I really wish I hadn't read that, Ganson's actually gone up in my estimation

Hence why St Helens fans attacks on an innocent player have been nothing short of contemptable.

To a previous poster, your Wigan history is totally incorrect.

You should be grateful for Wigan throwing your club a lifeline.

Whilst the stick Connolly got was a bit over the top, you should remember the abuse Sean Long suffered for years and years off Wigan fans before throwing stones in glasshouses.

And that wasn't even a direct transfer between the clubs.

I don't know the ins and outs but lets face it he has had a couple of decades to concoct a good story!

Lol , actually a decent lad Ste and he was a home and away regular at that point.

I know for a fact that Gaskell is on much better than that.

He told me that exact story when having a beer with him after the Wigan heritage day in 2011 when I'd been in the exec box and managed to get into the players bar.

At the end of season dinner a few weeks later, he remembered I'd bought him a pint at last orders and bought me one back

You have to remember that Wigan were a lot more professional in every sense than Saints in those days, not just in monetary terms. I remember the likes of Andy Platt and Paul Loughlin hanging around the town centre with nothing to do, Saints were the happy amateurs who could beat Wigan every so often but not consistently. To improve yourself you were looking for a move to Wigan.

I reckon that Paul Loughlin could have been a absolute world class centre if he had been handled correctly, he was a good un, imagine how good he would have been if he took it seriously. Similarly Andy Platt wouldn't have scaled the heights if he had stayed at Saints.

People often underestimate the impact of a professional full time environment on players. Connolly and other players visibly bulked up shortly after joining wigan for starters

that said player like Andy Platt used to take there own fitness and conditioning seriously despite the lack of direction from the club