Wigan weren't full time pros as such in the early 90s and I guess neither were Leeds or Saints. What the Wigan club demanded was that they had first call on their services at all times, although in practice they probably wouldn't be at the club any more than a couple of hours a day. Hence you had the likes of Botica and Andy Platt helping out with friends' or relatives' businesses in their spare time. The difference was that the Wigan players were professional in their attitude, whereas the Saints players would hang around their town centre messing around and sadly some of their players didn't fulfill their potential.

You brought the level of intelligence into this debate, not me.

I have never said Wigan were the first professional club. This is getting tedious.

It is 5 years since we won something. What was that about facts?

Really? I suggest you go back and read the thread, paying particular attention to your comment with regards to the size of my brain.

Don't make me have to quote you again. It is getting tedious, but the fact is, I only have to put up with you until I get bored with this and move on, you have to live with being you for the rest of your life, scary thought.

And yes I brought the size of your brain into the debate, the size of ones brain does not constitute the size of ones intelligent. For example, a Chimp is far more intelligent than an Elephant, and has a significantly smaller brain. Do try and keep up.

Haha. That's actually a very good attempt at wriggling out of the fact that you, albeit indirectly, brought intelligence into it. Great effort.

Based on your contribution on here generally and this thread specifically, it's hard to describe that as an insult - a very big compliment is closer to the mark.

To save The Yellow Giraffe further embarrassment I think it safe to say this thread has run its course.

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