This phrase has been mentioned a few times on here lately but what do these three words mean to you?

And what responsibilities do we have - as fans of this great club - to uphold "The Wigan Way"?

Interested to hear what people think.

Is it the new name for the A49?

Should have known

Page 61 of this week's Wigan Observer.

Below are just snippets.

The Wigan Way: To be the best at everything you do.

From the Squad winning trophies, to the kids coming through, to the coaching staff, to the scouting staff, to the marketing department, to the attendances, to the ticket pricing, to the corporate, to the merchandise, to the programmes, to the match day entertainment......and on and on..!!

In other words if there is a Super League club out there doing ANY of the above better than Wigan, then the club must work quickly to ensure that Wigan overtake that club whatever it takes.



[iThe quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre work.[/i Ayn Rand

Spot on

There is no way some of our current squad will buy into that. Hopefully we will have them out the door.

Gross Misconduct, therefore bye bye with immediate effect!

Is it Gross Misconduct to not shed blood in a training session, I doubt it.

Not to fully embrace coaching methods? I'm sure the club have some t&c's built into contracts like most workplaces do.

Either way, at worst it would be dropped to reserves and contract not renewed, perhaps even loaned out.

Nowt like a month in the Reserves to bring a person down a peg or two.

Winning, entertaining rugby through ability and effort.

I agree with what your saying, just not sure it will happen.

You're perfectly entitled to your opinion, I personally don't think Maguire and Wane will accept anything less than giving 100% just like they will do in their own roles.

Shaun's done it before while in charge of the reserves afaik, i'm sure others know more about it than me.

They wont have much choice.

The players that do buy into the new methods will be ripping lumps out of them otherwise.

It's the only way a training session like that could work. If a group of people are taking it seriously then everyone has. There is no room for half d attempts in that environment.

Can you imagine trying to half tackle a rampaging Feka or slowly jogging into a full on Tommy Leuluai tackle?

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Didn't SW say that the Wihan Way was Rough, Tough & Very Skillful?
The "boot room" mentality will do for me.
As Shanks said "First is First and second is nowhere".
If MM is to be the new Bill Shankly then that would make Shaun Wane as number two the next Bob Paisley.
There were six Championships and three European Cups for Bob.
So no pressure there Shaun!

So where has the wigan way been for the past 10 years?

Unfortunately, in the hands of people who didn't understand what "Wigan" means.

On top of that, we have had to completely rebuild the club from top to bottom, as we didn't have the necessary facilities.

Add to that the fact that people like Millward, Hughes and Goodway ripped the heart out of our team and Lindsay left us so far up the swanny in respect of the salary cap that it has taken until now to get the structures right (and it will be the end of 2010 before we finally stop feeling the pinch of Uncle Mo's generosity in the contract department).

Nobby was the man to rebuild the structure of the club - SW & MM are the team to bring back the passion, effort and commitment.

I know what you mean but technically the club was in the hands of Mo who knew more than anybody what the ‘Wigan way’ is.

We’ve just had a bad time of things as of late but no matter how bad it’s been we can honestly say it’s never been as bad as some of the other clubs in SL like Hudds, Wakey and Salford who have always been and always will be 2nd rate clubs.

Trouble is, as much as he was reputed to like "interfering", Mo didn't prepare the players for game-days.

The "people" that I was referring to are the likes of Nobby, Veivers, Forshaw, Millward, etc.

These are the people responsible for the lack of passion, commitment, effort, fitness, (skill?), etc. that seems to be rife in our club.

We now have a boot-room that understands skill, passion, commitment and conditioning and I hope to see big changes in both physiques and attitudes next season.

The Wigan way - to defend with grit and determination and attack with flair.

the wigan way - To give all for the shirt no matter the cost

The first time around Mo was the boss.
The second time he wasn't. That was the difference.

The Wigan Way.............the new roadway at the back of the DW south stand to cater for the Wigan Walk?

poor, so very poor!!!