I don't know why this is even running it's course it's only what we did last year before final so it's nothing new FFS

Aww, the journos are having a whinge! Given that pretty much every RL journalist is absolute crap it would be better if they just imposed their own media blackout anyway.

The second comment is the sort of thing I'm sure Maguire will want to hear. He'll hope to build an 'us against the world' mentality this week and by drip feeding people's criticisim from outside the camp he can help achieve that.



Interesting times.

Shock horror, a journalist not amused with a press blackout.

I don't see why the journalists can't cover the sport without interviewing Wigan coaches and players this week.



In fact journalism would be better if they thought about something different, players and coaches nearly always say the same thing.



If they had been talking to the press all they would have said was



"We respect Catalans, its gonna be a tough game"

"We're going to have to be on top of our game to beat them"

"The league means nothing now its a new competition from here"

"We aren't thinking of the double we're not looking any further than the Catalans game"

"Yes we have injuries but that's part and parcel of the game"

Cant quite see what the problem is?



Its not as if Madge is the type who is constantly churning out soundbites like Brown, Smith, Agar etc.



He has never given the press anything and they dislike him for that. The black out has just given the petty little children a reason to show this.



Non story as far as i am concerned.



I am genuinely saddened by the pettiness of a lot of RL "fans". People go on about the RL family, but i cant see it. Our sport is supported by a fickle bunch of provincial sissies who like nothing better than a snide little hate campaign.



It has gotten to the stage that you only expect reasonable posts from a handful of individual posters from other boards. Chances are the rest are talking b0ll0k$.

Nearly every RL Journo is having a whinge. And Garry Schofield. It's got everyone talking though, done more for RL today than anyone or anything else. I can see where they are coming from, and it does make their job a bit more difficult, but maybe they could talk about the match in general? they dont have to talk to players to talk about a match. Obviously it makes life easier though. Maybe they might have to do some research into the games instead of just randomly quoting people all week

Journos on twitter going into meltdown





it really is pathetic

Great stuff. Suspiciously reminiscent of Andy Wilson's doubts about "the wobbling Warriors" at this time last year, and that pillock in the Yorkshire Evening Post who writes whatever Gary Hetherington tells him, who in last year's play-offs commended Leeds for their adversarial stance in the week leading up to the semi, criticised Wigan for having no bottle to respond, and then kept his gob well and truly shut when Leeds were knocked out.



Let's remember that the average RL journo gave Danny McGuire a vote for Lance Todd in the Cup Final. Work that one out if you can, without either casting doubt on his sanity, his common sense or his ability to do his job without being hampered by a parochial bias that borders on the completely juvenile.



RL journalists are an absolute joke, and have been for as long as I've been reading the newspapers.

Dave Woods is being particularly moronic about it.



The journos seen to have failed to grasp that Madge's commitment is to Wigan and to do what he feels will have the best results for his club - not keep half a dozen hacks satisfied with some tired clichés that they can trot out.

Had my say on Twitter lol. I was being tongue in cheek a bit but still.......

Chris Irvine has wet his knickers a couple of times while jumping up and down because he can't get his own way.