Quote: Last Son of Wigan "Would a team of past Wigan 'second-raters' be better than our current team?
i.e, players who wouldn't get into a Wigan dream team etc.
For example...
Phil Blake
Tony Iro, BJ Mather, Sam Panapa, Mark Preston,
Nigel Wright Bobby Goulding
Les Davidson Wayne Godwin Scott Quinnell
Simon Houghton Mike Forshaw
Billy McGinty
?'"
Interesting one that.
I don't think that any of the current side would even make it onto the bench of a WRLFC dream team - they wouldn't even make the same training squad (though I'm prepared to make allowances for the youngsters until we see how they turn out).
I'd say in most positions you could go down three or four deep before you'd even consider a current player.
For instance I'd say Hock is currently one of our better/consistent performers and where do you compare him against Clarke, Betts, Farrell, Hanley or Furner (OK so you'd have Hanley or Farrell at loose but the other would still make the dream team in the back row.
Full back? Pick one of Hampson, Radlinski, Lydon or Blake before you even consider Mathers.
And as for the 3/4 line forget it!! Over the last cpole of decades we've had some of the greatest wingers & centres you could have hoped to watch. I'll start you off - Bell, Iro (x2), Gill, Preston, Myers, Miles, Renouf, Conolly, Offiah, Dallas.