i've 2 ultimate lows that stick in my mind:

Cas away. we were bad enough that day! Calderwood was like a rabbit in the headlights as Cas ruined him down his wing! Funnly enough, i was stood next to Brian Noble (in the Wigan end) who'd come to see his sides opponents for the week after (still in charge of Bratfut).

Salford away. in the snow. one handed pick-ups (think it was Danny Orr). i will always remember driving back in silence as we were all numb to be being beaten by Salford with such a wimper! we then actually got to the junction at Tesco (Central Park) and one of us piped up 'F**k me guys, we've just been beaten by Salford'! How sobering as we passed Central Park!

Remember them well mate. That Cas game was the one when Andrew Farrer said he wasn't concerned with our defence because he was Assistant Coach and not Defence Coach



On a separate note, how nice a guy was Nobby that day?

Ditto.

I couldn't agree more. I just can't forget that match. First game of the season, feeling this year is going to be different and then...WHAM! Patheticism at its lowest ebb...with 26 more games to come. From that moment on I couldn't wait for Noble to leave.

low points..

wakefield away 06
cas away 06


high points

bradford in playoffs
leeds in play offs ( carney try)
being 20-0 down at saints and winning

How did I forget those

Low points 70-0 at leeds then week after 75-0 at the scousers
High points 2002 C CUP WIN and this years game at GPW Stadium

lol everytime Saints finished top you lot were all "its nothing, you havent won the league, youve just finished top".

Now that wigan look like they will finish top you are celebrating winning the league.

You couldnt make it up

Just having a little gloat after last week.

Where are we playing you lot next season - has it been decided on Goodison or Analfield?

please remember the last 5 years this club has had.we may or may not win the gf, but finishing top shows how far we have come in such a short space of time.

look pal if you're going to use speech marks at least put something between them that isn't completely made up. I've seen this discussion loads of times over the years from Wigan fans and the argument has been overwhelmingly that the team finishing top should be champions with the playoffs as a separate competition. Now I don't personally agree with this argument when the rules are clear from the start of the season but that doesn't change the facts. What has been said in the past which you might find a little difficult to grasp (semi scousers aren't known as the brightest after all) is that in the seasons you played us 3 or 4 times and we were really poor, yet Leeds had to play Bradford who weren't it was hardly the level playing field needed to be able to claim any kind of trophy with any degree of worth. Now this I agree with. So, jog on back to your board and discuss how you think you might get on next year with the NRL's most popular assistant coach in charge of such world class players as Michael Shenton.

BOT; The cas away game was the worse for me too, that was the moment it really hit me that we could go down.....I didnt speak to anyone in the car the whole way back it was silent and i'm pretty sure I was holding back the tears.

But then I and we picked ourselves up and now look!!! as some have said I think 2006 has made us appreciate this year so much more.

For a team that finished 6th in the regular rounds last season (and put out some truly diabolical performances), what's not to celebrate about being top of the table with 4 games left?

Just out of curiosity, where did Wigan finish last year in SL?

I'm asking because, bizarrely a lot of opposition fans who are so keen to point out that you get nothing for finishing first, and that only the playoffs count, are also keen to tell us that we finished 6th and not 3rd after the playoffs? Just wondering what camp you fall into.

Its got nothing to do with Saints, Wire, Leeds or any other goon who comes on here polluting this thread. We are top and will finish top and if we want to celebrate balls to them!

Lows
Pretty much all of the first half of 2006 including being 0-42 at half time at the KC


Losing all the recent semi finals

Highs
Bradford playoff 2007: Pretty obvious.
Winning at Headingley in 2006: With the points deduction in the week it was a massive win that kept us up.
Wire away, Leeds home and Sts away this year: First made me think "Wow, we could win something here"

Mate, you finished top of a 12 team league, with 6 artificial fixtures, inc playing a £, bottom half of the league Wigan 4 times, whilst Leeds had to play a Bradford side capable of winning the league 4 times, plus extra random fixtures. Thats why your achievements were overlooked and why it was nescessary for playoffs. There is no argument the best team will finish top this season(bar the magic weekend that favoured Wire anyway)

How dumb are the scousers in being unable to grasp this?

=#0040FFWe played you twice that season, not 4 times! Leeds played Bradford 3 times that season, not 4 times! One of our [iartificial fixtures[/i was against Leeds . Our achievement in losing 4 games in all competitions to a points difference totalling -10 is extremely impressive and winning BBC sports team of the year is not exactly overlooked. The best team always win the league every season - No argument.

But you haven't won anything yet!! ..... Grasped.

One of the worst performances I've witnessed over the years (and there's been a few), was Easter Monday, April 17th, 2006............Wigan 18 Harlequins 30, a scoreline that actually flattered us, it really was grim, that day we reached as close to rock bottom as it gets, something had to change, next week in came Brian Noble, bringing Stuart Fielden with him and the rest is history, but that game still sticks in my mind as a real low point in my time as a Wigan fan.

You know what i might sound mad here but i enjoyed the season when we was nearly religated than this season dont get me wrong i'm loving being at the top where we belong but therewas something special about that year the way all the fans and players pulled together

What season? You seem to be refering to 2006, and I have no doubt you was the best team in the league, as you were in 2005. But i though you played us 4 times in 2007 and 2008. And I'll put my hands up if i'm wrong but i presumed Leeds-Bradford played 4 times too. You won each league by 1 point so i thought a playoff WAS nescessary in those seasons.
You should defo have been Champs in 2005 though.

Correct, regardless of going on too the GF, finishing top would mark a HUGE turn around within our club and sets us up nicely for the next few years.

Of course we then want to go on and win the GF, but whatever happens 2010 has been the biggest year at Wigan in the last decade.

Welcome back and about time too.



The game needs a strong Wigan.

It certainly does! the Test side have been poop since we've been away!

(they've been poop for 40 years, but they've been pooper in the last 5 or 6)

Psst most of your best players arent eligible...and some of the younger ones (ST and the like) have played in the Test sides.....

Eligible? The only who I can think off that aren't are Roberts, Riddell, Carmont, Tommy, Phelps and Bailey