Given that you had a ready made supporter base around 14,000 and were gifted a brand new stadium by DW and are located in the middle of the most prolific group of amateur teams in the country, he was hardly starting from the depths of where, let's say, Featherstone, have had to build from.

Not easy, but one of the easier, clubs to lead to success than most. As I said, let me see him hand over Wigan to someone and take on a struggling team and transform it to a top class organisation and i will eat humble pie and bow to his leadership acumen.

Judder any evidence for your claims re media, playing numbers, real money sponsors and marketing? Haven't the rfl financially increased revenue and profitably over last few years? www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... r-row.html www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/18895913

Judder any evidence for your claims re media, playing numbers, real money sponsors and marketing? Haven't the rfl financially increased revenue and profitably over last few years? www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... r-row.html www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/18895913

Quote ="JB Down Under"Judder any evidence for your claims re media, playing numbers, real money sponsors and marketing? Haven't the rfl financially increased revenue and profitably over last few years? www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... r-row.html www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/18895913'" From the daily mail article Nigel Wood, the RFL's chief executive, said: 'This was even more gratifying given that we did not host an international tournament in 2010, as this normally provides a considerable element of the organisation's activities.' To develop the game as a whole we MUST have a regular international schedule.

Quote ="JB Down Under"Judder any evidence for your claims re media, playing numbers, real money sponsors and marketing? Haven't the rfl financially increased revenue and profitably over last few years? www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... r-row.html www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/18895913'" From the daily mail article Nigel Wood, the RFL's chief executive, said: 'This was even more gratifying given that we did not host an international tournament in 2010, as this normally provides a considerable element of the organisation's activities.' To develop the game as a whole we MUST have a regular international schedule.

We had an international tournament in 2010, it just wasn't hosted in England!

It says we did not HOST one which implies hosting one is far more profitable than playing in one hosted elsewhere.

You can't host one if it is being run in another country! That's not the rfl's fault it is called sharing around the int comp. Your comment was we need a regular int schedule, we've got one!