The Cliques are there and they have been there since the first time i joined 10 years ago, it's not just me, others know it as well, some have been banned for questioning them on here, others simply don't post any more because of it, only members of a clique claim that said clique does not exist

You are familiar with the concept of reductio ad absurdum then?

I don't think anyone has said there are no cliques - just a posh word for a group of people with a similar outlook afterall. Just that any barmpot conspiracy theory that the mods in here are looking out to shut down debate is crackers.

Lets get this straight once and for all - NOBODY has EVER been banned for questioning any mythical "clique" or "cliques". The usual rubbish spouted by people previous banned for breaking the AUP (which is the only way peolpe can be banned).

April 2015 wasn't 10 years ago - maybe you're in the "previously banned but using a different username clique"? Anyway back on topic and I must go as I've got some baked beans on the hob that need stirring.

I was on here 10 years ago for around a year, i then left the UK to work in Honduras, then El Salvador, then Mongolia, after 4 years of next to no internet access i returned home and created a new screen name as i had forgotten the last one, this happened again when i left the uk for Zamboanga, i returned at the end of March, has that cleared it up for you, those banned where before your time as a mod

Have you ever had anything positive to say on this forum?

I'm starting to think this is Saddened or The Yellow Giraffe using an alias.

I am not either of those sad acts ans yes i have posted positive posts before

I wouldn't say he should step down from Wigan. However he should've stepped down from England duty. It did wonders for Peacock to call it quits and have a longer off season.

I think he'll retire if we win the GF next year.

I think getting the captaincy this late in his career has probably stopped him doing that. He shouldn't have played last year IMO and missed the first game of the four nations. This year he's fit to play but hasn't been at his best but when you're captain your selection is a given and he does tend to lift in the bigger games.

ultimately we don't have too many options to replace him. If Sam Burgess was still in league I think he could take the 13 shirt and the captaincy but other then him we're probably looking at the same player taking over from him both at Wigan and with England and that's John Bateman. I'd like to see him gradually take over the role at Wigan and then with England (the position not the captaincy...yet).

I can't believe any Wigan fan would want SOL to retire. Beyond his obvious work rate, he makes your attacking structure much more efficient. Without SOL playing, Smith goes to first receiver. With SOL, he's first, then your halves, then your fullback if you have the room for a 4th second man play. For a start, that's one more decision the defence has to make. SOL is also a running threat which keeps the defence more honest than if Smith was first receiver because he will rarely run the ball. Furthermore, because of his size, generally the defending team have to commit two men to him in an attempt to stop a quick PTB, which gives you a 2 man overlap if you get your numbers right (the 2nd man committed to SOL and the defending fullback not being in the line).

So you spent years in the back of beyond? No internet? Yet you feel able to comment on a players form? And the cliques?
Your either guessing , or just plain stirring it

Yellow - Mustard
Giraffe - Tiger

Got to be the same guy.