Ah yes, but we were the only ones with money, the only ones that spent money and were the only full time side playing against brickies, plasterers and guys out the pub.

Serious question then. You think both era's are comparable and both were a level playing field?

No



Not the fault of Wigan. EVERY club had the opportunity to do what Wigan (and Leeds) did in spending money and going full time but didnt so we can hardly be blamed for that. On a 'level' playing field, ala Superleague, Saints have been better but a lot of your supporters seems to forget about the 100 and odd years before that point

Either way, the GF is tomorrow and we arent in it so time for the off season

And yes, we nearly went bust and sold our stadium blah blah blah

Your right. Bateman shouldn't have got more in the first place as it was careless rather than intentional.

SL isn't a level playing field neither and won't be until every club spends up to the cap, has the same reserves/academy status etc etc.

Jesus H Christ FTV! Why don't we just give him an award for not actually injuring someone! That above paragraph is the single biggest load of boll0cks I've ever had the displeasure to read on here. Well done.

If he had inserted ‘one of’ then I’d say he has a fair point.

Can you imagine the outcry on redvee if Smithies had done that to Welsby or Lomax?

SCUM/INBRED/DIRTY WIGAN/WIGAN OWN THE RFL (Insert/Delete as appropriate)

I think you've just taken that accolade with your reply to my post above.

So you think Bateman should've received less games than Knowles?
Atkin played on after the incident, didn't even go off for treatment, actually milked it with his swan dive at the end.
Sezer was knocked clean out and now misses the biggest game of the season.

Wow. Just wow.

Its a hell of a lot more of a level playing field than in your era of dominance.

As evidenced by the fact that we play our 4th different opponent in 4 years tomorrow.

We played a different team in the cup in 1990 1991 1992 1993 and 1994. (and played 6 different teams in 8 years)

You're right though

We should just hand our trophies back to be fair I suppose.