Re: Shaun Wane interview : Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:51 am  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

I'm not surprised Wigan fans love him; his love for Wigan and hatred for Saints is extremely evident in almost every interview he does.

One thing that Saints haven't had in recent times is a coach with real passion for the club who understands the local rivalry; hopefully that will change with Cunningham in charge.

Wane does border on disrespectful at times though. He allows his hatred for Saints to cloud his judgement and he comes across quite petty. Take this interview for example - listing Leeds, Salford and Warrington as rivals for next year but not mentioning the Champions just comes across as silly. Also his insistence on referring to Saints as "them" or "that lot" during interviews; it's unprofessional and quite childish of him.

You can't knock his passion and commitment to Wigan though.

He’s not alone is he? (Glass houses)

Re: Shaun Wane interview : Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:04 pm  

pies-r-us wrote:

He’s not alone is he? (Glass houses)

Careful!!! Do not to derail the thread!!

Re: Shaun Wane interview : Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:49 pm  

With Saints' changes, both on and off the pitch, their approach to how they play the game could be totally different next season. If this is the case I can't see Wane being a massive help to Maguire.

Re: Shaun Wane interview : Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:43 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Saints would be hypocritical if (not when ) a Saints player hit someone and then we went on to defend them. That would be hypocritical.

I accept that IF Wane's issue was purely with Warrington imitating Wigan and he has no intention of setting up as Saints in training with Souths then he isn't as hypocritical as I first thought.

My initial comments were based on the fact that he took umbrage with Warrington simply training with Roosters. If that wasn't the case then fair enough.

Fair enough on the rest but I don't quite follow the first statement. In what way did Wigan defend Flower's actions? As I remember they pretty much condemned his actions outright. Unless you've seen something that I didn't...

Re: Shaun Wane interview : Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:51 pm  

Phuzzy wrote:

... condemned his actions outright

Unlike the deafening silence from the other mob with regard to Hohaia's first strike.

Re: Shaun Wane interview : Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:43 pm  

Phuzzy wrote:

Fair enough on the rest but I don't quite follow the first statement. In what way did Wigan defend Flower's actions? As I remember they pretty much condemned his actions outright. Unless you've seen something that I didn't...

I don't think Wigan did defend his actions. What I mean is, if a Saints player did what Flower did and then we defended him, after the fuss we made over Flower, that would make us hypocrites.

Re: Shaun Wane interview : Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:51 pm  

There was one instigator, two protagonists.
The instigator was not dealt with, wrongly. The other protagonist was dealt with, rightly.
Both should have been dealt with in the same manner, sent off!

Re: Shaun Wane interview : Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:09 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

There was one instigator, two protagonists.
The instigator was not dealt with, wrongly. The other protagonist was dealt with, rightly.
Both should have been dealt with in the same manner, sent off!

Watch it again. Flower started it. Hohaia then escalated it and Flower reacted appalingly. Hohaia wasn't the instigator but he got off lightly with 1 game.

Re: Shaun Wane interview : Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:28 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Watch it again. Flower started it. Hohaia then escalated it and Flower reacted appalingly. Hohaia wasn't the instigator but he got off lightly with 1 game.

Not this tired old tosh again. LH, in keeping with standard saints tactics last season, ran a deliberate obstruction line. Flower did what any player from any team would likely do, and ran through him. So if you want to lay blame at an instigator, then look no further than Mr Brown, who presumably laid out the sneaky obstruction tactics. If you think that is nonsense then you will have to discredit all the Saints fans blaming Mr Wane for Flower's aggressive reaction. Before you claim it's nonsense look how many people - fans, pundits and ex referees alike were surprised at how Turner got away with some blatant obstructions towards the end of the season. only matched by the ever sneaky Danny Maguire.
Perhaps if Wigan had been as good at it then Makinson would have ended on his booty, and not over the line for a try.

Re: Shaun Wane interview : Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:37 pm  

never had it wrote:

Not this tired old tosh again. LH, in keeping with standard saints tactics last season, ran a deliberate obstruction line. Flower did what any player from any team would likely do, and ran through him. So if you want to lay blame at an instigator, then look no further than Mr Brown, who presumably laid out the sneaky obstruction tactics. If you think that is nonsense then you will have to discredit all the Saints fans blaming Mr Wane for Flower's aggressive reaction. Before you claim it's nonsense look how many people - fans, pundits and ex referees alike were surprised at how Turner got away with some blatant obstructions towards the end of the season. only matched by the ever sneaky Danny Maguire.
Perhaps if Wigan had been as good at it then Makinson would have ended on his booty, and not over the line for a try.

Watch that try again, the Wigan player (Bateman) did the exact same thing as Hohaia ... Except chose to block Turner not Makinson - players are allowed to stand their ground etc.

But yes, it's boring old ground, and there's no need to go through it again