I think Shaun Wane deserves a lot of credit for his results. In just 4 years since appointment in 2011.



Near on 70% win record.

League Leaders Shield 2012

Grand Final Appearances 2013, 2014, 2015

Super League Wins 1 (Achieving Double in 2013).

Challenge Cup Wins 1 (Achieving Double in 2013).



And all this by an alleged "thicko" and "thug". Managed the transition of big names leaving and youth stepping up.



Shows what can be done with good coaching and succession planning and strong recruitment.

got to give him a lot of credit for those stats. Still don't like him, still question some of the Shi!thou$e tactics...but his record...its got to be respected IMO

yeah dull as dishwater watching his teams though.......



oops not given him any credit........







dont care.............

Strong i' tharm and thick i' yed.....Both him and his team....'ell 'ave game dun away wi'.

He's not well know for dishing out respect to other clubs so I don't care either

Did you find watching Warrington exciting this season?

Yes, all credit to him. Who else would give an interview with the speech impediment he has.

I don't think Wane is responsible for much of that success to be honest. I think it's more a reflection of the work Michael Maguire did there to be honest. Wane has broken it apart somewhat and has singlehandedly cost them titles. Grand Final last year was a prime example, they could possibly have given Saints a game last year given our starting halves and yet he winds them up so tightly that it was only Mose scaring them from the kick off that stopped them all being sent off after the first tackle. Wane is too focused on physicality, aggression, recklessness and violence (His words). Wigan under him are built on a false platform. Hit high, get false numbers into the tackle, by that I mean having two or three additional tacklers join after the initial collision with the aim of injuring the ball carrier and slowing the play the ball down. They are still deliberately attacking knee joints and their discipline at the play the ball is an absolute farce, holding down when tackling and moving off the mark when in possession. Their whole gameplan can be undone not by a good opposition, but by a half decent refereeing performance.



If Maguire stayed, Wigan would have two more major trophies now. That's Wane's impact for me, he didn't build that side, he's slowly destroying it.



Wigan as a club however I do have more respect for. The youth system is the main reason they are still a force. Their youth system produces not only their strong first team, but half the teams in the league as well. Everyone benefits from it. If only we could get a few more teams up there with them (Saints and Leeds are now, but need to maintain it, not just have golden years every so often), we might win an international series every now and again. They can lose first team players and not even notice it, they can throw kids in for big games and they are as good as the internationals they've replaced.

No not at all but we haven't won anything or got to any finals for two years. We have been a shambles of club this season. ...



A huge cloud still hangs over the club for me...



But this wasn't a "Credit to Tony Smith" thread. ...

sorry I would never, I repeat never give the wire hating silverback

credit, NEVER!!

How about Bateman- in Terry's ' talk to me about' interview after the game I was willing him to ask 'talk to me in english'. It was like an interview with the missing link. I think I got an 'ug' but apart from that I couldnt make out any of the other grunting noises.

I quite like to see the physicality and they have to play within the rules as enforced by the referees. It's a shame few teams match their physicality in return. He has obviously found a formula that works and had great success in getting to Grand Finals. I can't knock him for that. With his "simple" tactics he makes a mockery of all those excuses and bluster that TS comes out with about consistency etc.



He's won all 3 pots within 4 years at one club. No other current SL manager has achieved that not even the messiah at Warrington. I wish Tony Smith would "destroy" our side like that.