Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:12 pm  

chissitt wrote:

Does anybody know if gronk is available for comment on the subject

Van broken down again today Squire?

Re: milward as the new coach : Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:12 pm  

Starbug wrote:

And yet Tony Smith is happy to let his youngsters come to Leigh , as was Saints with Jake Emmit and Tom Armstrong

The young Wigan academy players hated him and were treated appallingly by him. If you want an insight read Radlinskis book.

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:21 pm  

wildshot wrote:

I think this is a good appointment for you and he can certainly take you to the next level. He is proven by winning trophies and has a magic touch at Leigh. As we all know Leigh have had major financial problems this year but just look at them in the table!

I would have been happy with IM at BV but we have to keep waiting for ours to be decided. I think on the pitch Cas will improve and be on the up, just hope we are too.

Millward IS one of Leighs big financial problems.
1) His salary
2) Salary cap, again. How many times is that with clubs under his tenure? Saints, Wigan and Leigh.

Be careful what car you give him.

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:23 pm  

I don't think it's a bad choice - how many good coaches are there out there looking for work anyway. What do people expect your not Wigan or Saints. I'd have had him at Wakey though not as a first choice. I think the love fest everyone seems to have with Mr Gentle has muddied the waters. He looked interesting but when you boil it down I can't see where he's that much better than the rest other than he has the most recent NRL experience.

At least you didn't sign some of the real duffers mentioned.

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:14 pm  

baztiger wrote:

Few quid saved next year, looks like only going when freebes are on offer!

Having thought about it, come on millward! lets give him a chance

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:26 pm  

baztiger wrote:

Having thought about it, come on millward! lets give him a chance

Baz glad you've come around, I'm hoping he can do half with us what he did with Saints!

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:45 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Millward IS one of Leighs big financial problems.
1) His salary
2) Salary cap, again. How many times is that with clubs under his tenure? Saints, Wigan and Leigh.

Be careful what car you give him.

Is that a little unfair to the guy? He is a coach and does not control the purse strings or allocate the budget, that is down to the chairman and the money guys. His salary is determined by his employer. (If only we could determine how much we got paid eh?)

Wigan were desperate to keep their top flight status and would do anything to retain it at that time; didn't they break this rule on a different occassion too?

As for Leigh, the owner had financial problems with his own business so was not in a position to fund the club. Not many clubs are self sufficient.

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:56 pm  

vastman wrote:

I don't think it's a bad choice - how many good coaches are there out there looking for work anyway. What do people expect your not Wigan or Saints. I'd have had him at Wakey though not as a first choice. I think the love fest everyone seems to have with Mr Gentle has muddied the waters. He looked interesting but when you boil it down I can't see where he's that much better than the rest other than he has the most recent NRL experience.

At least you didn't sign some of the real duffers mentioned.

Bloody hell i agree 100% with a Vastman post

Re: Confirmed - Its Millward next year : Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:31 pm  

Junglefever wrote:

Baz glad you've come around, I'm hoping he can do half with us what he did with Saints!

Or if he does as well as the genius that is Terry Matterson? 7th-9th in the table and a cup semi?

Wow!

Re: milward as the new coach : Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:10 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

The young Wigan academy players hated him and were treated appallingly by him. If you want an insight read Radlinskis book.

I hold no candle for IM as a Wire fan as it was an incident at the HJ that was the final straw in his sacking at Saints. However, people write things in books in order to sell them, and you can't doubt IM's fantastic success at Saints - nor the more modest but still significant achievements at Leigh. The fact that he could do nothing right at Wigan was almost certainly as much to do with the evil empire of Lindsey and Whelan as his own talents.