I wonder what was going through the minds of the Wigan coach, team and supporters knowing the helicopter was on its way only then to find out it was turning around right at the death

First time I can't recall Stevo calling for the "little chip over the top" and we actually did one AND it worked.

In the scenario we imagined on the train ride home last night, the helicopter was about a metre off the ground over the JJB centre spot, with the hub cap shining as the floodlights bounced off it and all the pies dancing about, when the word got through to the pilot and he took the chopper back into the sky, leaving the Wigan fans confused and Shaun Wane looking for a small dog to kick to bits.

i like it!

Stevo's a f*****g joke. Is there a commentator in any other professional sport who'd advocate a professional foul in the way he did (repeatedly) after Hall had scored? I mean, come on; a more dramatic sporting moment is difficult to imagine and there he is saying it was a mistake for it not to be ruined by the commission of a professional foul. Scott Grix by plenty. As for Stevo, the bald c*** should be sacked, simple as. What the hell does he imagine comments like that do for the game?

the rugby gods would never have let him get away with it

At the end of the day, Mcdermott has won plenty of pots in his 5 years in charge.He has done exceptionally well over that period but i do feel to get iconic stautus amongst the fans he needs to do well without Sinfield and Peacock.we will soon see

Tony Smith has gotten iconic status with many and he had Sinfield and latterly Peacock.

The old "but he's had great players" argument. Well of course, any coach whose won things has needed great players. How many titles would Alex Ferguson have won without Cantona, Giggs, Ronaldo etc???

Glad you brought this up...thought it was just me. I couldn't actually believe my ears that he was calmy and methodically condoning/advocating that the use of the professional foul would have been a better move for Grix to have made...and that he was genuinely bemused as to why he hadn't done so.

Most fans already know the value of Mac. If you are referring to the clique from the keyboard Clap Trappers and Chunters Club who wrote him off in the middle of his first season and have never forgiven him for proving their acumen so wrong then and for every year since. Some of them only come out at night now when we lose a couple of games only to disappear again when we win another Cup

Not just his trophy haul is impressive, but his record of getting us to major finals and winning knock out games is unmatched.

The playoff runs in 11 and 12 and all the CC runs have made his knock out rugby record exceptional.

Think it's

PLAYOFFS - P12 W9 L3
CHALLENGE CUP - P21 W18 L3

TOTAL - P33 W27 L6 (one of those losses wasn't even a clear knock out game, the loss vs Wire in the first week of 2013 playoffs didn't eliminate us from the playoffs)

Well Phil that's two games unbeaten since your rant on Leeds not winning again this season !Lets hope it's been sufficient motivation to make it a third !!! Your motivational speech worked wonders before

We all enjoyed giving him some stick in the South Stand on Friday Night haha

Was it Carney infront of Clark slowing him down on the gantry? Fantastic whoever it was hahaha. He got a nice welcome as always. The d-ckhead.

It was indeed Carney and Phillip wasn't impressed haha

If Leeds do it this weekend his rant after the Cas game will go down as the rugby version of Alan Hansen's 'you can't win anything with kids' .It will haunt h forever

is ours you can't win owt with pensioners

he can win everything every year and i wouldn't be disappointed if he left . Someone who thinks its funny when drunk to laugh about losing to the two relegated sides to win the cup and cannot win another match after such hilarity is barely great coach or man.

Great season but without cuthbo (creativity) and garbutt (extra muscle) we would have struggled and cannot say there's any attacking structure , moves as a result of coaching.

So you are complaining that 2 Signings added to the Squad and gave us the extra something to be the best in 2015? I'd say that was good decision making from Macca and The Sleeve.

i'd say it was a sleeve masterstroke and cuthbo's genius is not coached as ali's wasn't

What is this? What happened?

And you believe Macca doesn't have a say in Recruitment at Leeds?

poss more than he does in coaching

The esteemed pundit's views re Saturday: www.skysports.com/rugby-league/n ... rand-final No surprises there.

The esteemed pundit's views re Saturday: www.skysports.com/rugby-league/n ... rand-final No surprises there.