Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:37 pm  

Brilliant night tonight at the Robin Park Arena with Chicken and Veg pie and peas and free alcohol,Wane and Hampson spoke in depth after the Manly game had finished and answered questions from the audience.I spoke at great length to Kris Radlinski afterwards about future events and he was saying that when the better weather comes then Wigan will be hosting these events outside which will bring in more revenue.Wane was quite vocal about certain clubs not being very cooperative when it comes to international get togethers saying that it's the overseas coaches who don't want to cooperate.Radders was also saying that too many clubs are not prepared to embrace change and move forward

Re: Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:43 pm  

warrior1872 wrote:

Wane was quite vocal about certain clubs not being very cooperative when it comes to international get togethers saying that it's the overseas coaches who don't want to cooperate.

I’m no detective but I think I’ve an idea who he’s referring to

Good to hear the event went well. Will look to get down to the next couple.

Re: Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:36 pm  

Great night, enjoyed it.

Looking forward to the fans forum and Henderson Gill night.

Re: Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:59 pm  

Good night. Liked the way a straight question got a straight answer. Forum next month should be good...

Re: Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:23 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

I’m no detective but I think I’ve an idea who he’s referring to

Overseas coach, plenty of Internationals, no benefit to him if England do well................................

Is it Willie Poching?

Re: Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:12 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Overseas coach, plenty of Internationals, no benefit to him if England do well................................

Is it Willie Poching?

Sylvain Houles?

Re: Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:40 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Overseas coach, plenty of Internationals, no benefit to him if England do well................................

Is it Willie Poching?

Nailed it

I really must go and check that All Stars fixture from last season and check if there’s a club that provided zero players for them.

Re: Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:06 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Nailed it

I really must go and check that All Stars fixture from last season and check if there’s a club that provided zero players for them.

I think you're being unkind. Featherstone provided Junior Moors so it's not fair to level the blame at them like this!

Re: Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:36 am  

Personally I feel that as soon as Wane accepted his role back at Wigan, that someone else should become England coach. My worry is that his feelings towards Saints will impact on his England role. I sincerely hope that they won't and from his point of view he would be foolish not to select relevant Saints players in his squad due to their ability.

I just feel that there is a conflict of interest now combining both jobs. This isn't Wigan or Wane bashing either, I said the same when Jon Wells took his Director role at Castleford and he was still a Sky Sports pundit. Again there was a conflict of interest. In my opinion.

I listened to a podcast a few months ago where Walmsley said that Wane couldn't bring himself to congratulate the Saints lads on their GF win and he was speaking to them through gritted teeth. Whilst Walmsley was joking about it my worry was and is that now he is back at Wigan, it may influence some of his decisions.

Regarding the thread, Woolf will do what he feels is right for Saints, he is employed by them to achieve success and paid well for doing so. Its similar to Ferguson at Utd when he used to clash with England managers, he always put Utd first. I agree its not great for England but until Saints have an English coach, the situation may not change.

Re: Manly game with Wane and Hampson : Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:44 am  

Stu M wrote:

Personally I feel that as soon as Wane accepted his role back at Wigan, that someone else should become England coach. My worry is that his feelings towards Saints will impact on his England role. I sincerely hope that they won't and from his point of view he would be foolish not to select relevant Saints players in his squad due to their ability.

I just feel that there is a conflict of interest now combining both jobs. This isn't Wigan or Wane bashing either, I said the same when Jon Wells took his Director role at Castleford and he was still a Sky Sports pundit. Again there was a conflict of interest. In my opinion.

I listened to a podcast a few months ago where Walmsley said that Wane couldn't bring himself to congratulate the Saints lads on their GF win and he was speaking to them through gritted teeth. Whilst Walmsley was joking about it my worry was and is that now he is back at Wigan, it may influence some of his decisions.

Regarding the thread, Woolf will do what he feels is right for Saints, he is employed by them to achieve success and paid well for doing so. Its similar to Ferguson at Utd when he used to clash with England managers, he always put Utd first. I agree its not great for England but until Saints have an English coach, the situation may not change.

Waney was relishing the thought of Walmsley in his England side. Someone brought up him moving off the mark to sneak a metre or two. Waney said if he does it to beat the Aussies he would buy him a pint.