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He left Wigan ages ago and wasn't in a coaching role when he left.

I imagine it will be a possibility that Bitcon may go with them as he doesn't usually stay with a club for a long time. I hope he stays as he has done some fantastic work.

It's obvious that Maguire is going to try and take someone with him be it player or coach I just hope he doesn't because it will spark anger with the Wigan fans.

Don't think Sam will leave the club - he recently signed a 5 year deal but it's still a possibility

How did you work that one out?

Looks like Russell Crowe will be the new face of L'oreal Men Expert & Adidas for the next couple of months then!

surely MM won't be taking anyone with him, at the very least not for 2012 anyway?

i can't see IL allowing it especially considering the news coming as such a shock to IL. he'll work something into his departure contract i'd imagine (for want of a better word / phrase).

at the worst i can potentially see some of our reserves / u21s going out there on loans etc perhaps which i suppose will be a good thing.

please don't take any of our first teamers though MM

And the rest!!!!

It's up to IL to ensure to tie his best players down to extended deals (like he has with Sam & Joel, Mossop and Farrell), to keep any RU / NRL clubs at bay.

I'm sure we will be okay!

On Twitter Leon Pryce is saying Anderson is coming to Wigan.

Well you guys know him better than we do. What would your opinion of that be?

russel crowe gives more than that to charity every year. Doubt he'd miss another £million

My opionion would be that Mr Pryce is trying to wind up Wigan fans prior to this Friday's match.

Doing it on twitter coz he's not going to do it on the pitch.

One thing i'd say about Anderson is that he did wonders fir Graham and Robys games.

Was it not said by Saints that he did a lot of work with the younger lads during his time there?

In that case, congratulations. The asking price has just gone up to £10 million.

Steve Folkes is being mentioned as a possible candidate by a lot of the press.

Did a great job at Saints. Ok, he was maybe lucky to coach the 06 team, which was probably our best in the SL era, but still took over the turmoil left by Millward, against the supporters wishes, and moulded Saints back into a trophy winning team. I have no doubt he would be a success at Wigan also, and as a Saints speccie, would prefer the thought of facing a Wigan team coached by Wane than Anderson.

we all know what happened last time an ex-saints coach came to wigan

There's no way on God's green earth that Anderson will get the job over Wane.










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Madge- a little disappointing as I would have liked a bit of stability for the next couple of years. However, I don't blame him, he has got to do whatever he thinks is best for his career. I do await with interest the reaction of the MM "Fanboy" club that we have on these boards though.....

Wane- I geniuinely don't know if he can cut it as first team coach or not. He has had a good record in the reserves, but the first team is a completely different boiling vessel of aquatic life. I remember reports from when he was at school that he wasn't the brightest button in the box, and this is a tad worrying.

IL- Looks like MM deal was a 2+1 rather than 3 years. He kept that one quiet. I think he will appoint Wane as it is the easy option and will appease the fans. That said, he is now in a very tough position, and I don't envy him one bit. I think we will have to support him on this one.

No thank you.

He's a little bit too good at losing Grand Finals for my liking.

Wane should be given a chance. He has graduated through the systems at U18, U20/21 and assistant coach.
I would expect he will be given a 2+1 deal which will allow both the club and himself to see if he up to the job.

If he does get it then it will be very interesting to see who he picks as his assistant.

That's the key issue for me regarding Wane. I think we'd be prudent to employ from outside the club on this one rather than promoting a relatively inexperienced Radlinski, Deacon, Fletcher....

An interesting and thought provoking post.

I concur that Sean Wane whilst obviously ticking all the right boxes isn't up to graduate level in the 'brain department'. This is one of the reasons in my opinion, why the Ozzies continually outstrip us, as all their spokesmen/coaches and 'game planners' are very articulate individuals.

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From that story it sounds like Madge had a 3 year deal but IL agreed to release him a year early.

Interesting that he is keeping a house here and may well return.

I must admit to being pleased to hear that.

By the sounds of it he's gone early as part of some kind of gentleman's agreement. Some won't like, but others might say it makes sense to keep someone like Maguire sweet. Maybe we get something in return - like first-refusal on his services should he ever decide to come back over.

Who knows, but this seems to be in keeping with IL's style. He doesn't strike me as the sort to fall out with people unless it's absolutely unavoidable.

It may also help us to develop a partnership with SSR for player exchanges etc.