Wow strong words. I just hope the players don't see this, they maybe mentally scared by your harsh words.

Truth is yes we do have our work cut out for us when we play Sydney, for many reasons. As long as the lads turn up and give it their all there's not much more a fan can ask.

Worse team since 1981? We were floating around the bottom 3 in the 2006 season (could have been 2005), whereas this 2014 team is pretty much the same team which did the double, but I guest you have your reasons for thinking the team is so poor.

Either which way your comments are now on a completely different topic, the thread was discussing Wigan v Hudds, now you seem to want to talk about the history of Wigan RL and the WCC.

I think he should probably have gone at the time, which would have been SOS in my book. I'm surprised at penalty sufficient but not bothered; it's a physical game, I don't think Bowen meant to hurt him. I just hope the in-breds remember the decision the next time it is against them.

Larne - 12 weeks out.

I thought it could have been longer tbh.

Speedy recovery larne

I feared longer so quite pleased with 12 weeks, may even be less the way RL players work at recovery programme's.

yep 12 weeks for larne, last season it was lawrence who had the long lay off... and we lost odonnell, these early wins come at a cost!

lucky we have chan as a direct replacement but a shame for patrick.. will he lose some speed with this type of injury?? sounds similar to what kirmond did, torrens and de vere.

as for bowen not getting anything, what a joke. The rfl the week before said they were going to come down hard on things like this yet he gets away with that and all the giants get is a penalty.
hope the favour is returned when our players go up on report

as for the big 4 debate, i regard us as one of those now, constantly up there in the league and playoffs.

There's some right tosh on here about what Wigan's team and squad think, but can't say.

Fact is it's this is a game of sport and if teams pick and chose whether they can be bothered to play or not they might as well give up the game and do a regular job.

Honestly, some right tripe coming out.....

Clearly had Grix not had a beard they would have seen it wasn't his shoulder he hit but the neck, nothing surprises me with the RFL disciplinary committee, had Wigan been playing a SL game (you know the games that mean nothing) the penalty awarded may have been different.

The 2006 team were favourites for the title until Millward worked his magic and nearly got the club relegated. That was a better squad than today's

As for the same as the double winning side, no it's not. No Sam Tomkins (one of the best five ever players to wear the shirt), no Pat Richards, No Harrison Hansen,No Mossop to name a few. All replaced with inferior players (just as carmont, leuluai and Lima were the previous year.

As for off topic. You started it

That's not as bad as it could have been. Dislocated kneecap and medial ligament damage.

Cruciate ligament damage and it could have been at least a couple of months longer.

Anyway we all know nothing is for real until at least September so he should be back and firing on all cylinders by then.

Could have been worse for Larne, fingers crossed he's a good healer because he's at an age where he should have his best years ahead of him and hopefully with us.

Surprised & unsurprised at Bowen getting nothing. Had the next game been a standard league game I feel he'd have gotten a match for it but that's just my opinion. What isn't opinion is that it was a late, high shot to a player without the ball. So for it to be penalty sufficient is, to me, a bit spurious.

LAST SON OF WIGAN SAYS

"12 weeks that is no big deal. If it had been 7 months it would not have mattered as only games in September really matter"


The dislocated kneecap explains the pain then it hurts like hell. Speedy recovery to Larne and hope we get to see him back soon

Take it little Huddersfield have ruffled a big boy's feathers again judging by the 'yeah but it doesn't matter comments' - always amuses me

Wane is a better actor than any Hollywood a-lister. His reaction on screen on Friday didn't look like "it didn't matter"

Though it sounds bad he will recover much better from a dislocated knee cap than Cruciate damage. I have had both injuries, to different knees, my left knee doesn't bother me much and I was back playing after a 2-3 month break. ACL injury though still bothers me and has resulted in 4 surgeries over 20 years (ok that was two injuries part tear followed by snapping it second time around.

As far as Larne is concerned this is better than it could have been.