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Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:56 pm
by Matthew
DaveO posted:
ChrisA posted:
DaveO posted:
Agreed. The team was broken and Millward had no idea how to fix it. In fact it was Millward that went a long way to breaking it in the first place according to Rads.
Dave
I remember at the time, Dave, both you and myself wanted Millward to stay and sort the mess out.
I don't think that is correct from my point of view - about wanting him to be given time to stay and sort out the mess. Once he had gone he had gone and yes it was a pity things didn't work out with him was my position if I recall correctly.
I had already been questioning his selections from about the second game of the season when he was still walking on water for some.
Once Rads revelations came out that lifted the lid off the mess I had no sympathy for the man.
But whatever the fact is Millwards sacking and the appointment of Noble are the pivotal moments that saved our season IMO.
Dave
As soon as Rads spoke out about Millward, he started to return to being the hate figure that he was when he was at stains.
If probably the most modest, humble and loyal servant of this club doesn't have time for you - then you won't win much sympathy from the fans
Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:34 pm
by Wigan sister
The Leeds game showed we deserved to stay up and had the class to do it. Leeds never recovered from that loss either. Noble seemed to give the side belief in their own abilities but it took a while to convert to results.Dobson was a master stroke imo but engineered by Noble similarly Fielden's signing. His signing showed rest of squad they were still a good enough side that players like him wanted to be a part of it. So pivotal moment in season got to be Noble's appointment.
Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:59 pm
by cpwigan
Without Nobby there would have been no Dobson, no Fielden, no Mcavoy. We would have probably continued signing anybody and everybody from the lower divisions. Wigan relying on bargain basement signings was the pits.
Oh BTW I will hold my hand up and say I thought IM was a good appointment. I thought he would be successful. How wrong I was although I was not on my own.
Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:39 am
by ChrisA
cpwigan posted:
Oh BTW I will hold my hand up and say I thought IM was a good appointment. I thought he would be successful. How wrong I was although I was not on my own.
I will admit to sharing the very same view, even if others try to dress it up a little different, just to try and save face.
Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:07 pm
by Fraggle
cpwigan posted:
Oh BTW I will hold my hand up and say I thought IM was a good appointment. I thought he would be successful. How wrong I was although I was not on my own.
There's one or two of us who can smugly sit here saying "we told you so!"... although I would have preferred him to have been successful even if it would have meant a public apology from me from all the negative comments I had posted about him. But looking back, I'll happily stand by all the slagging off I did of him!
Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:45 pm
by michael inch stoke
Totally agree about the home game against saints. Things started to click with the introduction of Dobson. Even though we lost it was one of our best performances of the season so far & it was then when i left the jjb confident we could escape relegation
Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:04 pm
by cpwigan
I cannot remember his name BUT I have to admire the poster who refused to watch an IM coached Wigan and criticised his appointment from day 1
Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:07 pm
by ChrisA
cpwigan posted:
I cannot remember his name BUT I have to admire the poster who refused to watch an IM coached Wigan and criticised his appointment from day 1
I could never do that, ever. I would turn up and watch the team I love no matter who the manager was. I support the club as a whole, not the manager, not the players. I support the club as one big unit, with that in mind, I would never boycott even one game as some form of protest.
It was Ian Birchall btw.
Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:38 am
by Gez
back to back wins against catalans an warrington. also signing fielden
if we hadn't produced them back to back wins i think we would have gone down
Re: pivitol moment in the ...
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:21 pm
by ancientnloyal
When Millward I thought he would be a success, who wouldnt? the fact he managed our biggest rivals didnt matter, it was his portfolio that made me think he'd make Wigan a big force again.
2005 was ok, wasnt Millwards fault that we didnt get into the play-offs IMO the damage had been done prior to his appointment and would have been a hard task transforming that wigan team...
sadly in 2006, with great expectations, Millward couldnt pull it off (excuse the pun) IMO he is astill a world class coach, just unlucky with Wigan
