How about Shaun Edwards with Andy Farrell as his 2nd in charge?

Sean Wane

The players love him and he knows what being a wiganer means

put him with Lam or Rads

Nor did Mike Greg as an out and out first team coach but he was exactly what we needed at the time and Lammy reminds me off that type of appointment.

He's a popular guy and the players would play for him.

If it comes down to it he'd be my first choice tbh and even though a risk i'd take a punt on him.

Offer it to Shaun and Andy, you never know, people say he will never come because he is on a good screw in union but we will never know unless we ask.

Don't disagree totally but Greg had Andy Farrell, Terry O'Connor, Mick Cassidy and Lam himself to call on in the team. Thats a massive advantage to what we have currently. But maybe it is worth the gamble.

Agreed for this season. See how they do and take it from there. I think its Shaun Wane though

We are going to do nothing.

At least that is what some seem to think is the answer.

I think losing Noble is the key, and an entire new backroom staff needs recruiting.

Wane may well be the lad to be given a shot with a view to Brian Smith at the end of the season, if he struggles.

We do need action, and have for some time in my opinion, the lack of action despite the warning signs that are on display every week is a real worry for me though.

I wouldn't put Radlinski as assistant coach just yet hold your horses, he just got back into the game, Radlinski will do great with the kids, let him do his apprenticeship with the juniors first.

I reckon Sahun Wane is ready for the step up to Assistant Coach.

Still think Kearney would be the best option when compared to others like Lam.

Wasps won't be making the playoffs this year so we could offer Edwards a lifeline (although we might struggle as well

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Because he took NZ to the cup?, it were Bennett that made em look good, would rather go for Mal Meninga or Ricky Stuart me sen like

Nah not Kearney, no disrespect to the bloke but he isn't what we need, he has no experience.

tbh ive been thinking this for a while.......it seems that leneghan is not willing just to pay noble off and splash the cash on a new coach this season, which tbh IMO I cant critisise too much...... as although he may not be doing what everyone is crying for, he is striving to run the club sensibly as a business, which is actually greatly beneficial for us as a club and our long term future.

However, what my thinking is, is sack nobby, promote Wane to Head Coach on his current salary, (as an opportunity to make a name and if he is good enough, secure a FT vastly increased head coach contract in 2010). In doing that Wigan and Leneghan wouldnt be out of pocket....we will have to pay nobbys salary to the end of the year either which way, but in taking this option, there is no further expenditure (ie on bringing someone in), and we get a chance of making a fresh start, improving the dressing room situation, and giving one of wigans own the chance, providing he is good enough this yr, to take us forward as our next head coach (as greg would have done but for his illness).

As a club we cant really lose......wain is either not up to it, and we continue with a poor season and have to write it off (as we will have to if we continue with parker anyway) and then we bring in a W/C coach, OR Wane proves himself as a class coach and we therefore offer him the job F/T in 2010.

We cant lose IMO.

Nobby out.....Wane as Caretaker Coach til the end of the season.

If I was Wane I would bide me time coaching the reserves for one or two more years or assistant coach at a push, he needs more time to learn his trade.

Bring back Raper. He was close to something special.

Well Wigan aren't progressing at the moment, they have got to come together and get their form right!

At the minute as i said in this opening post, they seem 2 win 2 and lose 2 or win 1 and lose 1.

They have got off to a terrible start this season! and have been patchy since.

Again like i said in my opening post would sacking the coach change anything?

Why not? Assistant at NRL club, international coach and a long playing career to pickup skills.

My preferred choice!

Shaun Wane is part time at Wigan and from my understanding he has a decent job so he may not want to take a full time role at Wigan. Besides, no one can spell his name properly



I'd like Mal Meninga just to watch the Saints forum go into melt down.

So we have a reserve team coach who's part time? Doesn't that just about sum up the entire situation?

I really cannot understand this at all. As much as I respect the work he has done, and continues to do, he has no exdperience at all of the full time running of a RL club.

Is it a full time role though? Most of the lads are at college so they can't train during the day so he'd be sitting around twiddling his thumbs.

Don't let that stop the rumours though. He did after all coach the team for the Bradford game.

I think the problem is more than just the coach. I agree Noble is not taking us forward but I do think we could have the best coach in the world, whoever that is at the moment, and we still wouldn't be challenging Leeds/Saints at the top.
For me, too many of the 1st team squad are just not good enough and we need a major overhaul of the squad. And this will not happen overnight unfortunately.

This has been the problem for the past 3/4 years. Noble has been bringing in his own players to change the squad but most of them have been mediocre. surely it's his fault? Part of me wonders what the scouting system at Wigan is like? Perhaps they could borrow the scouts from the football team - at least they seem to be able to spot a bargain...