: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:53 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

It was funny IL mentioning this message board indirectly with regard to the fans on here wanting to sign LMS from the Quins.

What did he say about that?

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:46 pm  

jonh wrote:

What did he say about that?

They were talking about youth development and how it was going in London.

IL said that one of the last things he did as Quins chairman was to sign LMS on a 3 year deal, and that Wigan fans on a "website" would like him at Wigan.

He also said that LMS was the fastest man at Quins.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:03 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote: ... IL said that one of the last things he did as Quins chairman was to sign LMS on a 3 year deal, and that Wigan fans on a "website" would like him at Wigan... Noticed at the time he refers to it as "our message board" and "our website". The show is iPlayer for those that missed it, Rugby League Extra

Rogues Gallery wrote: ... IL said that one of the last things he did as Quins chairman was to sign LMS on a 3 year deal, and that Wigan fans on a "website" would like him at Wigan... Noticed at the time he refers to it as "our message board" and "our website". The show is iPlayer for those that missed it, Rugby League Extra

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:24 am  

[quote="Bilko"]Could be. Not sure what the cockneys would make of him but BBC London have actually been putting a few Sunday games on FM down there (Sundays match v Hudds is on FM) so a good job being done by the BBC in a non RL area whoever the commentator is.[/quote]


the lad youre thinking of is Ian Ramsdale who's from the North west and has a great relationship with Quins and football permitting has a 1 hour LONDON RL prog on BBC London every wednesday night at 9pm

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:31 am  

Phil,
You did a god job last night trying to keep the show on track, but it did sound as though IL and yourself were getting a bit miffed at times.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:37 am  

[quote="Rogues Gallery"]Phil,
You did a god job last night trying to keep the show on track, but it did sound as though IL and yourself were getting a bit miffed at times.[/quote]


Miffed - no definitely not - confused perhaps with Jacko going off on his moon madness - magnetohydrodynamics whatever it is- Ian was very impressive , spoke with knowledge and a passion for the club

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:45 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Phil,
You did a god job last night trying to keep the show on track, but it did sound as though IL and yourself were getting a bit miffed at times.

My personal view is that the media coverage of Wigan at the start of this season has been very poor, and much of the time prejudiced. Eddie and Stevo's pro-Mick Higham rants have been embarrassing. Other players have swapped clubs, but only this one is apparently of interest to them. Eddie's tiny, ice-cold eyes seem to shrink even more when he's talking about Wigan.

Other media types - Hunt and Dearden being good examples, Andy Wilson being another - repeat and repeat the one-eyed drivel about Wigan recruiting overseas talent at the expense of youth, barely stopping to acknowledge that, with nine ex-Academy players in the current first team squad, we again have more home-grown players than almost anyone else. I rarely hear the likes of Warrington, Wakey, Hudds, Cas etc being chastised for their failure to develop as many youngsters as we do.

Some people - if they had half a shred of intellect - would congratulate Wigan for fuelling the SL with young talent, rather than adopting the ridiculously unrealistic view that all these kids should now be playing for Wigan and that it's somehow immoral that they're not. Even if we'd kept them all, we've produced so many that we couldn't field them all at the same time.

It doesn't surprise me in the least that Ian Lenagan is finally getting miffed.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:01 am  

Cruncher wrote:

My personal view is that the media coverage of Wigan at the start of this season has been very poor, and much of the time prejudiced. Eddie and Stevo's pro-Mick Higham rants have been embarrassing. Other players have swapped clubs, but only this one is apparently of interest to them. Eddie's tiny, ice-cold eyes seem to shrink even more when he's talking about Wigan.

Other media types - Hunt and Dearden being good examples, Andy Wilson being another - repeat and repeat the one-eyed drivel about Wigan recruiting overseas talent at the expense of youth, barely stopping to acknowledge that, with nine ex-Academy players in the current first team squad, we again have more home-grown players than almost anyone else. I rarely hear the likes of Warrington, Wakey, Hudds, Cas etc being chastised for their failure to develop as many youngsters as we do.

Some people - if they had half a shred of intellect - would congratulate Wigan for fuelling the SL with young talent, rather than adopting the ridiculously unrealistic view that all these kids should now be playing for Wigan and that it's somehow immoral that they're not. Even if we'd kept them all, we've produced so many that we couldn't field them all at the same time.

It doesn't surprise me in the least that Ian Lenagan is finally getting miffed.

Spot on

Remember one season on boots an all when eddie was on his little rant about us letting young talent leave..Clarke stopped him mid speach and said exactly the same.Wigan should be praised for the the talent they bring into SL

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:25 am  

Cruncher wrote:

My personal view is that the media coverage of Wigan at the start of this season has been very poor, and much of the time prejudiced. Eddie and Stevo's pro-Mick Higham rants have been embarrassing. Other players have swapped clubs, but only this one is apparently of interest to them. Eddie's tiny, ice-cold eyes seem to shrink even more when he's talking about Wigan.

Other media types - Hunt and Dearden being good examples, Andy Wilson being another - repeat and repeat the one-eyed drivel about Wigan recruiting overseas talent at the expense of youth, barely stopping to acknowledge that, with nine ex-Academy players in the current first team squad, we again have more home-grown players than almost anyone else. I rarely hear the likes of Warrington, Wakey, Hudds, Cas etc being chastised for their failure to develop as many youngsters as we do.

Some people - if they had half a shred of intellect - would congratulate Wigan for fuelling the SL with young talent, rather than adopting the ridiculously unrealistic view that all these kids should now be playing for Wigan and that it's somehow immoral that they're not. Even if we'd kept them all, we've produced so many that we couldn't field them all at the same time.

It doesn't surprise me in the least that Ian Lenagan is finally getting miffed.

Agreed. I find Andy Wilson particularly irritating. Being the RL journalist for The Guardian means he only gets about 200 words a week - so how does he use them? About four weeks ago, he wrote a story about Wigan must envy the "homegrown" talent on display at St Helens?

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:29 am  

Bilko wrote:

What gives the poor perception about our youth system is we've produced/kept loads of forwards. (hock, o'loughlin, hansen, joel tomkins, prescott, o'carroll, mcilorum). Whilst in the backs we've got ? (well ainscough and Sam T if you want to say they've made it). We have produced backs but they've all, rightly or wrongly been released or moved to Union.

I dont think they have made it! Yet