Don’t back down you were right it’s a stupid comparison anyway as they were different eras but as you say they will have something to say about it.

Back on topic, Offiah was easily the better winger of the 2 for me. Robinson was a class player, but Offiah was in a class all of his own

Hmmmm, Shaun Edwards, Joe Lydon, Andy Gregory, etc etc all from junior RL in Wigan....seems I got my facts right after all...

I agree Offiah. Some of his tries took your breath away. I had the pleasure of being sat right in front of where he touched down for THAT try against Leeds in the 94 cup final.pure class

I did not ever say Offiah was 'made in Wigan'. You illiteracy holds you back.

Indeed.you merely worded it wrong. Instead of producing a conveyor belt of talent you should have said they boasted an all star roster.not that they didn't produce their own stars i mean - betts, edwards, clarke, farrell and Cassidy would back that up but the domination really was built on buying up the marquee names.

Offiah was easily the best winger of his era. I’ve not seen anyone with his pace and his ability to read the game and get himself in the right position to score. How many times did he just turn up on the opposite wing or on the shoulder of someone in midfield? Loads. When you add Olympic standard speed to that you have a special player. If he got the ball with daylight in front of him he scored 9 times out of 10 no matter where on the field or what distance.

Robinson was world class and had amazing footwork and pace of the mark. He could make a fool of the best defenders. But he wasn’t able to do the special things Offiah could.

I always thought Robinson would make a decent full back.

His acceleration of the mark was crazy. Absolute rapid that first 10 yards.

Two very different wingers though Robinson was a scrum half in his youth.

I’d have to say Offiah was better though they both offer different things. Robinson would probably be more suited to today’s game as I doubt Offiah would be too keen to cart the ball out of his own half. I remember John Monie saying that if the team ever felt they needed a penalty in their own quarter they would give the ball to Offiah and usually one defender would do something stupid enough to give a penalty away.

Just like to add it also tells you how good Robinson was when it can be a fair debate between him and Offiah even though he gave up some of his prime years to the dark side at the age of just 26.to achieve what he did in Union too only adds to his greatness.

Pretty sure they had a call for that in is widnes days before Wigan. pretty sure Martin would have gone well in any era, pace beats everything. but with more money and sponsorship lottery funding he may have gone to track and field. he would be great at 200m but would have made a world class long or triple jumper as well. he beat Jonathan Edwards in a standing jump competition.

Gregory might be from Wigan but he started as a junior at Widnes and was a big transfer signing via warrington so was lydon world record transfer from widnes. Rob burrow is from Cas and so is andy Goodway but they are not products of those clubs. burrow played at fev lions