Taken from Wiganwarriorsfans.com

Kear Quotes:
"I was accused of sour grapes a year ago but that was exactly the reason I mentioned it (regarding comments on the radio over Lima),"

"it's like watching paint dry" (after an easter monday mauling by Wigan in 2010)

(on Lenegans comments that Aussie coaches are better) ""Wigan's ex-coaches include Stuart Raper and Ian Millward, both Australians. I'd say Brian was as successful, if not more so."

"If I want to watch four or five men in a ruck or a maul, I'd rather go to Twickenham." (on Wigan's defence)

""We've just got to be careful that we don't drive the fans away I reckon." (Wigan's average attendance for 2011 is 18,300)

(On Jeff Lima) “If he escapes with anything under six weeks, the Rugby Football League disciplinary aren’t doing their job."

Bitter, bitter man


Madge, just show the players this. I hope we stuff them in to oblivion

It's more likely to just make em giggle....

I am hoping we will turn our "tactics" up to factor 20 against these men.

Give bullet head something to moan about.

He must be gutted that Lima has been cleared to play against them.

Why do you keep saying your coach should show players stuff written by other people



Its not like they need it, the teams more then good enough.

Interesting stance given it seems most other coaches are using Wigan's tip sheets as motivation to fire up their team when they play Wigan.

I like wakefield as a club but john kear just wants me to absolutely anialate them tomorrow. To be honest I think "watching paint dry" could be quite fun tomorrow.

the only motivation needed is the 2 points that go to the winning team. i don't understand how players can be motivated by comments made by other coaches, (or fans as suggested a couple of weeks back).

We scored some absolutely fantastic tries in the game against Wakefield last season when Kear made his watching paint dry quote. We played a really expansive game and played far more entertaining rugby than we have showed so far this season. That is what made it all the more baffling.

You should have seen the motivation in the Wigan dressing room for that game at Wakefield last year.


Wigan were so disappointed that they had let Wakefield score their one try.

Probably that watching his own team in attack and the away score grow was like watching paint dry. They were simply snuffed out.

Great highlights: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQWw8KmEQLY=#FF0000www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQWw8KmEQLY[/url

Kear is an amateur working in a professional game, sadly there are to many wigan hating amateurs left in the small band of RL media that will give "good old John" the oxygen of publicity.

The sooner Wakefield as a club and Kear as a person are out of SL the better.

He gets players fired up for big games, that is Kears talent...

I have never seen anything from any team he has coached to convince me he is good tactically as a coach.

Is it wrong that that ALWAYS makes me laugh

I hope we hunt like a pack of angry dogs

Kear says something that upsets you, fine have a go at Kear but why drag the club into it. Fact is there are worse clubs in SL then us but the franchise criteria will be manipulated to ensure the RFL have who they want in SL.

Crusaders are probably the only one I would let go ahead of you. I think the administration at the start of the season has blown it for you.

If you judge on all facets of the criteria and not just expansion and Stadia, then we would also IMO be ahead of Quins and Salford

Quins yes, Salford - not sure.

IMO we stack up quite nicely against Salford

Crowds - Us

Fianances - Them if judged on the past regime (which I suppose it has to be ala Widnes)

Contribution on the field - Us (higher average place finish)

Junior Development - Us

Community Programme - Us

Marketing - Us

Stadiums - Them (but is it going to affect their crowds been outside of Salford)

Also bear in mind that we have won the same amount of games this season as Salford, who have spent alot more on their squad then we currently do.

Honest to god for such a big successful club you really have an inferiority complex.

Kears aim is to tell it as he sees it and if it upsets so be it. Is it personal, probably and so what, maybe you should be a little less precious.

One thing I'm absolutely certain about is that it had absolutely nothing to do with last years wins over us. I also doubt a single Wigan player ever gave it a second thought.

In fact if there is one Coach who is good at using negative comments to his own benefit it's Kear. But then Kear hasn't got a team of internationals so maybe you'd expect it to be of more use in those circumstances. If you lot are going to cry like babies because of a few Kear unflattering comments then I'm glad you don't support Wakey else you'd be suicidal, the amount of crass ill founded abuse we have to take. Come on, get over it and enjoy the game.

How do you know that regards the community and marketing?

Incredible and pathetic all at once - well done.

Two CCups and the only Coach in SL to have attained the top coaching badge. The blokes forgotten more about RL than fools like you will ever know, jog on.

True, how do you know?

Because our Community Team is regarded as one of the best in SL and because since Glover came in, we have had an advert on regional ITV prime time for the Leeds game at home and a number of other initiatives regarding ticket sales and merchandise, which have helped boost our profile, membership and attendances at games that would have otherwise been relatively low crowds - eg Salford and Quins at home.