Thanks Brian you will always be remembered as the coach who got us out of the mess we was in when you joined the club,I personally thought you was taking us in the right direction and maybe next season we would win some silverware.

Hope which ever club you go to realises what a good coach they are getting

Cheers Nobby, we have definitely moved forward since 2006 and I appreciate all your hard work that you've put in. Not only to the first team but with the youngsters to, with a limited squad compared to others you have done better than expected in getting us to the semi finals, if only in one of them we could have got to a final who knows. It is time for a change I think and I wish you good luck at your next job wherever that is and you'll always get a warm reception back at Wigan on your return with whichever club it will be.

your club has treated brian disgustingly considering he pulled you from the brink of relegation. Mr lenaghan has a lot to answer for in my opinion and is not the messiah just a very naughty boy! SHAME ON YOU WIGAN! i'm glad brian kept his integriy to the end you are welcome at the challenge cup winners 2009 home anytime

Thanks Brian for everything you have done at Wigan. Keeping us up in 2006 and moving the club forward again. IMO you've took us as far as you could and I agree with IL's decision that it is time for a change.

Nice touch at the end of the game saying we were the number one fans. All the best at Celtic Crusaders.

He got a great reception at the end, which he fully deserved.

Thankyou Brian

I thought he was saying he was here for another year?



Does that mean we are better than Bradford fans then?

Thank you Brian. The pressure is certainly on IL to deliver now!

Thanks for 2006. Pity about 2007, 08 and 09.

Dave

Pretty well says it all.

Harsh, very harsh, but (5 semi final defeats) sadly true.

Thanks Brian, I don't think anybody could fault you for lack of effort or commitment to overhauling the club.

All the best for the future, I think parting will work out the best for all concerned.

Good reception at the end but massively OTT IMO!! I mean, theres only on Brian Noble...come on!!

Nobles done a good job, steadyied the ship but for me theres massive comparisons with Noble and Maurice Bamford in terms of their time with wigan.

Both nice yorkshire blokes, who did a job and steadied the ship in difficult times, but did nothing more than doing a job. Both can motivate well and are decent man managers as well as appearing to be decent chaps, but in terms of coaching ability and tactical awareness, both have limited ideas.

Thanks for everything Brian but its time to move on now.....5 semi final defeats in the last 3 years may be success for other clubs but for a team like wigan that's a failure and we have to expect better!

Hopefully McGuire will do this and can take us to the next level, ready for the messiah to return as our next coach in 3-5 years!

Thank you Brian for the last three and half years - you are a man of integrity and honesty and I will always remember you for these qualities. You also saved our team from certain relegation whilst getting us to 5 semi finals in the following 3 seasons. Again I thank you for that and the roller coaster ride that went with it. Some teams in Super League would give their right hand for that kind of success.

I wish you all the best for your future.

But we move on with a new coach - as yet unamed - who will be under enormous pressure. Ian Leneghan has pinned his colours firmly to the mast on this one - nothing less than a final appearance will be good enough next year.


I can't wait.................

Shows a Real lack of Class on your Part

Andy

We discussed at the end of the game wheather we thought Nobby leaving was the correct call and it was a mixed bag amoungst our group.

My view is/was that all Wigan fans should thank him for the job he's done but maybe it's time to move on. He came in 06 with us in a sorry state and very quickly seemed to sort the club from top to bottom but the problem is we've not moved forward since after about 6 months of his spell with us. He got us sorted within 6 months of taking over but we've not improved as a side since imo.

We've lost 5 semi finals under him and last night was possibly a chance to put that demon to bed and get more then a fair share of Wigan fans on his side for staying but yet again we came up a touch short.

Thanks for the hardwork Brian and for putting the club back together and giving us a team we can at least be proud of 'some' of the time but the times just right for a parting of the ways.

Correct

And I can't understand why certain fans can't do it with a bit of Class and yet instead can't resist other "Cheap Shots" at the man.

So sorry to see nobby go it's obvious from the fans at the end of the game last night that a lot of people didn't want him to go hope your new club treats you with a little more respect thanks for everything

but its true...sadly

Pretty much sums up what I think tbh. He has got us to a point where I think we are ready to challenge again, unforunately for him I think we need that little bit of something different to take us to the next level.

The sympathy for him from my point comes from the way a man of his class and integrity appears to have been treated and given no credit from those above for his achievements, however minor in some peoples eyes.

we need class...we do not have 1 world class player in the squad/

I look forward to reading his autobiography whenever he writes one.

Thanks Brian. Theres a lot of us who recognise all the great work you did and would of loved to see you reap the benefits of it by being given the extra couple of players and little bit extra time you needed to take the extra step.

I thank Brian Noble for steadying a very rocky ship but apart from that, theres not much else he needs congratulating for. Infact 5 semi final defeats tells the whole story.

Its because of Brian Noble that there have been times this year that Ive not been bothered about going to matches. His style of play is ridiculously boring! The inconsistency of his wigan sides has also been horrific

Thanks for you efforts Brian, but youve gone at the right time

Seconded. There are some smacked s on these boards, but to whinge about the last three seasons tops the lot.

Good luck Brian in whatever the future holds. You are a man of integrity and principle and given what you took on mid 2006 I doubt anyone could have even get us close to where we are now. It may well be time for a change but you can leave with you head held high.

Hopefully he will have a word or two for some of the whingeing know alls on rlfans.