Re: Worst Moment(s) Following Wigan : Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:22 am  

Grimmy wrote:

Getting slaughtered by Bradford in the 2001 Grand Final. It was the first time I saw us lose a game in person.

Losing 70-0 and 75-0 in consecutive weeks v Leeds and Saints in 2005.

Getting knocked out of the play offs by Salford a couple of years ago.

Watching this year's side bore me to death.

The GF in 2001 was an awful battering

as a fan i the losses in 2005 were tolerable as both Leeds and Saints were so far ahead of us at the time, and we had been dishing out losses like that for many years ourselves. I argued with a leeds fan as they were calling us for staying and applauding the team off the pitch, and i did the same the following week. Sometimes in sport you have to accept that even the best that the players can deliver is not good enough, and at that time we werent good enough and got battered by superior sides

one game that stands out for me, although not particularly a worst moment was the Bradford away game in the fog, which clearly shouldnt have been played as you couldnt see a bloody thing . Spoke with Nobby a few years later and he said that from a Bradford perspective it was glorious sunshine out there as they were playing well and Wigan had started the season poorly, so they wanted the 2 points in the bag

Re: Worst Moment(s) Following Wigan : Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:47 am  

April 1968 v Wakefield away. We got beat, but watching Billy Boston leave the field for the last time as a Wigan player was heartbreaking. However to see the guard of honour by the players of both teams and the applause from both sets of fans says everything about the great man.
The word legend is often overused but definitely not in Billys case.

Re: Worst Moment(s) Following Wigan : Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:24 pm  

Off the field it was probably the two times we were punished for salary cap breaches. Every cloud though it signalled the end of Whelan's time with us.

Re: Worst Moment(s) Following Wigan : Fri Oct 15, 2021 3:10 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Either the Pat Richards try against Wakefield in 06 being disallowed (I think everyone was convinced that had sealed our fate) or the realisation this year that my interest in the club and sport is not what it was. Hopefully only temporary.

Sometimes you have to put fan rivalries aside; The vast majority of Saints fans have been in that position (myself included), and have been incredibly blessed to have been pulled back from the brink that was the KC era. A cynic might suggest Saints fans enjoyment of the game was directly correlated with us challenging again, but the reality is the performances on the pitch during the KC era were only a symptom of a far bigger problem within the club. Lack of communication (and when there was, it was almost adversarial to the fans - we were called sheep for complaining about the style of play after all), obviously poor signings that were clearly not going to work out (whilst being hailed as the next fan favourite, next Jamie Lyon etc) and just a bone idle sense from the club that they know best and everyone who doubts that is wrong. Holbrook was a breath of fresh air, not because of the results or the style of play, but because he engaged the fans again, didn't treat us like idiots, and really brought the club back from the brink.

I really hope Peet is able to give Wigan fans a similar transformation in sense and interest, there really aren't too many clubs who can take 20k to a final at the moment, and losing another one wouldn't be good for anyone. Though if results on the pitch can stay the same that would be great (okay I couldn't put the fan rivalry aside entirely but almost )

Re: Worst Moment(s) Following Wigan : Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:00 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

April 1968 v Wakefield away. We got beat, but watching Billy Boston leave the field for the last time as a Wigan player was heartbreaking. However to see the guard of honour by the players of both teams and the applause from both sets of fans says everything about the great man.
The word legend is often overused but definitely not in Billys case.

IIRC, I seem to recall we watched Billy in at least one game when he had signed for Blackpool Borough. That must have been late 1968 ?