If you read the post I say in his best scoring season.

Where did I say he was outside Miles throughout his career ?

IMHO John Ferguson was a better winger than Offiah.

Boston certainly was, as he was as fast as Offiah in his early years.

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His best scoring season for Wigan was 1994-95 when he scored 53 tries. He also scored more than 30 tries in both the 1992-93 season and the 1993-94 season as well.

At Widnes he scored 181 tries in 145 games. He totalled 20 tries in 26 games in the NRL.

He played with Gene Miles for 15 games in 1991-92.

By Martin's own admission, Miles made his job easy but I'm arguing he was quite capable of scoring for fun whoever he had at centre.

PS I loved 'Fergie', he was my hero at Wigan, but I would pick Offiah over him. I am too young to have seen Boston and he must have been incredible, but of the players I have seen in almost 30 years of watching both codes, Offiah is the finest wingman.

..not seen any player who was

I enjoyed the programme tonight. Offiah was articulate and funny. If I was picking my ALL TIME Wigan team (from the players I have seen) Offiah would get the #5 jersey. Billy B would have the #2.

That's how good Offiah was. Could't tackle, ridiculous, go check the stats of tries scored directly against him.

Whenever doing that "all-time" team exercise, I tend to fluctuate between Offiah and Robinson on the other wing to BB. Such completely different styles it's hard to choose.

Personally I couldn't stand the man. Offiah only thought of himself. How often did you see Shaun Edwards waving his arms to tell him to touch down nearing the posts when he was scoring a try. I squirm with embarassment for him, every time I see him score that try at Wembley - dropping to the ground and covering his face with his hands - talk about a drama queen; Joan Crawford couldn't have done better!!

The best wingers I have been lucky to see are, in order of preference:-

Brian Bevan
Billy Boston
Jason Robinson
Martin Offiah (Oh yes, I still rate him even thought I didn't like him)

We are lucky to have so many great wingers to consider and Martin Offiah has to be one the greatest wingers that played at the club. Watching his 10 try game against what (on paper) was not a bad Leeds team still beggars belief. Yes he had speed, but he also loved scoring tries and knew exactly where to be.

He took some belts in his time, not least Sonny Nickel and Alan Hunte's attentions and I remember Castlefords St John Ellis trying to run through him and dropping the ball from Offiahs hit. I always admire his fondness for rugby league, the North of England and especially Wigan, which is something for us to be proud of. I have to laugh when Sam Tomkins winds up oppositions fans with his little bit of show boating, when compared with the stuff Shaun Edwards and Martin Offiah used to get up to.

Of the wingers I've seen at Wigan, Boston, Ferguson, Gill, Robinson and Offiah all did special things and all had that ability to create a sense of anticipation in the crowd. But if I was to choose two wingers on summer time pitches it would be Boston and Offiah