Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:33 pm  

Sean Long.

Top player - Yes
Seen/done it all - Yes
Would I want him at the club - Not a chance in hell

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:34 pm  

Eastbourne Warrior wrote: At 36 I'm sure he has grown up a bit. Really? You didn't see the headlines from January then? http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/ja ... ong-bailed Some thing's never change. (With regards to the reason why he left Wigan).

Eastbourne Warrior wrote: At 36 I'm sure he has grown up a bit. Really? You didn't see the headlines from January then? http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/ja ... ong-bailed Some thing's never change. (With regards to the reason why he left Wigan).

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:02 am  

MattyB wrote: Really? You didn't see the headlines from January then? http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/ja ... ong-bailed Some thing's never change. (With regards to the reason why he left Wigan). Done deal, he signed this week, will initially be our hb's coach but will take up a senior coaching role next season. Believe theres going to be a shake up of our coaching staff. As far as the above.......innocent until proven guilty

MattyB wrote: Really? You didn't see the headlines from January then? http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/ja ... ong-bailed Some thing's never change. (With regards to the reason why he left Wigan). Done deal, he signed this week, will initially be our hb's coach but will take up a senior coaching role next season. Believe theres going to be a shake up of our coaching staff. As far as the above.......innocent until proven guilty

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:06 am  

Vectrabeast wrote:

Done deal, he signed this week, will initially be our hb's coach but will take up a senior coaching role next season. Believe theres going to be a shake up of our coaching staff.

As far as the above.......innocent until proven guilty

I'll reserve full judgement at the moment but current thought is not happy

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:09 am  

Conroy wrote:

I'll reserve full judgement at the moment but current thought is not happy

I'm inclined to agree but I've thought that a lot over the last few years and to be fair we haven't got a lot wrong in terms of recruitment etc.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:16 am  

Vectrabeast wrote:

As far as the above.......innocent until proven guilty

Oh the irony!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:14 am  

MattyB wrote:

Oh the irony!

I don't see the irony??

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:51 am  

Vectrabeast wrote:

Done deal, he signed this week, will initially be our hb's coach but will take up a senior coaching role next season. Believe theres going to be a shake up of our coaching staff.

As far as the above.......innocent until proven guilty

And what if he is proven guilty - and we've just signed him?

What if he goes down, and we've 'shaken up' what is already a very skilled and organised youth coaching department to accommodate him?

At the very least, Wigan should give this fella extremely wide berth until this latest embarrassing debacle that he's involved in has been resolved.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:21 am  

At the end of the day the culture at the club is set by the head coach.

All the players and coaches essentially report into Wane and he's head honcho.

Long will fit into that system or he'll be gone. The players will buy into the 100% ethos set by Wane and the senior players and if not and again they will be gone.

Wigan must have seen something in Longy that they like. I'm happy with that as I know for a fact there will be no inch given if he steps out of line.

Nothing ventured nothing gained as they say.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:38 am  

Vectrabeast wrote:

Done deal, he signed this week, will initially be our hb's coach but will take up a senior coaching role next season. Believe theres going to be a shake up of our coaching staff.

As far as the above.......innocent until proven guilty

When? He hadn't signed anything yesterday.