<r><QUOTE author="yoda warrior"><s>[quote="yoda warrior"]</s><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s><QUOTE author="turf"><s>[quote="turf"]</s>I cannot believe that Noble hasn't got a word of praise for Ainscough!!!!! <br/> <br/> did you even read the article?<br/> <br/> also people jumping on nobles work in progress ...

<t>I had the pleasure to travel on the same plane to Gerona and back with the team and officials and I was very pleased with the way the players conducted themselves. I always think it can become annoying to be approached and involved in conversation by people you don't know but the team, without ex...

Didn´t see him on the plane with the rest of the team (how´s that for one-upmanship?)

<t>Yes, I saw this incident and remember thinking exactly the same thing. It may be an indication of the pressure that O'Loughlin is under (I have long believed that he would be a far better player without the burden of captaincy) but fortunately it had no negative effect on Tomkins who went on to h...

<t>Brian Noble is using a phrase which he no doubt picked up during his police days.<br/> <br/> Under Common Law, we all have a 'duty of care' to each other. So, if you leave a roller-skate in the driveway and the postman trips and does a nose-dive then you haven't discharged that 'duty of care' and...

What is the difference between a 'Performance Director' and a coach?

The team that Lowe coached did not have the same number of quality players as the teams that Monie inherited yet he managed to take Wigan from the doldrums to a trophy-winning side.

With the team of all-talents that Monie had, I think I could have coached it!!!

<t>The heartening thing about this article in the wep is that Ian still reads the views of the club's supporters and hasn't gone off on some self-serving ego trip since he bought the club. All the signs from an Administrative point of view are good and I am convinced that the structures which have b...

<r><QUOTE author="Wigan Watcher"><s>[quote="Wigan Watcher"]</s>His major problems are two:<br/> <br/> 1. Can’t put a big hit on anyone<br/> <br/> <I><s>[i]</s><B><s>[b]</s>2. No bottle<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/i]</e></I><br/> <br/> You can’t put a big heart into someone, so we are stuck with a fullbac...

<r><QUOTE author="cpwigan"><s>[quote="cpwigan"]</s><QUOTE author="DaiJones"><s>[quote="DaiJones"]</s>I may be wrong here but rarely am, surely when Offiah scored 3 and took Preston on the outside it was the 1988-89 season decider at Naughton Park? Graham Lowe was our coach then not Monie and in fact...