"We're pretty much the same team as last year, it's just a different mentality and attitude. There's a different work ethic amongst us. There's no hiding, no getting away with anything. I was left out once earlier in the season for something minor, just a speed bump really. But with this coach there are no speed bumps, just a clear highway and we are cruising along it." Nice. www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/oc ... rry-newton

"We're pretty much the same team as last year, it's just a different mentality and attitude. There's a different work ethic amongst us. There's no hiding, no getting away with anything. I was left out once earlier in the season for something minor, just a speed bump really. But with this coach there are no speed bumps, just a clear highway and we are cruising along it." Nice. www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/oc ... rry-newton

Get in Martin! When your rugby days are finished you could always consider a career as scriptwriter for Tarantino movies!

He was superb on Saturday and the most fired-up I've ever seen him. He looked on the verge of tears during the game on a few occasions.

Credit must go to him and all the players for translating all that emotion into a positive performance.

Wonder if he will pop back to Wire and show them what a Grand Final Winners ring looks like!

Worth every single penny of that 100k and we got rid of Mathers as well.

That is fantastic

It would be nice maybe if we all went and showed Wire our Rings?

Just spat some coffee out reading this!!! Awesome....

Glees is class and really seems to be enjoying his Rugby League again.

Gless + cash + Mathers = Fantastic business.

There is more to this quote:

Gleeson provided the latest in a number of tributes to Michael Maguire, the Australian coach recruited from the support staff at the Melbourne Storm last summer to succeed Brian Noble. "This is down to the coach here, who makes us work our balls off for each other," he said. "He is ruthless, he wants things his way and won't take anything less.

"We're pretty much the same team as last year, it's just a different mentality and attitude. There's a different work ethic amongst us. There's no hiding, no getting away with anything. I was left out once earlier in the season for something minor, just a speed bump really. But with this coach there are no speed bumps, just a clear highway and we are cruising along it."

Yet another player lining up to sing the praises of the new coach.

Dave

Maybe Ritchie can show Martin his two challenge cup winning medals and wonder if he'd swap them?

Doubt it, won more before he got here, plus next year he will be playing in the world club champs, in a potentially even stronger team while mathers will be picking his ring at some two bit club somewhere!

Where is he going?

Two Challenge Cup wins > than one Grand Final win.

Yeah right

Not at all shag.

1 x SUPER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS > 2 x Challenge Cup Winners.

Mathers can go and play with Ricky Bibey while they show off their rings.

Plus knowing you're not being replaced by a 32 year old Australian.

but Glees will be getting another one next year Bloodyhellmathers wont

Any team can Fluke 5 wins to win the cup, it takes a season to be Super League Champions.......

How can you fluke back to back Challenge Cups?

Super League Win > Challenge Cup win? Maybe.
Super League Win > 2 Challenge Cup wins? No chance.

You sound like a 10 year old.

Wigan and Martin Gleeson are champions. He has warrented his place within the side and he's more than earned his place for next year.

Get over it.

Dont think he meant back to back as a fluke, but depending on the draw, some have it easier than others, leeds draw was much harder than yours, but there is the luck of the draw, called that for a reason.

Plus on a side note, should you still be talking about the first one, as isnt that in the past, and we all know that you shouldnt talk about history, or is that just us?

Why? Because I have an opinion?

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You're making the assumption that Mathers won't drop them when showing Gleeson