Glad the rumour of him going to NZ has been put to bed. Just need Sam to say the same and we'll be laughing.

I thought the whole business of Wane's future has been badly handled in the weeks before the Final. My take on it is like this: the coach wanted to know where he stood but the chairman wanted to hold a win at Wembley over him before he'd agree to any discussion. The coach got miffed and started to explore other options whilst not that subtly letting slip that he was talking to NZ Warriors (although probably not for a head coach role). In combination with the soap opera surrounding Sam's situation, this created a lot of uncertainty off-the-field which showed itself on the field as our form dipped. Chairman saw this and thought "oh crap, we may blow the final because of this" and offered Wane another year just before the Final with the promise of a further extension if he won.

All speculation on my part of course, but not too impressed with IL if I'm only half right.

Probably not far off the mark - it's no coincidence that the form has dipped whilst this farcical "who's in, who's out" bovine excrement has been carrying on - if we can thrash Leeds one year with the creche, then can't string a coherent play together with "only" an couple of key players out the next, there has to be something else wrong.

Aside from the uncertainty it can't but help create for the squad, it's insulting to the fans who pay good money to trot along every other week.
I listened to 606 over the weekend (on the drive back from Laahndan) & had a good giggle at the whining about who's thrown their dummy out in Newcastle, or whether Shrek was being held back by his vindictive new/old boss. But then you look at our own saga & I wonder is there really much difference in the way the fee payers are being tret?

I think it fair to assume that we know little/nothing about the dealings between the chairman and his staff, just as we know little about your dealings with your employer. But, it won't stop people speculating on scant or little concrete information.. My view is, i don't know, and no amount of speculation will give me an answer.

What i would add is that overall i'm very happy with where IL has taken the club, from the dark dark days of 2006. Whether you like him or not, i'm sure many other teams, or indeed most other teams would like to be in our position right now.

That's what speculation is and I don't understand why speculation or guesswork isn't legitimate fodder for discussion. This is a discussion board after all.

I agree with everything you say in the second paragraph, I've met the chairman and he seems like a really sound bloke who cares passionately about the club. But the timing of Wane's contract extension and the wording was odd and that's the only thing I was referring to and speculating about.

You don't have to be 100% for him or 100% against him, you do understand that don't you?

Indeed i do, and have been critical about the lack of, what i would call, top quality signings.