the worst team performances for me was the one who shipped 145 points in 2 matches
however there have been players i,d rather forget. greg florimo,ding dong mark bell,oliver wilkes,etc. luke davico, however never really had a chance due to injury problems

Florimo & Mark Bell were in the nineties (along with Doc Murray). I agree though, forgetful players.

Had he played for us, (the import who's religion wouldn't allow him to play on Sunday's) would have appeared in the list of worst of the decade.
The announcement of his trial was the lowest of the low moment for me.

It was one hell of a hit he put in to get that injury though.

That was a cracker! You couldn't make it up.

Harsh on Jordan James and Millard imo.

Then again harsh on many included. We shouldn't cite those who try their best, but are simply not good enough.

Our main vitriol should be directed at those who have the talent but seemingly can't be bothered.

i.e. Vaeiliki, Moran et al

Jordan James???

I thought Jordan James was the best of the early 2006 signings, hence why I didn't put him in the team. He got his chance from the lower leagues and took it. Testament to the guy that he still plays SL.

FB Mathers
RW Williams
RC Brown
LC Withers
LW Wittle
SO J.Coyle
SH Moran
P Fielden (after Mason effectively killed his carrear)
H Riddell
P McDonald
SR Wilkes
SR Hill
LF Tickle (in his last season when everyone was slapping him around)

S Bibey
S Millard
S Hargreaves
S Jonkers

Riddell may well turn it round but I can't even think of a highlight from him this season, at least Higham had the odd flash of class, he even did ok at international level.

Special mentions to Mathers, Withers, Moran, Fielden, Riddell, Tickle and Millard for having first team squad numbers at the time despite playing so badly and extra special mention to Fielden for getting into both my best and worst teams of the decade! I didn't want to put James, Botham and McAvoy in there because they all did an ok job in a terrrible team, especially James.

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I still have nightmares about the new signings for the 05 season - to replace legends O'Connor, Cassidy, Connolly etc - Vialeki, SeuSeu, Davico and Moran. We are just beginning to recover from such a disastorous policy.

It's sad though because they could have been good signings. Davico was just disastrously unlucky, Moran was a good player in one role that we tried to play in a totally different one (at which he was poor), Vaealiki was a silly gamble after the serious injury he'd sustained, and Seu Seu was just past it by the time he reached us. Just shows how risky the transfer market can be. Heck even Greg Florimo was a good player from all the evidence available, he was just poor for us.

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He once kept Bowen out of some 18's side also

Mathers
Wes Davies
Brown
Vaeliki
Jon Whittle
O'Neill
Moran
Stephenson
Higham
Sculthorpe
Jonkers
Hill
Tickle

Why the downers on Sculthorpe? He beat Saints single handed in 04.

Very surprised by your inclusion of O'Neill, he actually had a good record with us, remember him playing a big part in beating us to at home when he joined widnes in 2003 which made it particularly gutting.

Agree with you.

O'Neill did a lot better than some at Wigan and did a decent job at stand-off, he certanly gave more value than Mathew Johns when it came to consistency. I remember Jules having a wow of agame against Saints at the JJB, he just tore them to shreds that day and made up for his failure to pass the ball to the inside man at Knowsley Road - the only game Stuart Rapers Wigan lost against Saints.

However if rumours surrounding his departure are to be believed then we really had no choice but to release him.

Hargreaves was bobbins for us and I haven't seen anything since to change that, Prescott suffered with loads of injuries over the same period and had a great season with us in '09.

Mathers - pleased when we signed him. Even more so when he left.
Williams - sh*te.
Botham - 2006


Vaealiki - useless waste of jizz.
Whittle - Was awful in that game against Saints. Not his fault I guess but we've had some decent wingers.
Brown - the next GB 6? MY


Moran - see Mathers and treble it.
Malam - I remember him at Saints running full pelt at Micky Higham and then being knocked back 10 yards and behind the line


Reber - played in 2000. Enough said.
Howard - couldn't break wind
Wilkes - works hard at Wakey, but was dreadful for us.
McDonald - Why?
Jonkers - Dutch people shouldn't play rugby

Bibey - how has this guy won 2 Challenge Cups?
McAvoy - running out of players so Macca gets in.
Mestrov - was our 'go to guy' when we wanted one of their players in the bin
James - see McAvoy

I don't understand why Sculthorpe is getting slated I thouht he did a decent job for us, gave away silly penalties but so did Terry Newton and he is regarded as the best hooker for Wian.

If i was on facebook now i would of like that

1. Richard Mathers
2. Desi Williams
3. Jamie Ainscough
4. David Vaealiki
5. Jon Whittle
6. Chris Chester
7. Denis Moran
8. Brady Malam
9. Mark Reber
10. Harvey Howard
11. Oliver Wilkes
12. Wayne McDonald
13. Tim Jonkers

The interesting thing about this thread is that, after accepting we signed a load of no-hopers and aussies on retirement plan, we also signed players who were effective at other teams (most notably Moran, who was brilliant at London, but also the likes of Fielden and Howard) who Wigan "developed" into being useless.
Then we let go players who have gone on to do well at other teams (S. Long anyone?).
Altogether the recruitment and development of players since the glory days has been pathetic.

What is also apparent is that we signed players and then played them in a different position than what they excelled at with their previous club or asked them to fulfill a different role at Wigan.

A change of position can do wonders for a players confidence but at the same time it can also destroy it.