You've convinced me. Wane and Lammy it is.





I might stick it in my sig. I championed the signing of Madge in my sig and that came true.

Shaun Edwards has backed Shaun Wane for the job in tonights Observer and speaks alot of sense in terms of his own credentials. He says he won't be moving back up North for at least the next couple of years and if he ever did come back to a club like Wigan he'd expect it to be as a number 2 to somebody like Wane because he's been out of the game so long.



I thought that was a very honest point of view and his comments did sound like a guy that has a long term plan to come onto the coaching staff at Wigan at some point in the future.

I'd definitely go along with Wane and Lam.

You know I was seriously considering sticking it in my signature, but I'm leaving it for the WPOTY nominees.



Go for it though - he listened last time. You even got a little shoutout in an interview IIRC too.

Heart says give Wane the job.

Head says dont give Wane the job.



I think people are getting carried away a little bit saying their is only one candidate for the job. I do not think he has any sort of record to prove this. He only started coaching full time a couple of years ago.



Pretty much any average coach could come in and have any sort of success with Wigan's acadamy, we produce the cream of the crop year on year.



I just think the time is not quite right for Wane and he needs a couple of more years working under another top coach with fresh ideas.



If Wane did get it then would love to see Edwards in at assistant.

I have always maintained that Lam was Wigan's best player of the Super League era. Nobody made me more nervous than him when he had the ball, he was brilliant. A lot of my Wigan supporting friends disagree with me on that, but for me he had everything a scrum half should have. That kind of player is a rarity these days- the proper half back.



Seems to be highly regarded as a coach too, would not surprise me to see him over here but as a head coach rather than an assistant.

Having watched Brisbane for the last few seasons, I am convinced that they are the easiest team in the world to coach. Once the game begins, the only person everyone looks to to decide the tempo and plays is Mr Lockyer. When he speaks post match or generally, he is articulate and focussed on the way Rugby should and can be played.



He retires at the end of this year and I have no doubt he will become a very successful NRL coach in the future. If he is half the coach off the field as he is on it, he could be a Great.



If we ever hope to see him coaching on these shores, it has to be now. Give him the start at Wigan. He has said that he has no immediate plans to coach, but the lure of a few pies now he's retired might be able to convince him.



I'll meet him for the airport.





MATTY BOWEN - WIGAN WARRIOR - 2012

On the Lockyer wiki page

[iOn 28 March 2011, Lockyer announced his retirement stating that the 2011 season will be his final year in the National Rugby League after deciding not to go to the Super League with the promoted Widnes Vikings[/i



I guess that is someone messing around and he was never truly considering Widnes? Coz if he was considering Widnes I would have given him a shot for 1 year then tried to convince him to coach at Wigan

I've heard Steve Price (the assistant who coached St.George over here) has got their job for next year so I'm guessing Lammy is available. However, Shaun Wane must be the first choice although he may want another couple of years as an assistant coach.

Does anybody on here believe that if we'd appointed Shaun Wane (and not Madge) a year or so ago, that we would be sat here now as reigning champs?



I dont think youll find many who believe Waney could have turned the team around in the dramatic fashion we witnessed last year. If he gets the job we'll be pinning our hopes on the notion that Madge has provided him with the magic recipe for success - the training methods, the coaching techniques, the attack / defensive moves / drills etc etc.. We will also have to believe that having worked with Madge, he can simply pick up where he left off and repeat these methods and success will follow - I dont think so.



If it were that easy surely madge would write a book and every superleague coach would simply follow the instructions!



I'm not close enough to judge Shauns qualities or the contribution he has made to the success we have enjoyed - but one thing I do know is IL will have worked out whether Shaun is the right man to take Wigan forward. He'll also know about his weaknesses and the sort of assistant he'll need should he be given the job.



Have to say I really trust IL's decision making in this area - I for one will be happy with whatever choice he makes.

Just hoping that IL gets another decision correct, there's not many he's got wrong since he took over the club.



Whilst Wigan fans hope that Waney gets the job there's always that doubt that a great club player doesn't always follow it up to make a great club coach.



It's been seen plenty of times before.

What I'm not keen on is Shaun Wane becoming the next Greame West, well in terms of achivements yes but exit from club, no.