Warriors chairman Bill Wavish says Sir Owen Glenn needs to sell his 50 per cent stake for the Warriors to move on from the mess presently engulfing the club.

Matt Elliott has tried to defuse the ruckus engulfing the Warriors by saying he agreed to the press release sent out which said he had resigned and held no bitterness.

Sir Owen Glenn says he was offered just a sixth of his initial investment in the club by fellow co-owner Eric Watson as a split between the multimillionaires seems imminent.

Owen Glenn, it looks clear, is positioning himself for an exit, writes Chris Rattue. If it comes down to which co-owner becomes the remaining owner, I'd plump for Watson.

There are no guarantees the Warriors will be able to hold on to senior players Simon Mannering and Jacob Lillyman next season.

Warriors chairman Bill Wavish has refuted suggestions from co-owner Owen Glenn that he was not consulted in the departure of coach Matt Elliott.

Former Warriors' coach Matthew Elliott has slammed suggestions that the club's Polynesian players don't respond well to Australian coaches.

The Warriors made a decisive call to get rid of Matt Elliott as coach but they should have acted more decisively when handling his "resignation", writes Michael Brown.

The corpses continue to pile up at the gates of Mt Smart Stadium.

The message was clear when Andrew McFadden spoke to his players for the first time as Warriors' head coach yesterday: It's time to harden up.

Losing a coach didn't stop Warriors player Ben Henry from turning up to hand out raincoats to children at a state housing block in Northcote.

The Warriors want to play all their home matches in Auckland at one venue, but it is still a toss-up between Mt Smart Stadium and Eden Park.

"Head coaches are the ones who bare the brunt of poor performances," said the Warriors' top brass after the resignation of Matt Elliott today.

The 37-6 loss was appalling. It was incompetent, writes Dylan Cleaver. It spoke of a team that was either not getting the message from their coach or had stopped listening.

The Warriors are set to sack coach Matt Elliott, according to an Australian media report.

The rehabilitation of Konrad Hurrell takes another step this week with his first start of the season against the Sharks.

Thomas Leuluai wants to find his place in the Warriors' starting lineup, and the most likely destination is at five-eighth.

Matt Elliott was absent from the coaches' box at the Warriors match last night - but don't read too much into it.

Unlocking the mystery behind Feleti Mateo needs to be one of the major projects for the Warriors coaching staff this season.

Glen Fisiiahi says he isn't one for extravagant celebrations when he scores a try - but he is building an eye-catching record.