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| Quote ="MattyB"Jim Mills on twitter wasn't too complimentary of Maurice upon news of his death. Wasn't really the time for it, he should have kept his feelings to himself and said nowt.'"
I know Mills had issues re the Offiah deal, but didn't see anything from him on Twitter recently, maybe I missed it?
I do know I've never watched a funeral on Facebook before, and was then so moved. I was lucky enough to meet Maurice in the depths of our bad days, and found him perfectly approachable and a decent bloke.
Very telling that at Tottenham everyone applauded his passing. Tears in my eyes for sure.
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Quote ="endoman"I know Mills had issues re the Offiah deal, but didn't see anything from him on Twitter recently, maybe I missed it?
I do know I've never watched a funeral on Facebook before, and was then so moved. I was lucky enough to meet Maurice in the depths of our bad days, and found him perfectly approachable and a decent bloke.
Very telling that at Tottenham everyone applauded his passing. Tears in my eyes for sure.'"
https://twitter.com/millsjim44/status/1 ... BBJ3Q&s=19
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Quote ="endoman"I know Mills had issues re the Offiah deal, but didn't see anything from him on Twitter recently, maybe I missed it?
I do know I've never watched a funeral on Facebook before, and was then so moved. I was lucky enough to meet Maurice in the depths of our bad days, and found him perfectly approachable and a decent bloke.
Very telling that at Tottenham everyone applauded his passing. Tears in my eyes for sure.'"
https://twitter.com/millsjim44/status/1 ... BBJ3Q&s=19
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| pretty scummy on there from him and other pieces of garbage
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| Quote ="MattyB"https://twitter.com/millsjim44/status/1530546271928430593?t=guZubeCnh1AIkmgTeBBJ3Q&s=19'"
Some of the replies to that are cringeworthy.
Why didn't Keighley just get promoted the following season if they were SL ready? I don't recall their squad being torn apart like would happen in football. More people looking to blame everyone else (Well, Wigan) for their own clubs failings.
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| I notice Jim didn't mention Widnes living way beyond their means at the time ... when he was CEO, I think.
Why else did they sell Offiah and Tait?
Also, as a player he was one of the most brutal I've ever had the misfortune to watch. I remember an unprovoked, very violent attack on Bill Ashurst, which was way more than just a 'bit of biff'. It put Sash out of the game for the next few weeks, and he was one of the few decent players Wigan had at the time.
Big Jim can do one.
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| Quote ="Cruncher"I notice Jim didn't mention Widnes living way beyond their means at the time ... when he was CEO, I think.
Why else did they sell Offiah and Tait?
Also, as a player he was one of the most brutal I've ever had the misfortune to watch. I remember an unprovoked, very violent attack on Bill Ashurst, which was way more than just a 'bit of biff'. It put Sash out of the game for the next few weeks, and he was one of the few decent players Wigan had at the time.
Big Jim can do one.'"
That was my reply to him and others on the thread
Gaslighting to avoid the fact they were millions in debt and had to sell not just the players you mentioned. But Davies, eyres and a whole host more
On him as an administrator, can anyone name an achievement of his?
As a player, we'll his game was certainly built around the thuggery and violence of the 70s
As a man, I can tell you for fact he revelled in telling tales of Stamping on another players head amongst others.
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Quote ="Jukesays"That was my reply to him and others on the thread
Gaslighting to avoid the fact they were millions in debt and had to sell not just the players you mentioned. But Davies, eyres and a whole host more
On him as an administrator, can anyone name an achievement of his?
As a player, we'll his game was certainly built around the thuggery and violence of the 70s
As a man, I can tell you for fact he revelled in telling tales of Stamping on another players head amongst others.'"
Saw that stamping incident not that long ago. Should have been banned for life.
EDIT - For those that haven't seen it.
https://youtu.be/P6N8ouRsfos
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Quote ="Jukesays"That was my reply to him and others on the thread
Gaslighting to avoid the fact they were millions in debt and had to sell not just the players you mentioned. But Davies, eyres and a whole host more
On him as an administrator, can anyone name an achievement of his?
As a player, we'll his game was certainly built around the thuggery and violence of the 70s
As a man, I can tell you for fact he revelled in telling tales of Stamping on another players head amongst others.'"
Saw that stamping incident not that long ago. Should have been banned for life.
EDIT - For those that haven't seen it.
https://youtu.be/P6N8ouRsfos
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Quote ="MattyB"Saw that stamping incident not that long ago. Should have been banned for life.
EDIT - For those that haven't seen it.
https://youtu.be/P6N8ouRsfos'"
Yes, that's the Jim Mills I remember so well.
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Quote ="MattyB"Saw that stamping incident not that long ago. Should have been banned for life.
EDIT - For those that haven't seen it.
https://youtu.be/P6N8ouRsfos'"
Yes, that's the Jim Mills I remember so well.
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| Met Jim Mills once and once was enough. Horrible man.
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Quote ="MattyB"Saw that stamping incident not that long ago. Should have been banned for life.
EDIT - For those that haven't seen it.
https://youtu.be/P6N8ouRsfos'"
Dirty b******
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Quote ="MattyB"Saw that stamping incident not that long ago. Should have been banned for life.
EDIT - For those that haven't seen it.
https://youtu.be/P6N8ouRsfos'"
Dirty b******
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| Quote ="Cruncher"I notice Jim didn't mention Widnes living way beyond their means at the time ... when he was CEO, I think.
Why else did they sell Offiah and Tait?
Also, as a player he was one of the most brutal I've ever had the misfortune to watch. I remember an unprovoked, very violent attack on Bill Ashurst, which was way more than just a 'bit of biff'. It put Sash out of the game for the next few weeks, and he was one of the few decent players Wigan had at the time.
Big Jim can do one.'"
I was thinking of the Ashurst last night.
I remember it really well as the attack took place right in front of my mates and myself.
For an "hard knock" Mills took Ashurst from behind and literally beat the shoite out of him for no reason other than he saw an opportunity to make a cheap attack.
I'm very much old school so a bit of rough stuff I saw it as part of the game but the attack by Mills was total out and out a criminal offence if it had occurred off the pitch.
I didn't rate Mills as a player and I always thought of him as just a thug who should have been banned for life after the Greengrass incident which was as cowardly act as you will ever see.
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| I'd actually rate that incident worse than Ben Flower. With Flower at least there had been a coming together between each player leading up to punch #2.
With Mills the NZ player had done nothing to offend other than score a try, for which he suffered 12 stitches.
Should have been jailed.
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| Quote ="Itchy Arsenal"I was thinking of the Ashurst last night.
I remember it really well as the attack took place right in front of my mates and myself.
For an "hard knock" Mills took Ashurst from behind and literally beat the shoite out of him for no reason other than he saw an opportunity to make a cheap attack.
I'm very much old school so a bit of rough stuff I saw it as part of the game but the attack by Mills was total out and out a criminal offence if it had occurred off the pitch.
I didn't rate Mills as a player and I always thought of him as just a thug who should have been banned for life after the Greengrass incident which was as cowardly act as you will ever see.'"
My dad and I were firmly of the opinion it was a targetted attack, designed purely to put Wigan's main playmaker out of action very early in the match. Bill was in a rich vein of form at the time, and Widnes clearly decided it was worth seeing Mills get his marching orders so long as Wigan's main danger man was put in hospital. Disgusting and pathetic.
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