[url=http://viewtopic.php?t=4234567 years?[/url

Quite amusing from the Vermins OP. He states one thing then says another?

'They' could well have a point about the offshore accounts and image rights bit. We aren't spending anything like we used to, we simply can't be when you look at the strength and quality of the squad, which gets weaker season on season.

Yet still winning, so does this mean the other teams are weakening?

But are we still winning? We've not won the Grand Final in years.

We could have the best team in the world and not win a grand final. You know as well as anyone that if you dont get it right on the day you lose! How many of the grand finals have we won that could have gone either way?

Yeah we're still doing well, not doubting that. BUT you cannot deny that the squad is getting weaker season on season?

i'd much rather have sir mac at the helm than pollard. Why go all the way to oz to realise you cant afford the players you might want? While mac just rings their agents and doesnt look so stupid. And having a pop at forums for picking on players, isnt that the right of the fans.

Last year we won the Challenge Cup, topped the table and made the Grand Final. The year before we won the Challenge Cup, topped the table and made the Grand Final. By next week week we could be in the final of the challenge cup, we are topping the league and no one could argue against us making the the Grand Final so I dont see us as having any decline. The names may change(and maybe the entertainment) but nothing much as changed in the way we play (ok, other than losing Darren Albert and Jamie Lyon for the entertainment value)

Fans are all the place at pie land, the behind the scenes certinly isnt respected by a big section, the coach isnt respected, half the playng staff isnt respected. Not happy days over the hill, lovely to hear all hte upset.

We love our backroom boys N girls, we love our squad, even Meli, we love our coach and his charisma, ok were not to keen on the customer service in the club shop, but we live with it and stuggle on.

I like the bit about due diligence on players, what he means is "I can't believe Wakefield is a more attractive proposition for Tronc than the mighty wigan, we didn't want him anyway"

Don't forget how bad of a job Mike App does with the website!

Oh yeah, he is a loser, forgot about him. He is just there for free tickets and a mouse mat. About time they got you involved david, your dedication and skill set and high viz jacket is what the club need, not a mike app sort of worker.

wont be a 75-0 this season - is it cos you are getting worse or we are getting better?

pretty balanced between us this year, some tight games

To be honest you lot have been tripe since 1998, which translates to about 15 months ago in pie land....those glory days...

All joking aside, wigan have contested alot of finals in the super league era, they just haven't won many..this tranlates to cheating by Saints....Would the pie forum be in such a quandry if they'd have won all of those losing finals...

We use to be the same in the 80's, early 90's...

You can't manage that sort of thing without Millward in charge.

Oh man, that thread is so funny on so many levels. Id post in it, but ive been banned 5 times now. Cba being banned again.

So Eric Pollard makes a much publicised trip to aus, where he was going to bring back some star signings. Not a day went by when he wasnt being a media whore, giving quotes to the papers or having his picture taken like a star struck fan. Then he comes back and says "nah, cant afford anyone". Brilliant!

Wigan have also posted 2 successive losses in a row. Hang on, I thought they were money bags wigan, making millions of profits on the back of their brand name. You know, the brand name that struggled to attract a sponsor. Their fans will claim its the way Whelan arranged his companies, to be most tax efficient, but these fans are armchair accountants who know nothing about how this works.

And finally, "we are wigan, we dont cheat".....unless you are staring relegation in the face.