Are you 5 years old?

When Weeeegan won the Grand Final in 2010, I seem to recall their fans bleating about a new dynasty, that they would match or beat Leeds '3 in a row' etc..

What happened?

Leeds won the next 2 finals...from 5th

Wigan are no longer the biggest sports club in their town!!

When a team is really on the decline and fall below you then you don't spend the week your team is in the GF against another team trolling on their board about a signing of an International player.

Ok. We are in decline. A torrid club starved of success. Wigan are the greatest sporting institution the world has known and will win every grand final from now until the end of humanity.

Now, will you go away?

No fecking chance

Lol
I agree.

Regards,
Sam Tomkins, Pat Richards, Thomas Leuluai, Ryan Hoffman, Jeff Lima, Brett Finch, Lee Mossop


Wigan
2010 - 1st
2011 - 2nd
2012 - 1st
2013 - 4th

Leeds
2010 - 4th
2011 - 5th
2012 - 5th
2013 - 3rd

Which team is in decline?

Yes Wigan do have a more successful past. However it's undoubted which club is the biggest in the present.
Just as a clue, it's the one that aren't tenants.

Is it the one that didn't reach either final this season?

Or is it the one that went from 1st to 4th?
The one losing major players again?

Come on - surely we know more than anyone that league position means nothing.

That also happened in 2006 under the messiah Tony Smith, the only time in the last 11 attempts that we didn't even get to within 80 mins of Old Trafford, we also put in a disappointing Cup showing and exit to Hudds then too and they along with Wire (playoff exit) were nowhere near as strong contenders at that time.........we then reached and won 5 of the next 6 GF's, reached 3 CC finals, won 2 WCC and 1 LLS.

The scary thing is Last Son of Wigan is right, this is our decline, this is our transitional period, the next year or two will be tough to replace some top class talent, some Leeds legends will be retiring but we have comfortably the best back 5 in the league going in to next year, Hardaker, Hall, Moon, Watkins, Briscoe has the potential to be as good as any in the professional era and that is a back line that can stick together for 5/6 years at least.

We have 3 proven winners at halfback with a fantastic, very young, exciting talent coming through in Sutcliffe, We have a very good back row with Ablett, JJB and Delany, with Stevie Ward being an absolute top class back row prospect

In my opinion we are two props (of which Singleton should be one) and a hooker away from our 2nd dynasty and there is still trophies in the ‘golden generation’, especially with the quality of youngsters we have.

This being our decline shouldn’t be a cause for celebration for our rivals, it should scare them.

I thought our decline and transition was when we lost Senior, Donald, Toopi and Bai, and went from the oldest set of backs in the league to the youngest?

If Wigan were on the rise, they would have kept hold of their best players (Mossop, Richards, Tomkins) and wouldn't be shopping in the novelty isle with the signing of Powell.

Wigan will drop like a stone next season