Actually, I've changed my mind.

I want Lenagan to tell me exactly who he wants to sign so that:

1. He alerts other teams who may push the price up
2. Show his cards early to player agents which could again push the price up
3. Its my right as a fan to know everything that's going on at the club, even when 99% has absolutely nothing to do with me.

BTW - how dare he go to the SOO game - why was he there?

BTW 2 - Why was he there on his own? Why couldn't he take some of the staff over there with him to look at players. I mean it's not as if we get to see NRL games over here is it?

It's these types of mistakes that's made Lenagan a mere multi-millionaire.

Me to.

Over to you BK, Jonh and JS

I too want Ian Lenagan to keep his cards close to his chest.

I just worry that just like last year his hand isn't very good.

Wigan is the club closest to his heart. He used you lot (and saved your asses in the process) purely as a stepping stone. Even though his money is still keeping your heads above water, he doesn't care about you and never did. He's now chairman of the club that really matters to him.

Get over it and move on.

I'm happy and believe its right he keeps all his cards close to his chest.

just hope its quality hes keeping close to his chest. And not the cheapest options

Brutal truth

According to Dave Hadfield in this months RL World, his take on the Noble situation is that:

Its already decided that Noble will move on at the end of the year, currently all that is happening is both parties are trying to make it look like it was the others decision.

That may be true, but let's remember that Dave Hadfield is no friend to Wigan and never has been - and that comes from a newspaper insider.

He will spin any development he can, to make it look negative.

I'd suggest that Noble's future has been decided, that Noble already knows, and that it's being kept quiet to avoid embarrassing him.

I agree with the above re Hadfield, but it was only a little paragraph on his page in the magazine, wasnt really much spin, pretty much what I had said above.

But I think it has to be the case his future has been decided one way or another and the announcement will be made, probably around the same time our cup fate is decided.

Who does the fat lad support?. i always got the impression he was a salford fan??

Whoever is playing Wigan.

Basically yeah.

Only rugby league could keep producing these people who don't define themselves by who they support but by who they don't.

Sorry fellers...but I know Dave personally as he is the president of the team i play for...and i can honestly tell you he isnt anti wigan by any means..

Cheers

blackpool fan isn't he?

That's what I thought.

in fact, i'm certain of that, i'veread plenty of pieces, (inc a book passage) of him talking about the tangerines.

he does have a fondness ......but i have spoke in length with him about our current form etc noble etc and he does have a great passion for rugby league in general. hes a great bloke and has always been honest with me..always got time to talk no matter how busy.
if im honest he has helped my game tremendously.

Are you Dave Hadfield?

errrr.....no lad am not !!

What I did find interesting about the IL interview was the fact that he'd had meetings with Wayne Bennett and Graham Murray regarding our possible targets. He'd discussed a few players with them and been warned off for whatever reasons. It's good that we're tapping into 2 experienced and respected coaches knowledge base.

IL said he'd been advised against some players by these 2. Now this may be me putting 2+2 together and coming up with 5 but hasn't Carl Webb worked under both these coaches?

Now if that had been Mo he'd be being accused of being a part-time chairman.



Dave

I'm glad Lenagan is having meetings with those sorts of characters about players and not just going off his own eyes.

With all due respect he knows no more then the average poster on here about NRL players and i wouldn't like to think we'd let anybody off here go and sign our overseas players

The great thing for me was him trying to get the link with Australian clubs to send our better young players out there to gain experience.

I still can't fathom what the Aussie clubs gain from such an arrangement.

It's a bit like Wigan Athletic sending young players to Barcelona for a season. When you look at it like that why would the overseas club be interested in doing this?

Dave