I only started going in 2005, so can I just say this years team?

Where's Dennis Moran?

1. Sam Tomkins/Kris Radlinski. Simply cant pick (I never thought anyone would take over Rads

)

2. Jason Robinson

3. Steve Renouf

4. Dean Bell

5. Martin Offiah

6. Shaun Edwards

7. Adrian Lam

8. Terry O'Connor

9. Terry Newton

10. Super Kel

11. Dennis Betts

12. Andrew Farrell

13. Ellery Hanley



So many more aswell. Always feel privileged to be a fan of this great club.

Here's a third side, not as good as the other two (halves and bench a bit weak), but would be a very, very strong team in SL. Quality wingmen, a proper front row, a RL legend in the centres (and Gene Miles

) and a second row/LF combo that would really have taken some stopping:



Third Team



Hampson

T Iro

Miles

Mather

Myers

Wright

Smith

Lucas

McCormack

Cowie

Gilmour

Haughton

O'Loughlin



Bench



Preston

Hall

Mestrov

P Johnson



Anyone fancy doing a 4th from the modern era? We haven't used many current players....

I only started watching Wigan in the 1996 season so my team would be...



1. Radlinksi

2. Robinson

3. Renouf

4. Carmont

5. Richards

6. Barrett

7. Lam

8. O'Connor

9. Newton

10. Smith

11. Furner

12. Fletcher

13. Farrell

No truer words will ever be written on this board. It's only when you read a thread like this that you realise how lucky we are, what a special club Wigan is.





Love the username by the way. I am considering opening a second account under the name "Nucking Fumpty" to post on the Wire and Leeds boards, I should blend in...





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Can't decide between some great players in some positions, but definitely in the 13 from players I have watched are:





1, Tomkins

2. Boston

3. Ashton

4. Can't decide

5. Offiah

6. Edwards

7. Gregory

8. Can't decide

9. Can't decide

10. McTigue

11. Can't decide

12. Farrell

13. Hanley



Amazed that none of the older posters picked Mac, the greatest prop I ever saw, by far.

Also in the running for my team would be Fairbairn, Hampson, Radlinski, Kevin Iro, Bell, J. Robinson, Lydon, Skerrett, Ashurst, Platt, Betts, Bolton, Dermott, Botica....and others

I didn't consider the short-stay players, good as they were, like Kenny, Ferguson, Miles, Barrett...

Cheers

I think you should go for it when you're bored in the off season

You're not kidding, look at these teams since 1982 when I started watching Wigan:



[uTeam One[/u





Radlinski

Robinson

Bell

Miles

Offiah

Edwards

Gregory

Platt

Kiss

Dowling

Betts

Goodway

Hanley





[uTeam Two[/u



Tomkins

Ferguson

Lydon

Tuigamala

Gill

Barrett

Lam

Skerrett

Dermott

Cowie

Furner

Quinell

Farrell





[uTeam Three[/u



Hampson

Dallas

Renouf

Connolly

Botica

Kenny

Leuluai

O'Connor

Newton

Smith

Hoffman

West

Clarke





Then look at the players I missed out, such as Iro brothers, Henry Paul, Sam Panapa, Steve Ella, Mick Cassidy, Shaun Wane, Brian Case, Nick Du Toit, Ray Mordt, Ged Byrne, Brian Carney and more recently with Richards, Carmont, Fielden, Hock, Joel, Coley and Riddell.



We have been truly blessed.

I picked McTigue.

1 rads

2 boston

3 ashton

4 bell

5 offiah

6 bolton

7 edwards

8 platt

9 cormack

10 mctigue

11 ashurst

12 farrell

13 hanley



14 newton/dermott

15 west

16 skerrett

19 o connor



coach ..monie

I've watched Wigan since the late 1950s and my Dad has followed Wigan since the late 1920s. We both rate Brian McTigue as the best Wigan forward ever.



He could do the lot. Make yards. His ball handling was sublime. Could score tries. He scored one at Wembley in the early 60s and he fair flew through the defence to score.



He was as hard as nails, but IIRC never got sent off.



And lastly and most important.........he scared the hell out of the Ozzies and in those days we won most of the games against Australia.



Alex Murphy in his autobiography said he thanked the Lord that 'Mac' was close by, when he wound the Ozzies pack up at the Sydney Cricket Ground.