<t>Hopefully, Ancient, with enough time & astute planning ahead, there will be no need for a "curve" downwards.<br/> <br/> Realistically, a pro club of our calibre, should have the right planning at the top to avoid these troughs and peaks and to have a much more consistent approach to squad bui...

<t>Another obvious advantage to the Southern Hemisphere coaches, is they have a massive pool of real strength to work with.<br/> <br/> I suppose you can argue, that to get this pool of great depth into a winning formula, and to compete equally with all the competition, does require coaches to have a...

<r><QUOTE author="exile in Tiger country"><s>[quote="exile in Tiger country"]</s>They are apparently also copying the Aussies with "The corner flags are now not out of bounds"<br/> If they are not out of bounds surely this means that a try can be scored by a player touching the flag/post with the ba...

<t>It would also be a major negative to lose the midweek "magazine-style" programmes, that R. M/cr was particularly good at.<br/> <br/> These were the fans chances to interact with the team of presenters, on all topics covering RL. We would also miss the interviews and studio guests including the ga...

<t>DaveO, their (Sts) losing sequence in GF's was due in the main to failures by their experienced stars on the big stage i.e Meli, Gardner, Wellens, Graham, and even, Long.<br/> <br/> The fact they reached all those GF's itself is an achievement & measure of a team's level of performance.<br/> ...

<t>Eccy, wonder if Warriors connection now with Saracens is a forum to have some of our players try union, but then have a clear pathway for them to return back to the club further down the track.<br/> <br/> He's talked about as being the best winger in english union, and up there with the world's b...

<t>Strongly talked about leaving Northampton (possible Saracens link).<br/> <br/> Should we be interested in bringing him back, with all the financial consequencies he'll bring ?<br/> <br/> In spite of his NZ problems, assume he's a more mature, complete winger than before ? Certainly his pace would...

<r><QUOTE author="exile in Tiger country"><s>[quote="exile in Tiger country"]</s>The thing is, fans are not, on the whole, prepared to accept this.<br/> Wigan fans EXPECT sucess, and to not deliver some form of sucess is, frankly, unacceptable.<br/> To blood youngsters a team needs to have a core of...

<t>I've a feeling this season has more or less been discounted by IL as a Trophy winning campaign.<br/> <br/> Think he's seen the success in building for the future, that Sts have demonstrated over the last couple of years, and that he will attempt to mirror this with us now - albeit behind schedule...

<r><QUOTE author="cpwigan"><s>[quote="cpwigan"]</s>Nezza, Union like Cricket survives on the profile of the sport and the investment derived from it (media / commercial). The profile of both sports is driven by International competition. Lancashire CC are made / broken by hosting international crick...