Quote Judder Man="Judder Man"Seems as though Wane has shot himself in the foot with today,s latest outburst on the Friday,s video ref. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_155 ... haler.html'" When was the last time Wigan lost and Wane DIDN'T have a dig at the ref?

Quote Judder Man="Judder Man"Seems as though Wane has shot himself in the foot with today,s latest outburst on the Friday,s video ref. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_155 ... haler.html'" When was the last time Wigan lost and Wane DIDN'T have a dig at the ref?

When was the last time Wigan lost and we all didn't have to read reams of crap?

Quote Judder Man="Judder Man"Seems as though Wane has shot himself in the foot with today,s latest outburst on the Friday,s video ref. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_155 ... haler.html'" I think he has gone too far with the comment about Thaler. I'd expect him to cop a fine for that one and rightly so. It's one thing playing a few mind games and stirring the pot but he obviously needs to learn where the limit is. Maybe Brown rattled him more than I thought.

Quote Judder Man="Judder Man"Seems as though Wane has shot himself in the foot with today,s latest outburst on the Friday,s video ref. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_155 ... haler.html'" I think he has gone too far with the comment about Thaler. I'd expect him to cop a fine for that one and rightly so. It's one thing playing a few mind games and stirring the pot but he obviously needs to learn where the limit is. Maybe Brown rattled him more than I thought.

Quote Judder Man="Judder Man"Seems as though Wane has shot himself in the foot with today,s latest outburst on the Friday,s video ref. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_155 ... haler.html'" I wonder if DaveO thinks Wane is short on class as well now? Gotta say though having 2 coaches willing to get into the 'spirit' of the derby certainly helps spice things up

Quote Judder Man="Judder Man"Seems as though Wane has shot himself in the foot with today,s latest outburst on the Friday,s video ref. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_155 ... haler.html'" I wonder if DaveO thinks Wane is short on class as well now? Gotta say though having 2 coaches willing to get into the 'spirit' of the derby certainly helps spice things up

Well funnily enough on Mike's Wigan forum I did post Wane should have kept quiet and let Brown hang himself or words to that effect when Brown went on his rant.



I think Wane is right about the Burgess "try" but there is no way what he said in the text quoted in the link is anything like what Brown has come out with. Wane's is an opinion on a try. Brown is playing politics trying to deflect criticism from his players and/or influence people. Unfortunately for him even I don't think the RFL are thick enough to fall for it.





The headline on the Wane article above is deliberately sensationalist.







Brown isn't spicing anything up. He just lacks class.

Nope, wane is explicitly questioning the competence and/or integrity of a named match official.

Thats the way I read it too and I suspect the RFL might. Brown essentially said a ref had a bad game , Wane has gone further.

I think it is time for Shaun Wane to take a break from all this 'mind games' nonsense. He has had a lot of praise over the last year or so, and rightly so. But it seems to me he is in danger of believing his own press.



I love his passion for Wigan and I think he is a lot more interesting character than Madge ever was. But -



It's time to shut up and let his team do the talking. We will always get bad refs and bad decisions, it's a fact of life. We've benefitted from them in the past so take it on the chin now. Leave your talking behind closed doors.

Agreed. I've no objection to a few choice words but as I said earlier he's gone too far IMO. There are limits and he's just go past them.

FWIW I thought that Brown was probably right with his assessment of the ref's performance, but why did he bring it into the public domain? Both he and Wane have made themselves look like a pair of idiots now and it's about time they buttoned it.

I tend to agree with this.

My sentiments to ..... refocus on the defensive lapses that were apparent (Makinson's second was appalling defence) then we don't have to worry about ref decisions.



Forget the mind games nonsense .... leave that to Brown .... a tactic he employed at Huddersfield and is trying again at Saints