Quote: Old Warrior "I have been watching Wigan through good times and bad for 50 years and I have made certain observations about referees that has remained constant in that time - they make mistakes, they generally do not favour one team over another and if your team is playing the better rugby you seem to get the rub of the green off them. This was evident on Friday night and the only people to blame for our loss were the Wigan players. But as I said on another thread it's not the end of the world. I was at all the games that saw Wigan relegated to the second division in the early 80's - that was the end of the world!'"
Sorry to be pedantic but it wasn't, It was Very Nearly!
I Still believe without what happened in 78/79/80 the Phoenix that arose from those flames wouldn't have been as Great!
It kind of instilled a Ruthlessness within the club that Mo drove and would not let anyone accept 2nd best and although it took time and a touch of patience (Because we didn't go from 2nd div to Best team in the World overnight or by buying X player to replace X player and getting straight were we wanted to be, We actually went X,Y,Z!) the set backs along the way Galvanised the Club.
FWIW I too believe that the better rugby you play the more rub of the green you get.
I actually like Gary Players analogy when after being told How he was a "Lucky" sod after holing another 30ft put he said "It's Strange, The Harder I work - The Luckier I get!".
I'm sure Madge will be telling them Many Things in Training Monday and for me 1 of them would be this.
Look at that Table, Your Top, 2 points clear, Best attack, Best Defence. Your Not there by chance, Your there because you deserve it!
The Table doesn't lie, let's get back to doing what we've done all season but lets work even Harder and Finish the Job we all started.
