: Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:53 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

What a Legend

I do my best......



.........oh you meant Murray.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:54 pm  

tvoc wrote:

I do my best......



.........oh you meant Murray.

He is a legend but so are you round here tvoc!!

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:00 pm  

tvoc wrote:

.........oh you meant Murray.

Your presence on these forums are a privilege to be with. Without you we’d have people from the red rose county rewriting stat history for us.

At least some preserves the truth around here

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:03 pm  

jungleman wrote:

was dougie laughton in charge when wigan scored 70+ and offiah got about 9 tries

They only scored 69, and Offiah got 10 tries. But yes, he was, he resigned a month or two later, to be replaced by his recently installed assistant, Dean Bell. As I recall.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:09 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

They only scored 69, and Offiah got 10 tries.

Factually incorrect alas and as Damo pointed out we can't allow any 'red rose county' types re-writing no stat history on here.

Edit: You've managed to combine an opposition score in a Premiership Final from the 1994/95 season with an individual scoring feat in the Premiership Semi-Final from the 1991/92 season. Throw one more event in there and we'd have an axis of humiliation.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:11 pm  

ken dalby was the manager /coach in the 50s he signed lewis jones leeds won rl cup under him,and i think yorkshire cup too.
my top coach would be roy francis he was years before his time he started the youth policy and the wonderful football his teams played and his legacy carried on right through the 70s under other coaches

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:16 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Factually incorrect alas and as Damo pointed out we can't allow any red rose county re-writing no history.

Oops. Yes, you're right. My memory has clearly merged several thrashings by Wigan into one as some sort of self defence mechanism. He did score 10, but it was semi final in 1992 wasn't it? The 69 point final was 1995. So Doug Laughton was in charge of the Offiah debacle, but remained in post until after the Radlinski-inspired 1995 debacle.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:23 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

Oops. Yes, you're right. My memory has clearly merged several thrashings by Wigan into one as some sort of self defence mechanism. He did score 10, but it was semi final in 1992 wasn't it? The 69 point final was 1995. So Doug Laughton was in charge of the Offiah debacle, but remained in post until after the Radlinski-inspired 1995 debacle.

More or less, I was tidying up my first attempt as you were replying.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:32 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

They only scored 69, and Offiah got 10 tries. But yes, he was, he resigned a month or two later, to be replaced by his recently installed assistant, Dean Bell. As I recall.

Does Dean Bell count as a solo coach though? What was Hugh McGahan's roll?

Aside from having the token club moustache, of course.

Brent Webb currently has it, btw.

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:46 pm  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

Does Dean Bell count as a solo coach though? What was Hugh McGahan's roll?

Dean Bell - Coach
Hugh McGahan - Football Manager

It made for a strange sight seeing Bell and McGahan stood shoulder to shoulder at their press unveiling at Headingley, with Bell resplendent in his red blazer.