Rubbish. Don't believe that for a second. Tell me the exact minutes and I'll check it out.



Just about every coach in the NRL has complained about Melbourne's approach and most in SL about Wigan's. Can you not see some link there?

Those tackles are not necessaily put in with [iintent[/i to injure, but with total disregard for the [ipotential[/i to injure, which fits with the 'win at all costs' culture that appears to have been created at Wigan.

Solomona was a 'big story' because Tony Smith whinged like a little girl.



That was a perfectly legitimate tackle.

So i guess if Craig Bellamy and Mike Maguire were available all of those clubs that have complained would not be interested in employing them?



Of course they would.



If you have some stats showing the amount of career ending / threatening tackles that Melbourne / Wigan have made compared to other clubs then im all ears.

How did you decide that Wigan are the biggest Club in the World based on what measurement?



Wigans loss to St George in the WCC was not that close in reality, St George went up a gear when ever they had to and handed Wigan a master class in how to play.

Based on semi-pro trophies. They can't be bettered.



Just because Brisbane is a bigger club than Wigan doesn't make it a bigger club than Wigan.

Bellamy has won nothing at Melbourne and Maguire fluked a Grand Final at Wigan. Neither are in the top eschelon of coaching.



Maguire has shown himself to be a short sighted coach lacking in tactical depth. Once Royce figured out a masterplan he was beaten. Had Maguire rested his key players and brought through some of the much vaunted youth Wigan might not have limped so pathetically out of the playoffs.

he did'nt butcher the game and I think most if not all clubs over here would defo have him as head coach just look at what he has done with wigan in the 2 years he was here and i think it was clever what he done.

But Trophies won from different competitions is not necessaries a yardstick.

That is not comparing Apples with Apples, Wigan were a Shark swimming with minnows for a decade and they were expected to win nearly everything.



The biggest Club in the game is the one that has the most fans, the biggest crowds, generates the most revenue etc.



The fact that South Sydney and St George have won plenty of titles in the past does not make them contenders for the biggest Club in the Game nowadays.





The fact they employed an assistant NRL Coach who left at the first opportunity to get a first grade spot in the NRL is an indicator of Wigans current standing.

In my opinion...

Sorry, I forgot you were Australian, it probably needed a smiley.

No ta.



He won a title. in the biggest games in the playoffs he faced 2 teams without their key players (leeds - mcguire and peacock, saints - halfbacks).



He won the CC. Wigan raced into a lead in the first 15 minutes then clung on for dear life the other 60, getting every single 50/50 call form the ref in the process.



Most neutrals consider leeds unlucky not to have won and many believed they might have deserved to win.



Luck and circumstance, combined with spoiling tactics.



No ta.

Don't have the exact times. Look after 60m.



Just because people complain doesn't mean it's true - even if lots of them do.



Some coaches have been known to bring attention to other coaches tactics to try and influence the ref - who'd have thought that!!