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Seriously though I'd be disappointed if Maguire isn't linked with a move away. It is going to happen but we should all rest assured that Wigan and Lenegan are well prepared for it. Shaun Wane will be a cracking replacement when Maguire goes. He has worked wonders every since he became assistant junior academy coach in 2004. He's a big reason we've so many youthful talents to choose from, who've come through in the past 2-3 years. I reckon Wane has learned an awful lot in the past 18 months which will serve him well when his time comes and personally I don't reckon Maguire would have made the impact he has done, without Wane being his number 2!

I thought that was a quite well represented article and should please you as it gives Maguires' coaching talent a big thumbs up. If he has the integrity he appears to have he will stay with you and if he hasn't then you are due a big payday to have him released from his contract. I can understand your feelings in this regard as he has turned you around to being a great team once more, but not necessarily the reason for the post?

The reason for my post is that Madge is going to get linked with every vacant (and some not) job in the NRL, but the link really does need to be better than this:

Pretty snidy attempt to upset the apple cart from Andy Wilson, lost a bit of respect for him now. I reckon MM has been taken out of context in relation to his comments, MM is straight forward deadpan Wigan untill his contract runs out I am 100% sure of that, really snidy that of Wilson a few days before the WCC.

Im not worried one bit abit Maguire leaving before his contract ends. He wont.

Nice to see the national RL journos getting behind us ahead of the big game...

Can't say I'm surprised. He's a smug t0sser with a track record of making snide comments about Wigan.

They thought the rumor of Bennett possibly going to the Broncos may effect St George.

Therefore they tried to level the surface by using Madges name. Typical Aussie tactics.

IMO I love Madge but I want to see Shaun be given the job after the three years.

17 wiganers coached by a wiganer with a wiganer as his number 2 (rads). BLISS!!

I would love Maguire to stay after his contract for a while as well but then I fear we might lose Wane.

This is a very accurate assessment.

W/LA is quite right - we do need to get used to this sort of thing, and the link is tenuous in the extreme. In fact, when the story about Ivan what's-his-name getting sacked broke in the Aussie press yesterday, there was no mention of Michael Maguire's name that I saw - not in the first couple of stories at least.

But it's no surprise that Andy Wilson has found a way to include it. The guy's comments at the end of last season about "the wobbling Warriors" were, with the benefit of hindsight, utterly hilarious. He sets himself up as some kind of RL sage, and yet at the end of the day he's just another little get trying to make a buck out of TGG.

Wane isn't ready and is a slow learner.

Madge will be hard pushed to stay at Wigan with the offers already coming in. fingers crossed he stays.

IFL needs to pump up the front office - no CEO, no significant fire power in the sales and marketing, etc.

Madge is the leader and I wonder who'd leave if Madge went. I reckon Rads would be first to go.


and yes, success breeds a lot of bulldust rumours. That's why it's so hard to stay at the top once you get there.

Wane is a slow learner and Rads would be the first to go?

All that needs to be said about the above is 'what absolute boll0cks'

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Well said 19 leagues what absolute crap putting the wigan back into wigan rads,wane deacs when he finishes playing etc we are just getting started under il and there is no way il will let any wiganers leave

SAd attempt at unsettling our camp before the WCC.

Madge isnt going anywhere.

without Madge, it'd be hard to imagine Rads staying. he loves his club, but i heard the club is paying him very poorly. he stays because of the working relaitonship with madge.

and yes, Wane isn't ready for the big time. snuggle up to any player and they'll tell you the truth. Doesn't mean he won't be ready but his real apprenticship started one year ago. He'd want to be an assistant for at least 5 years before he's ready to ride the big waves.

doesn't mean anything. Ikin isn't really close to the action. he is just speculating. all it really says is that madge is thought of as one of the 4 best coaches in the world. and should be fine by us Wiganers.

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Negative rumours are part and parcel of being top dogs (anyone remember Hanley is going to American Football?), and the likes of Andy Wilson, who resent any success, delight in spreading them.

We shouldn't be surprised by that, no matter how tenuous the connection to reality.

But likewise, we shouldn't be surprised that there is always someone at this end who hits the panic button, and then adds fuel to the fire by making stuff up. For what it's worth, I've heard exactly the opposite about Rads, and that his main working relationship is with Ian Lenagan. So which of us has heard correctly?

Moreover, would Rads not be the logical choice to succede Waney as Number 2?

we are all assuming wane is ready but we dont really know- you never do. but it would de daft not to promote from within at the minute

I thought Wane pretty much ensured himself a turn as head coach when he took over from Madge for a few games last season. IIRC we beat Hull 46-0 at their place and scalped Leeds away.

The polictics around Brisbane will be the determining factor in all of this. Bennett leaving StG/Ill at the end of the year and end of his contract has been subject of speculation for some time.
It was also rumoured that there maybe another Brisbane club in the NRL when they go to 18.
Guess who was rumoured to be tipped for that job! Bennett of course! The Broncos would do anything and everything to make sure Bennett did not go to the alternative Brisbane club.
These rumours will upset StG/Ill far more than anything written about Maguire. Bennett is OOC end of the year, Mcguire is not.

Didn't a rumor about pat going to the us to play American football surface last year? And to my knowledge that rumor has died down.

One again let me reiterate this is tabloid Aussie news. Kind of like the mail over here. Full of c**p but everyone believes it. Take no notice.

Oh and didn't rads came back from retirement for free so he obviously isn't at the club for the money.