Not too mention Karl Pryce!

Yeah forgotten about him. It seems from the interview's with MM he believe's fitness is the platform to build the team up from, after all Melbourne haven't done too bad. If he can see the flaws in the team and build on them, then the team imo only has to improve slightly in certain area's to be a real force this season. Also listerning to Deacon he doesn't seem content with just one year. If he can move our team around the park, with the likes of a pumped up Fielden, Feka and co not too mention a year more maturer Sam, Joel, Mossop, Prekkie, and co then we could be up there, more so than in past season's.

If we can have a great pre season and a good start then I see no reason why we cannot make a serious challenge.

The pre season will be interesting as all the players will want to show up for the new management team the friendlies all have a little edge to them and all the players will be desperate to start when it proper kicks off against the Crusaders.

i believe theres an announcment planned for monday re radders role at the club

Any idea what that role will be?

First team coach or working with the juniors?

Groundsman.



I love the way things are working out at Wigan, with IFL bringing some strong characters back to the club rather than men that do not understand what Wigan is about.

There are 2 missing from the equation, one is unlikely to come for some time, but i just wonder if the second could be taking over from Mike Forshaw in a years time?

Who would that be mate ?

Seems to me that Forshaw is in to assist our new conditioning coach and probably also help with the technical coaching of the forwards.

Now there is a certain ex Wigan captain, who is learning his trade in the conditioning game in rugby union and who i feel would be an outstanding person to have around the club with regards coaching of the forwards.

If there was a pathway to the top job as appears to be being put into place, the offer may well be all the more attractive.

An added bonus being he could well bring his son with him who will also be off contract after this year.

There is a rumour going round that he's been approached by England RL about replacing Smith.

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Got told the same yesterday.

check your pms.

Andrew Farrell?

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I cant see him taking it tbh. Too much too soon for him and he would be on a hiding to nothing.

Cant see it but stranger things have happened

Phil Clarke with Faz as his assistant?

I don't see how he could turn it down TBH!

Wayne Bennett!

I dont really know what to think about this Bennett speculation. It is almost as if no team can win the big comps without him.

He is given so much credit for producing winning teams that the players are almost secondary to to success.

It is like ringa, ringa roses of international coaching. he goes to one, then another and now some people think that if he were the top man in the England/GB camp sucess would automaticaly come raining down on us.

If he where to become national coach how involved would you like him to become?. For me a national coach should firstly coach the side (obviously) but along side this i would like to see him cultivate the entire international set-up.

We know of his personal reasons for perhaps not coming over here for a long term coaching of a SL side (well we speculate on this). so why would he possibly come here to coach the national side?. Unless it is to take charge, make the team competitive and for want of a better expression "paper over the cracks" of the internaional set-up. Then what? he buggers back down under and we have to put up with the usual rubbish whilst looking for a new coach.

I dont know where i stand on this at the momment

ps apologys for the spelling and grammar, but i am very, very drunk!

International coaches have to have 2 things, the respect of the players and tactical knowledge, International coaches do not/should not coach international class players.

Joel Clinton looks like hes on his way over here, says hes had 3 offers from English clubs.

Heard he's building quite a poor reputation down here jonh. Bit of an attitude problem, apparently.

Owen? That's a surprise.

I know a former Wigan fullback who has had a few problems with "attitude" since he left to go to Union, and that wasn't a surprise, although to be fair to him he seems to be getting regular first team rugby now so maybe he has "grown up"

Isn't his contract up at the end of this year?

It would be one of the greatest moves the RFL have ever made if they get him.

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I know Huddersfield are on the look out for forwards, as are Saints and ourselves.

He would bring leadership, plenty of experience and a lot of grit and determination to our forward pack. He was outstanding as a young prop, but struggled a bit to fill the boots of Shane Webcke when he moved to the Broncos. He would be an excellent signing for a Super League club - I for one hope we are in for him!