I agree finch was coasting but barrett was carrying the rest of the average lot at the time and without him wouldn't have had a couple of fond 2007 memories

Seems more plausible to pay respect to Barrett that Smith, perhaps he thinks everyone older than him needed it saying. Mathers?

i remember Tim Smith's debut against huddersfield when we got done 34-4 at home in a shambles of a match, smithy came on as a sub and right away you could see his touch and awareness was fantastic.. i think Barrett was the better player but Barrett, Smithy or Finch were certainly not great players for WIGAN!! although to be fair, Finch won a trophy unlike Barrett and Smithy.

Barrett didnt carry a team of average players as someone suggested, he was just part of a poorly coached side, most of the team Barrett played in won the GF in 2010.

Mark Riddell was the best aussie recruit weve signed in the last 7 or 8 years possibly barring Pat, not Trent or Brett

Wasn't Finch going to take this up in the 2014 season when he was at Wigan?

Dobbo for my money, not the best player but certainly the best recruit. We'd have been relegated without him. He's a Wigan legend as far as I am concerned.



Best player - Barrett, though in 2010 Pat Richards was absolutely superb, a sustained period of consistently world class wing play that any of the modern greats of the game would have been proud of.

As for Finch, you'd be forgiven for thinking he retired in August 2012!

Very good player up to that point but one of a number whose form dipped as we approached the business end of the season.