Bookies make him 4th favourite behind Vievers, Millward and Betts to be the next Super League coach to leave at odds of 8/1.
Personally I reckon that he will almost certainly see the season out, but his surprisingly low odds for the coach of last season's league leaders reflects a poor showing in the big games and a perceived weakening of the side for next season.

Its weird, I would guess that when it comes to recruitment he has worked with IL to get more for the money they have and develop a young squad so I don't see why that would be a problem.

When it comes to the big games that would concern me but its only up to the coach to a certain extent, the players have to take some responsibility at the end of the day.

Its only my opinion but short of some major problem surfacing we havent seen yet I can't see him going.

I mean who would we replace him with for a start? There isn't many great coaches banging around and surely they must want some stability to stick with the young kids coming through.

what happens if this young squad doesn't gel and we're losing games and around 5/6th in the league? The masses of Wigan fans will be calling for his head make no mistake, IL tends to listen aswell I feel

(and please don't bang on about Leeds finishing 5th, if it was Wigan who played like Leeds did during the regular season in 2012, i'd be amazed if he would not have been fired)

I personally think both Hull coaches are ahead of Wane on that list. Hull FC have spent big on their squad which instantly cranks up the expectations and pressure. KR need to improve.

IFL stood by Noble in spite of the dross that was being churned out and even renewed his contract. I do not think he is the firing type and expect Wane to be in a relative position of comfort in relation to job security.

I think with Leeds winning it from 5th hs probably made it safer for coaches now. Unless Wigan find themselves in the bottom 4, getting completely turned over by Saints and out of the CC by the Magic weekend then Wanes job is secure and if all of the above happens then I think SW would walk away.

Wane was one of the favourites in the "sack sace" last season whilst Royce Simmons was safe.

My money's on Basil.

Careful what you wish for. Royce got found out early in his second season after a good first one.......

Lets be honest Saints are above us in the cup and grand final outright markets, just shows there is money to be had as they haven't got a clue

Anderson.

Lenegan hasn't sacked a coach yet.

Can't see Shaun Wane getting sacked as relegation doesn't exist for Wigan.
IL won't pay compensation to a sacked coach and then pay a salary to a new appointment. Just not his way of doing things.
Just my view but I thought IL extending Noble's contract was to buy him time whilst looking for the man he wanted. Which in the end is what happened.

Besides I think the team is good enough to compete at the top level.
SW has assembled a massive pack which has power, skill and pace.
His half backs are both new however Green has pace and skill whilst Smith can bring a decent kicking game which is something we have lacked for years.
Four of the five backs are as last year with the 4 shirt going to Hughes with Thornley getting a run at centre too. We've also quality back up in most positions as well.

Favourites for the sack have to be Millward, Cas's opening fixtures are a nightmare. I can only see them winning one out of the first six.
Betts will struggle and Anderson has taken over a losing team.
There will be a few before Shaun I'm sure!

What's that got to do with anything? You think he will stand as the champion of morals if your team under performs and your fickle fans are calling for his head - get real. Wane will go if your squad, as feared on here, doesn't perform this year or starts where you left off last year when he'd clearly lost the plot and showed all the signs of being out of his depth. Simmons was the same and was a silly appointment from the start by Saints.

PS: Who took the call not to extend Noble's contract - can't remember if it was IL or Diamond Dave?

Lenagan extended Noble's contract at the end of 2008, then didn't extend at the end of 2009 when he had Maguire lined up.

...... there's also the quote from Nobby (i think -someone said it, not sure who) right up front along the line of "if I don't win anything in 3 years I won't have done my job".

It's way too early to be thinking of sacking management. This is just people making up pseudo-news to justify their existence on whichever daily-comic they're employed by.

But if you're really serious: Wane isn't on his own when it comes to bending the squad into shape - how about throwing some brown stuff at the supporting characters too: Harris has always been a suspect signing in my book.

IL won't sack Wane midway through a season.

IMO part of the reason for that is IL is wary of the reputation Wigan had as a club that was very fickle when it came to this and doesn't want it to have the same reputation under his stewardship.

The other reason he won't sack him IMO is he has given Wane a two year deal and so will give him that time to show whether he is up to the job or not. A deal is a deal so to speak. So the question is, I reckon, will Wane get a new deal at the end of 2013, not will he be sacked during the season?

How IL will decide that I don't know. Getting to semi-finals didn't get Noble another contract in 2009 but it could be argued as we have a poorer side on paper it would be unfair to expect better from Wane next year than this. I suspect though that Wane won't be able to count on that to come to his rescue if things go badly wrong.

In all honesty I could see Nathan Brown going home before SW!

Not surprised by this. We have lost some top class players and replaced them with weaker signings or filling their gaps with young players. Our season is unlikely to be as strong as last season and therefore pressure will be on after poor recruitment with so much free cap space. Lets hope the team can perform ok

IL won't sack Wane, but if we have a poor season I could see him possibly stepping down back to Assistant Coach. I think he was made for that role personally. I don't think we'll be far off the trophies again though.

I would give Wane another year. Hopefully he WILL learn from last year, put less emphasis on the rounds and peak next September.

If he fails to grasp this simple point he needs to be shown the door.

Yep

its as easy as 1,2,3

Does Wane have to win the Superleague or Challenge Cup next season to win your seal of approval or would getting to one of the finals do?

Trouble with our fans is that if we "did a Leeds" and finished lower down in the regular season yet got to both finals and won one of them, they'd still all be unhappy cos we finished so low down the table. Can't win really!

Not for one minute do I think Wane will not be gunning for top spot.

Whilst I think he may try different ways to spell senior players in lesser games and try new methods in training to give the team a greater chance of peaking at the business end of the season no way can I see him deliberately forfeiting top spot (if the chance is there). It's not in his nature i'm afraid.

In that case he will never be a top class coach under the current rules of SL.