Please don't treat what a handful of intellectual heavyweights might post about hatred etc, as representative of what the majority of Wigan fans feel. Just like i'm doing the same and not counting some of your 'star posters' as reflective of the average Warrington fan.

Let the haters on all sides just get at each other, they should go join some football forums if they want to enjoy a sport with some proper hatred between fans.

I do agree there has to be a strong, dominant side purely to evolve the game. As you have stated, the NRL has Melbourne seemingly dominating the Finals, which requires other teams to improve beyond their levels to usurp them.

The only negative is if that team creates a stranglehold which effectively suffocates the competition, ie; The Ashes.

sally, I always think, even in a balanced capped world there will be teams more dominant than others. Whether that be through better cap management, a few phenominal juniors coming through at one time or the best coach being at your club it will always be the case (like melbourne).
Leeds are going to be so far ahead of the competition next year (on paper much stronger with Delaney and Eastwood imo) it'll be a few years before anyones truly on their standing. But the hard work was done ten years ago...we're going the right way, the culture of the club, juniors and whatnot but we've got quite the catch up to be done

You prove my point: in that period Wigan paid no attention to sensible matters like sound finance, they went crazy and it hurt everyone, ultimately even themselves. Blame it on the board, if you like, but it was the same board who sanctioned player wages and signings.

'they bought players and didnt play them' well they did. As soon as a player started to shine in another team, they were flashing the dosh around, Offiah, Billy McGinty, tried to with Mike Greg. They ended up with a big squad and it could be argued that players were left more than if they had stayed at Widnes, Wire etc.

'they were the only full time team again, for a time they were


'they spent all their money on players and ended up in trouble' they did. They had to sell CP to survive, almost having to play at Bolton.]

Just like the current Warrington club then

How does that work in the salary cap era?

Get ready for a Wigan fan taking irony to the extreme by suggesting Warrington are breaking teh salary cap.

He's not talking SC you've just paid Salford 300K (transfer fee) for a promising youngster haven't you?

but where have i said anything about breaking the cap?

the poster stated that "Wigan waved money at it until it signed for them"

which is exactly how you signed King and Carvell if i am not mistaken

Right so the fallacies continue, Jesus get over it we bought Billy McGinty from you. We didn't play him? he had 2 good seasons for us - you'd had him from 1982 to 1992 and given him a total of 135 appearances.

Year 1 (1991-1992) 39 appearances 7 tries
Year 2 (1992-1993) 27 appearances 2 tries

If you want to be upset that we bought some players fine, that's ok, just please stop the actual lies that we bought players and deliberately didn't play them.

Billy McGinty???....He wasn't exactly a big name at Wire, in fact it was only in his final season with Wire that he showed anything like his best. Before then he was a bit part player and I can clearly remember thinking 'What the f**k' when Wigan signed him, so I don't think it was a case of Wigan snapping up all the talent, otherwise Wigan would have took Mike Greg or Bob Jackson, who were head and shoulders above McGinty.

Wigan also "picked up" the likes of Neil Cowie and Martin Hall from Rochdale who were hardly superstars.

Henderson Gill had been shown the door at Bradford but Wigan gave him a chance after he was at Rochdale.

Exactly right mate, which is why it's doubly ludicrous for somebody to use him as an example of Wigan having bought up players just to stop other teams from benefitting from them. McGinty was a bit player for you, and we bought him and gave him a far bigger playing role than he was having with you - not the paying him off just so he can't play for you that was suggested.

It's good to see some people remember what actually happened, rather than twisting it.

And just to make it crystal clear, i like Warrington and probably very few outside your own fans is as happy to see you coming back to prominance than as I am. Rugby League, and in particular the North West needs it's 3 biggest clubs (in the north west before any yarkshire boys get upset) to be up there challenging. I want to see big crowds and exciting atmosphere packed derbies like we've always enjoyed - it's also a great advert when it's on sky to see the stadiums packed out and full of passion.