Yes, one of the leading coaches from the NRL had no chance of success without Mini Rogues backing.

Noble was the saviour and he did wave a magic wand.



We were relegation certainties when he arrived, and in the end we only just missed the play-offs.



As others have said, however. He reached the apparent limit of his capabilities not long after that. The club can't do any more than look for the next man in the place that has become a by-word for modern RL thinking.

I still think the turning point of that season was the sacking of Millward not the appointment of Noble, but as I have said in other thread on the playing side we have not progressed enough but he has certainly laid the foundations by introducing some great systems to the club.



Now is the time to kick on Maguire in my opinion is the perfect coach for us to do that.

Pleased that a change has been made and to get one of the most highly rated young coaches in Australia should be very significant for Wigan, his knowledge of the NRL could be crucial in terms of signing oversea's quality players.



I hope now that we can strenghthen the squad in the right areas in time for the 2010 season. I dont feel that we did that in 2008/09 under Noble.

Its great to get a new coach in 'peace times' instead of in a crisis (as has been the case for so many years)



Noble has put he club in a much better position than when he arrived and he whould be thanked for that, this season has been positive if inconsistent with a number of young player establishing themsevles in the side



Looking forward to the coaches getting an off season with the squad instead of coming in 1/2 way though a season.



Its obvious from hearing Wane speak that thes will not only be expected to perform to high standards but also improve themselves, if not they will be gone

Are you mystic meg, its practically 12 months to the day. I got ever so confused reading page 19. Then realised its actually 2010 not 2009.



But my god everything Norweb said is practically true.

I got a tad confused too, then realised there must be a very good reason for resurrecting this thread. Perhaps it was to give end of season awards to mini rouge and flying kelvin?

It's not always great saying I told you so

Fair play, you could see something some of our own fans couldn't.

and that he did....what an incredible year! It was clear to see from the off that Maguire was the right man for the job. I just hope we can keep him for as long as possible.