No it wouldn't. We got a penalty.

His intent was clear.

Agree with you about the hating thing. I posted at the time that it was unnecessary, and quite simply untrue. I hope he learns from all this because he hasn't come out of it at all well.

I don't believe that Wigan are any dirtier than any other team. The seasonal penalty count and sin bin and sending off count rather cinfirms this.

And just to add Maguire didn't start the third man in tactic it was Brown at Huddersfield. Good coaching I'm afraid to say.

Maybe we should use this as a yard stick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj57GvEj2DI

Maybe we should use this as a yard stick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj57GvEj2DI

Yep not one of them stooped so low as to hit an unconscious player. But I'm sure if you want to go back over 20 years, then you will find plenty of Wiganers doing equally nasty shots. Skerritt had a whole school of dirty tactics.

But well done for going off topic.

Or maybe talk about Ken Gee, Joe Egan or Frank Collier perhaps.
Quite silly all this, as you say, not one mentioned would have hit an unconscious player like Flower did. Can't change the facts I'm afraid.

Barrie Mac was a nice clean player also. Hock and Newton was lovely clean players

It isn't going off topic at all. Most of this thread has been turned into a general dig at Wigan and not about the original topic. I am merely pointing with good illustration that all clubs use aggressive defence which sometimes oversteps the mark. It's a long way down from that moral high horse!

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It was actually started by Mike Gregory, the late Terry Newton mentions it in his book "

It was actually started by Mike Gregory, the late Terry Newton mentions it in his book "Come Clean" the adopted tactics from Mike Gregory was to injure the opponent he had a name for it, something like "Tackle and Tear" or "Rip and Tear".
Terry Newton loved it because it was a big part of his game, Maquire and Wane have properly took it to another level.

Maguire came from the Storm, who under Bellamy took wrestling and similar to whole new levels. The other teams and coaches mentioned are amateurs by comparison.

Yes but surely it must be Wigan's fault?

Didn't Craig Bellamy once play for Wigan? Coach them? Visit Wigan once?

Come on, didn't you know that Wigan are the only team in the world who play dirty?

You're not serious are you?

Just heard that Flower minutes prior to kick off, was boxer punching the padding on the goal posts as though something was on his agenda, did anybody see or can confirm this.

Just cancelled my sky sports for the winter, so can't see the game anymore.

If you think Flowers punch was bad have a look at this youtu.be/9pmCb5HtiVU He only got 14 weeks reduced to 10

If you think Flowers punch was bad have a look at this youtu.be/9pmCb5HtiVU He only got 14 weeks reduced to 10

The RU is DOOMED. Mums won't let their children play it and sponsors will run a mile.

DOOMED I tell ye DOOOOMED.