Erm League Freak, haven't you heard that Wigan got taken over as a club about 18 months ago?

I despise Wigan as much as the next guy but jeeesus that's crap you're spouting.
They weren't full time for long before everyone else, in fact i'm sure I read somewhere Leeds were actually the first fully pro club.
Their youth development has been pretty good throughout the last ten years, granted they've let most of their talent go but you only have to look around Huddersfield; sorry Super League to see the talent they've produced.
Add to that they've had a different owner for about a year now.

1. Yes you're right both Wigan and Leeds where Full time clubs with a few ither teams having one or two players that where full time. However does that sound like good competition to you ?

2. Name me one world class player that Wigan have produced in the last 5 years ?

Not necessarily world class but they've produced some good players across the league.
Their development is Certainly not 'stone cold dead'.

well before my time so not going to comment



current board have been in charge for around 18 months



shaun ainscough, sam tomkins, paul prescott, eamonn o'carrol, gareth hock, sean o'loughlin, darrell goulding, joel tomkins, michael mcilorum have all come through the ranks and often start in the first team harrison hansen.
the list of players that have come through the wigan academies and now play for other teams around the uk.

I like to see Wigan do well, I think SL needs a strong Wigan near the summit, for their fans references to their history they're just the same as Liverpool fans.

Bryn Hargreaves

In LF's defence he didn't say the same morons.

silly aussie not knowing anything...

remember when wigan travelled over to australia missing an entire front row and stuck it to the broncos? remember when wigan travelled over to aus and win the world 7's? haha so what does this say for your aussie clubs over there LF? amaturish! haha! and you will probably come back and contradict your self like you always do!

and would you like to explain the point we are the london broncos with money??

I assume he means buying in the team rather than developing it.

Let them cling on to the past, its all they have.

Thread drift .....

This is about Wigan not Hull KR

You mean this "greatest club in the world" who, in their official club shop, can't spell their players' names right?

Or get kicked out of the stadium they play in?

Or who constantly replace up and coming youngsters with average antipodeans?

Or who get constantly battered by their major rivals?

Or the lot who signed a FB that couldn't play at night?

On your way

and yet it's still more than the fev/wakey wannabes at the jungle