Afte Pat's immaculate 10 from 10 tonight, is he the best goal kicker Wigan has had

Personnally speaking from watching the following below, I believe the contenders are:

George Fairbairn
Colin Whitfield
David Stephenson
Joe Lydon
Frano Botica
Danny Tickle
Andy Farrell
Michael Dobson
Pat Richards

If I had to pick one it wold be Frano because he could kick them on poorer pitches then we have today, close call though

Comments?

Frano
Faz
Pat

Are the best 3 i've seen.

Dobson & Lydon good. Tickle decent enough.

The other 3 were before my time.

Still some way behind Frano for me.

He was that good the Wigan scoreboard went up in 'sixes' as a try went in.


Outstanding tonight though, well done big fella. A shoe-in for MOS....

Everytime "Wendy" attempted a kick at goal, the ball resembled a soggy loaf going over!

Certainly should be up there, along with O'Loughlin, but i think Cunningham will get it.

Riddell!

If it's only cause he's retiring then it would be a disgrace. The Man of Steel Award is for this seasons performances....NOT the last fifteen.
Ask any Stains fan and he's not in their top three (performing this season), that going to Roby, Ginge and Pryce.

I agree, but I think it will happen.

The best bit of kicking i've ever seen was pat at brad in the play offs the pressure on the guy and he didn't just kick them everyone from the sideline bang in the middle masterclass

Thats it. The mark of a GREAT kicker is doing it in those pressure situations. Certain pundits laud Kevin Sinfield as an immaculate kicker but had Leeds lost that cup tie at the end of May it would have been down to him missing easy kicks. He missed four in all that day which almost gave Wigan the win. Would back Pat over Sinfield off the touchline any day of the week.

Frano was the greatest kicker of all time for us, IMHO.[size=85 (And an utter inspiration to my boy as a goalkicker)[/size
Absolute Cherry n White legend!


Paaat? Not quite, but getting there rapidly!
MOS by a country mile.

Still Frano Botica for me although I had similar thoughts about comparing the two tonight. I still chuckle when I see the kicking tees and think about Botica and the like building their own tees with sand from a bucket.

Nah, better still Gilly with his twisting the ball into the turf, didnt even need a kicking tee

Ferano Boteeca x 300

If KFC gets it this prize will lose all credibility.

He will get it as a 'Lifetime Achievement' award. Much like Giggs and the PFA award not so long ago.

Fantastic work boys keep it up.

Am i correct in thinking that Frano and Pat wasn't goal kickers before they signed for wigan?

Richards is the best kicker since Botica.

Botica still the best but what a great advantage it is to a team to have a kicker who can slot them over consistently.

I know Pat definatley wasn't.

Frano WAS a goalkicker, and quickly realised that he needed to use this to establish himself in the Wigan team.

NZ RU at the time preferred Grant Fox................. enough said.

Surely that all went when Roby won it?

Dont they narrow it down to the best 3 players then the rest of the players pick? Surely they couldnt narrow it down to Cunningham

he does deserve some sort of mention though, even if he is a Stain, he's had a great career in Super League.

His goalkicking could be just as vital as his try scoring in any close games coming up.

richards is a great kicker. wire need someone of his ability at the moment as that where i see wigan v wire coming down too.