Re: Smith Out : Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:57 pm  

Albino Wolf 2 wrote:

Please see if you can find me an example of the last time any manager in any sport was sacked for being top of the league after winning four games on the run?

Don't be so ridiculous. That's like saying you'd be happy with gold in the special olympics! I think we all find being in the Middle 8s utterly humiliating and not something to be celebrated and lauded. I'd be very worried if we hadn't won 4/4. None of us enjoy being in this position and are willing to lay the blame at the feet of the one person seemingly able to ensure it didn't happen this way. Well, him and his badminton partner.

Take the P&B specs off and see how much of a joke we've become.

Re: Smith Out : Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:05 am  

Surely once SuperLeague survival is guaranteed which we should do, then Smith must go and take Agar with him

He's presided over this demise and appears unable or unwilling to do anything about it, due to his total arrogance and refusal to accept his failings.

You could approach most NRL assistant coaches, just like Saints did an Holbrook.

But don't see Moran sacking his mate and Fitzpatrick won't sack a bloke who was his boss not long ago

The whole thing is a mess that needs strong and prompt action

Re: Smith Out : Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:07 am  

Albino Wolf 2 wrote:

Please see if you can find me an example of the last time any manager in any sport was sacked for being top of the league after winning four games on the run?

Surely a contender for WUM of the season.
Either that, or you're Tony Smith's mum

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Smith Out : Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:29 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

The fact that jack hughes is an ever present this season says it all.....and i was a big fan of his last season but he's been absolutely awful from game one right through to tonight. Possibly the worst season ive ever seen an individual wire player have and yet he's not been dropped whilst playing in a position where we have plenty of cover. Madness.

You and I share a brain.

This has been my one constant complaint this year, it's amazing he hasn't been benched, reserved or sent to rochdale.

He hasn't got any better whatsoever, they've tried to let him play out his bad form and it's continued and even got worse. They've made things worse for the lad by not taking him out the firing line for his own good.

The Guardian article this week is so far off it's not funny.

Re: Smith Out : Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:38 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

The fact that jack hughes is an ever present this season says it all.....and i was a big fan of his last season but he's been absolutely awful from game one right through to tonight. Possibly the worst season ive ever seen an individual wire player have and yet he's not been dropped whilst playing in a position where we have plenty of cover. Madness.

The only positive about Hughes game is he is not bad defensively and hard for defenders to put down. Attack is terrible this season I've gone on about this for months.

Re: Smith Out : Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:47 am  

At Wakefield we had street parties when Agar resigned at belle Vue, just as the Hull fans held their own celebrations when he left the KC.
Tells its own story surely!!!
Having said that his replacement at Wakey James Webster was worse much worse
Anyway seems you are safe in super league next year so good luck in getting a better coaching team

Re: Smith Out : Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:28 am  

If the Chuckle brothers are still here it will be interesting to see how many more Wigan cast offs we sign.

Re: Smith Out : Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:42 am  

This week's excuse was, unsurprisingly, the iPitch. So I thought I would share this TS quote from the 2015 season.

“They see it [the iPitch] as a huge advantage but we’re not buying into that,” he said. “We train on a similar pitch indoors nowadays so I don’t know how much of an advantage it is.

“It certainly won’t be an excuse or an issue. We’re going over to play good rugby league, and if we do that it won’t matter what surface we’re playing on.

Re: Smith Out : Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:55 am  

Just listening to tripple m sunday podcast - they state that Madge has coached his last game at Souths and they belive that he is headed to warrington.

Re: Smith Out : Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:01 am  

Maguire ..... my memories of him at Wigan were boring rugby, niggling, spoiling, wrestling and messing about at the PTB ...... but successful. Yes I want to see us finally win a GF but I am not sure I want to watch that. Having said that do I want to watch tedious rugby and also be unsuccessful. What a conundrum.