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Quote: Deano G "You can't be serious. Not after the ridiculous post by The Black Cat.

The point I was making (without resorting to personal abuse) was that actually Wigan ARE worth watching. Despite the bitter comments from beaten coaches in recent weeks and the nonsense posted on this thread, Wigan are playing very attractive attacking rugby at the moment, the team is much better to watch than in the Noble days when we were boring but no-one criticised us because we weren't top of the league! Our defence is fantastic - Saints couldn't score against us when we had 13 men on the park on Good Friday. And we have some players who really are worth watching at the moment. As you will find out on Sunday.

And as for arrogant Wigan fans, the fact that so many people in RL hate Wigan with an unreasoning passion just encourages many Wigan fans play up to the image that the Wigan haters have of the club and its fans. Just look at this thread - there's a ridiculous allegation on here that you hear repeated over and over again, that we "nearly killed" RL - actually I thought that was down to inept management, player development and coaching at other clubs. Though at the time we were "nearly killing" RL, Great Britain could actually give the Aussies a game at international level.....

And to answer another couple of points, firstly I am old enough to remember Central Park. Secondly, do we "belong" at the top? Well its early days yet but we do look like we are getting back to being one of the leading clubs in the game after a decade in the wilderness and I make no apologies for being very happy about that. We don't "deserve" to be top dogs, it isn't our "right" to win things. Winning trophies isn't our right, success has to be earned. But the club has massive potential, Wigan is a hotbed of RL and the support for the club is unrivalled - what other team would see its crowds go up substantially in a season in which it battled relegation? The last decade has been wasted, you can't really blame Wigan fans for being a bit enthusiastic now that we finally have a team that can take on Saints and Leeds.'"

Totally serious fella. This topic was quickly descending into silliness.

Anyhow, good follow up post. No arguments from me in reply to this.

Mo Lyndsey leaving Wigan probably marked a change in the mentality of Wigan RL. I certainly felt it did as an outsider. They went from, well, all the negative aspects in your previous post, to a far more reflective, constructive and mature mob. Indeed, I was only saying quite recently, that if Wigan won the league this year, would it be a catastrophe? For me, no way. They've been through the mill a bit since the late 90's and have had to change immensely. But, they've now done so in a most professional of manner.
With-this-in mind, I reckon other clubs of a similar standing, should take a leaf or two out of the Wigan club and evolve in order to compete with, and overcome... Once we have some $. we should certainly do so.