Danny Maguire

[Wes]

This is exactly why I said wane shouldn't get involved in things like this

Why?

[Wigan_forever1985]

I agree platt but it detracts from the task at hand it's made a focal point of the game that didn't need to be there added a factor that didn't need to be there mcdoughnut looked like an idiot in the press conference but wane fell for it hook line and sinker he should of left it.

It's like someone's signature on here says " don't argue with an idiot they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience"

[Wes]

You can't win, we have a quiet coach and people want him to speak up and speak out then we have an outspoken coach who speaks out for his team and people want him to shut up!

Awesome!

[100% Warrior]

Granted this public slanging match isn't what's needed prior to a huge game like we have on Friday.

But I'd sooner we have a coach in charge who will stand up for his players and his club.

None of this would be happening if players, officials and fans had faith in the disciplinary panel being consistent with their decisions.

The RFL should be addressing the situation to ensure matters like this don't have to be continually played out in the media.

[Wigan_forever1985]

I understand what your both saying and i agree its nice to see from a fans point of view a coach that is vocal in his opinions however i just don't feel at the business end of the season this is the type of publicity we or the club needs.

For my money this comment like i said earlier could come from Rads or Harris or IFL, Wane in my opinion should be tunnel vision on the task at hand. Like i said before Madge was in my opinion the gold standard of how to deal with the press, he never got involved and concentrated entirely on Wigan and what Wigan did. Even when we had bad games referee-wise he highlighted how that's not the issue it was the way wigan played - that attitude reverberates round the players.

Its just the same how many people on here have started to say about Sam shouting at referee's he may be dead right in what he is saying but who cares dont start whinging, play the game it just makes it all the sweeter when we still whoop their asses!


Like i say im not saying Wane was wrong as of such - i just feel at this point in the season he should be fully 100% focused on what Wigan are doing nothing else

[nellywelly]

McDermott fuming with Wigan rival after McGuire ruled out of play-off semi-final


Leeds have accepted Danny McGuire's one-match ban but coach Brian McDermott has accused his Wigan counterpart Shaun Wane of influencing the disciplinary hearing.
McGuire will miss Friday's play-off semi-final against Wigan after being found guilty of a reckless high tackle during the defending champions' 27-20 win over Catalan Dragons in Perpignan last Friday.

McDermott, who claimed it was a careless challenge by his player, said the club had decided against lodging an appeal after receiving a fair hearing from the three-man committee chaired by high court judge Peter Charlesworth.

But he believes comments by Wane, in which he compared the incident to a tackle that earned Wigan hooker Michael McIlorum a three-match ban, were out of order.

'We considered an appeal,' he said. 'There was a bit of merit in doing that.
'But we thought they gave us a fair hearing. Sometimes you come out thinking you might as well have not turned up but, in fairness to the panel, they listened.

'I felt we put up a good case and I think it went as well as it could have done.
'If we did anything, we probably got it down from a two-game ban to one game.
'Unfortunately, with what's been said in the media building up to it, it would have been a tough call to not ban him.
'I'm just not sure that in any legal case you'd be allowed to say what you want in the media building up to it.
'When I talk about other clubs' players, I talk about how good they are and how they should be involved in Great Britain teams and things like that.'

McDermott also believes the verdict could have serious repercussions for the game, with players fearful of going wholeheartedly into tackles in case they result in a fine and a ban.

The former Bradford and Great Britain forward believes the verdicts are formed by the Rugby Football League's match-review panel which scrutinise incidents every Monday, with the disciplinary committee effectively acting as an appeals panel.

'I just think that, at the moment, once you enter that room, you are guilty,' he said.
'The review panel have been given a set of guidelines and I'd like to talk to the people who run the game. What do they want our game to look like?
'At the moment, players are concerned about going into collisions in case they get it slight wrong.
'That's scary for our game. The beauty of our game is that usually, if you run harder and tackle harder than the opposition, you win the game.
'Now, if you run hard and tackle, you worry about getting a ban.

'Maggsy gets run at every single week by teams that try to exhaust the leading tryscorer in Super League.
'Because of that, Maggsy has to be aggressive and sometimes he gets it wrong. He hasn't the best tackle technique in the world and never has had but he is tenacious and competitive and sometimes that goes wrong.

'To judge him on one error, saying you got that wrong and it's a one-game ban, is very harsh.
'It's too clinical and I think if we carry on with this philosophy, players are going to start coming to coaches and say I can't afford to tackle hard.'

McDermott admitted that the club were deterred from making an appeal in case a different panel opted to impose a two-match ban, the maximum allowed for a grade B offence.
'Should we be good enough to beat Wigan and get through to the Grand Final, we obviously get Maggsy back,' he said.

However, Leeds have lost eight of the 10 matches McGuire has missed this year through injury and suspension and McDermott admits the absence of Super League's all-time leading tryscorer is a major blow.

'It is difficult to win without him,' he said. 'He's been in sensational form this year.
'We'll miss him because he makes other people play well but we have to find it from somewhere else and we're determined to do that.

'After the hearing, we pretty much started planning without him. All the players knew straight away, their minds were turning to 'let's crack on without him and make it a team effort'.'

McDermott has the option of switching Rob Burrow to his old scrum-half role and starting with Shaun Lunt at hooker or reverting to his Challenge Cup final line-up, with 18-year-old Stevie Ward partnering Kevin Sinfield at half-back.
'We've got a couple of options and we've practised with both,' McDermott said. 'We'll analyse that tomorrow.'



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I cant believe this bullshit the RFL give Micky MAC a 3 match ban but give Mcguire a 1 match ban for a tacle which was as bad if not worse. Anyway it just shows how corrupt our game is , I am sure Silverwood will be given the word to red card one of our play makers as soon as he can into the game to evan things up. On an evan playing field we will smash those Leeds cheats but the ref will do his best to make sure we are penalised for everything they can get us for and leeds will be helped to a undeserved victory like against Catalans

[cpwigan]

Waney needs to go to town on McDermott after we beat them.

Sport needs people to be outspoken, especially our sport given its low profile.

McDermott is an easy target because Danny McGuire has previous form and even God dislikes him according to Clarkey!!

[Wigan_forever1985]

Waney needs to go to town on McDermott after we beat them.

Sport needs people to be outspoken, especially our sport given its low profile.

McDermott is an easy target because Danny McGuire has previous form and even God dislikes him according to Clarkey!!

Never had you down as an antagonist!

[cpwigan]

Waney needs to go to town on McDermott after we beat them.

Sport needs people to be outspoken, especially our sport given its low profile.

McDermott is an easy target because Danny McGuire has previous form and even God dislikes him according to Clarkey!!

Never had you down as an antagonist!

Bob Fulton was my hero!!

[Wes]

It's exactly what he should be doing at this time of the year!

Stands behind his players and lets everybody know about it, PASSION can not be bought! Agree Madge did a stellar job at Wigan and he is a consummate professional but even he can't replicate that Wigan fire in the belly!

If I was a player and my coach was shouting my corner in the press and putting his fair opinion across on others when ASKED about them I would really want to run my blood to water for him!

Just as a finishing Q for you, do you think SW is not 100% focused on job in hand?

I do!