early in his career.

There has been mention of some of the Widnes lads being given some time off... as we've had like 2 weeks no game and another two to go!

This was known months back... so good shout for a relaxing holiday with the kids before the playoffs i'd say!

You just get a bunch of fans whom only recall the latter days and turned on him big time... I mean there's one thing saying 'look you aint the right guy for us as coach' but to still slag him off after he's left is pathetic!



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Let's be honest you weren't 'too big a cluhb' when he got the job! PC maybe abit OTT said himself 'He's proud he got expectations up so high at Wire... even if that did ultimately cost him the job!'

Ok the investement stepped up the process but in a way he's right! He joined a team heading down and when he left (had arguabbly turned them into) a side expecting to win titles every season!!

Wouldn't say he joined to big a club but arguabbly left them that way yes!

yes and it's funny how all you widnes fans loved him when he played for us and then coached us isn't it.

Phil C "What is important Eddie is that, Warrington need to be able to play well consistently and not when the mood takes them. They were lucky it wasn't the mighty Wigan they were up against or they would have been beaten with the courage & skill of Tomkins along with the great Pat Richards......" Eddie "Well Warrington Beat Wigan in the Semi final"
Phil C " When we won the cup ........."

The above is a little synopsis of what rubbish he would have said.