I know some were glad when he left, I was probably one of them. However, you can't ignore the fact that he helped to rebuild us, and whilst he may have struggled to take us to the next level having fallen at the last hurdle on a few occasions, I firmly believe he laid the platform for this year, so some credit has got to go to him.



Cheer Brian!

Stood build him last night as he told O'carroll and Mossop that he is to have a year out and have his agent pester NRL clubs.

Hoping for a vacancy to jump into over there!



To be fair the two Wigan lads seemed over the moon to see him and genuiy happy for him to be (hoping) getting off to Oz

Brian is a top bloke and i'm glad he came to us, we made the right move to replace him though.

Well put.



As much as this was Madge's victory, without the work Nobby did in 06-09 we wouldn't be Champions. (God I love saying that

)

Sorry but i don't buy that. Nobby did a lot of good but MM has turned the same team into champions.

Nobby helped turn around the damage caused by his predecessor (I can't even bring myself to utter his name on this brilliant weekend) and for that every Wigan fan should be grateful.



The simple fact of the matter is that Madge has brought in new ideas and a new team ethos that has paid dividends.



Thank you Nobby and Thank you Madge.

Which is why I said ''Madge's victory''.



I'm taking nothing away from Maguire, he's done absolutely brilliantly to bring the trophy home, but the ''lot of good'' Nobby did that you alluded to will have played a small part.

What the hell did we have Voldermote as coach. MMM must have missed that.



Noble desereves a lot of credit for the way he turned the team around.

I think Brian Nobles contribution to the club is massively overstated. How much of last night was due to anything he did here? Nothing in my opinion. Not a bit. It took a new coaching team , new fitness team and a complete attitude change to win that GF. Look at TL's comments about how Madge helped him. Most of the players say similar things and its obviously not just being nice to the current coach, there is substance to what they say.



The end of 2006 was a false dawn. We played good RL to avoid relegation but instead of being a blip a poor 2007 was in fact a blue print for a poor 2008 and 2009. Why anyone who watched those three seasons can think that despite being poor on the pitch Noble was weaving some magic off it I really don't know.



Dave

A very small part.

I don't wish to sound harsh, but I think the underlined bit is the key phrase.



I've no doubt that Nobby is a top bloke, but I feel he's very limited as a coach. This is his team that Maguire has just won the Grand Final with, but in reality it was never anywhere near winning a title while Nobby himself was in control.



He definitely stabilised us after the Millward disaster - and that took some doing, but I don't think he got us anywhere close to winning a Grand Final. We reached several semi-finals under his tutelage, but apart from right near the end, we nearly always looked to be out of our depth.



I think - if you consider the astonishing transformation we've seen at Wigan since 2006, Nobby only really gets plaudits for about 25% of it. The vast bulk of the glory must go to Madge.



That said, it was good to see him there, chatting with the Wigan lads like they were old friends. In that respect, all's well that ends well.

Almost as bad.



Another good thing about last night - somebody called Potter didn't have a magical night.