Re: Over to you IFL : Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:30 pm  

Ashton Bears wrote:

Can not understand why Wigan is always the last club to inform what is going on even Leigh gets more info than us Chester director of Rugby.

Maybe it's not been decided?

I do think they should at least said who's leaving and officially announce Thornley though.

Re: Over to you IFL : Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:41 pm  

What I will say is that after reading Too Many Reasons to Live, Rob Burrows' autobiography I wouldn't want Brian McDermott coaching Wigan.

Re: Over to you IFL : Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:57 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

What I will say is that after reading Too Many Reasons to Live, Rob Burrows' autobiography I wouldn't want Brian McDermott coaching Wigan.

I've always felt he'd end up being another Millward. Great taking over a team that can coach itself, but ineffective when a team is a mess.

Plus, people forget that he's worked for IL in the past. Can't quite remember how that worked out, but if nothing else, IL should know his strengths and weaknesses.

Re: Over to you IFL : Wed Sep 29, 2021 11:39 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

What I will say is that after reading Too Many Reasons to Live, Rob Burrows' autobiography I wouldn't want Brian McDermott coaching Wigan.

Haven’t read it yet but due to shortly. Perhaps I’ll think differently after that.

Re: Over to you IFL : Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:42 am  

And I was called rotten by the usual suspects when I dared to suggest that McDermott was not the success as some seemed to think he was during his time at Leeds.

Evidently, some players and clubs have as well!

Re: Over to you IFL : Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:56 am  

Jukesays wrote:

Rubbish

Like many of your financial figures and adulation of all things IL!

Re: Over to you IFL : Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:09 am  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

And I was called rotten by the usual suspects when I dared to suggest that McDermott was not the success as some seemed to think he was during his time at Leeds.

Evidently, some players and clubs have as well!

Except you wasn’t called rotten. You were offered facts against your argument and decided to double down claiming it was the players who didn’t need coaching.

I’m happy to debate away with you Ruddy but you don’t back any of your points up at all, make outlandish statements and get all offended when someone offers an opposing view which is backed up. The funny thing is you post some good posts from time to time which I get on board with and I make an active effort to say so when you do. Primarily though my impression of you is you post outlandish statements to garner a reaction so you can play the victim “everyone’s piling on me” role. It doesn’t wash.

Re: Over to you IFL : Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:13 am  

Ruddy Duck wrote:

Like many of your financial figures and adulation of all things IL!

Which financial figures?
What subject?
Any evidence to support that claim?

I won't hold my breathe, same as I haven't done in the past when you haven't offered any.

Re: Over to you IFL : Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:21 am  

Jukesays wrote:

Which financial figures?

Those hyperthetical ones you used to explain why we couldn't afford Sam.

The gang of four would have signed him.

Re: Over to you IFL : Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:09 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Those hyperthetical ones you used to explain why we couldn't afford Sam.

The gang of four would have signed him.

Oh yeah
This hypothetical ones, that I said were hypothetical
Rather than the real ones which % wise pro-rataand factually are absolutely true

Your right, the gang of 4 would have, then had to sell all their assets to pay off huge debts and the tax man (whilst fighting off legal cases for fraud after trying to in effect blackmail the local newspaper! Ah the good old days!).

Or

Pay 90% of our cap to 25% of its players which then left us in the state we were in 2005/2006 etc (and to be honest it happened in 2000 through to 2004 as well we just got awaybwith it better)
Good old Maurice (and Dave, you know, a multi millionaore with far more money that Leneghan, which is what some want at Wigan now, that went well didn't it).