My my, a lot of selective memory on display here. Just because he talks 100% bollox doesn't mean he wasn't a top class player in his day. I find it strange that a player's legacy is altered so much by his post playing activities and comments. Look at Mike Gregory as an example of the other side of the coin.

As an opportunist striker and support player, there were few better. And his efforts in that capacity were well rewarded with a panful of tries.



But he was never in the Golden Boot category, IMO. His limitations were finally exposed when he tried to move to stand-off. Didn't he play 6 against us at Wembley once, and get badly shown up?

So you missed the quote form Schofield about Leeds signing Hanley for £250,000? Do you think he went there to play for peanuts?



So although the sarcasm is misplaced you are in effect correct - Leeds were in the same boat as us in those years as far as money went. They flung cash at the team to try and compete like they were printing the stuff themselves.







As Leeds of that era show it takes more than money win trophies. The reason we won so much was because we were the most professional and well drilled outfit in the competition and we turned players like McGinty, Hall and Panapa into good players by employing better methods than just about every other team. We had plenty of home gown players as well such as Edwards, Clarke, Betts and many others.



By hey, if you want to show your ignorance of all that and if it makes you feel better to think we only won those trophies because we had more cash than anyone else you feel free.



I might respect your opinion if you simply acknowledged what went on back then was more than down to money instead of the simplistic nonsense that gets trotted out time and again.



Dave

IMO Gary Schofield is a compulsive liar and fantasist who can't stand to see the game & players develop and improve since his retirement because it will over shadow him and his era. A great ex-player ruined by his weird, odd, false and off the mark ramblings.

Just as we expect pathetic bitter rantings from people like you who support clubs who lacked ambition... Perhaps you should spend more time on your own board in your own pit of despair and delusion.

"It's disappointing to hear Michael Maguire, Wigan's new coach, talking so much about fitness and defence. I hope this doesn't mean they will play with no flair because they might suffer for it - we don't need a coach stifling someone like Sam Tomkins. But they look more stable than in recent years, although not good enough to win something...." prediction 5th





A coach who was responsibel for the best side in the comp at the time said

"attack wins you games, defence wins you the league!" No im sure Garry would realise that the reason his GB teams got tonked so much was because we couldnt defend as good as the Ausies (still cant).



Also fatigue makes cowards of men! I know if im knackered and the other guy is still smashing forwards, im going to get beat.



However just think how good we will be if MM does let us start to attack, we scored a bucket full of points without concentrating on it yet!



Oh I forgot we have only played mugs so far!



Also nice to see on sky that stevo is whinging about our defensive tactics. Its always nice to see people complaining about Wigan. Usually means we a threat!

"Wigan offered Ellery Hanley and £25,000 for me"



Yeah right gary !

You wouldn't even be worth the lace out of one of Hanley's boots.

Very true, take a look on the Leeds board from time to time and you will find that 99% of Leeds fans disagree with the garbage he comes out with but that shouldn't detract from how good a player he was.

He loves talking about himself but I can never understand how he finds all this stuff out?

You could be waiting sometime.

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