Re: The statue : Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:53 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Farrell was someone who had given his all to Rugby League and to Wigan. He was then over thirty years of age, in fact he was 31 before he played his first game of Rugby Union, an age by the way that Paul Sculthorpe retired.

He was offered a long term contract (which Wigan sensibly wouldn't have offered him) by Rugby Union.

He went on to play for England, and secured his families future.

Anyone who says that they wouldn't have done the same is either a liar or stupid.

Dress it up with your wigan spin as much as you like. He deserted your club in its hour of need. Some Legend. Shows how much he cared about the club and the fans.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:06 am  

Saint Rabban wrote:

Yeah, right! Where, the Whelley Academy of Fine Art?

I don't do art, but Whelley and Salford go hand in hand in some respects.

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:06 am  

There are very few players who turn down the big money of union to play for the home town club the supported as a child, saints are building a statue of one such hero

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:21 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

There are very few players who turn down the big money of union to play for the home town club the supported as a child, saints are building a statue of one such hero

Would this be the same player who the WRU found out was not Welsh, then took the money from the Rugby League as an International player (along with Radlinski) but then decided he wasn't up to International Rugby League but still took the money?

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:26 am  

piemandan wrote:

TBH it looks more like Cassidy and I dont mean hopalong either

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:30 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Would this be the same player who the WRU found out was not Welsh, then took the money from the Rugby League as an International player (along with Radlinski) but then decided he wasn't up to International Rugby League but still took the money?

If I remember rightly, Eddie Hemmings had a copy of his Birth Certificate which he showed on boots n all to prove that he had Welsh Grand Parents?

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:34 am  

JLM23 wrote:

If I remember rightly, Eddie Hemmings had a copy of his Birth Certificate which he showed on boots n all to prove that he had Welsh Grand Parents?

Now come on, you know like most wiganners Rogue is living in the past (I take it lent is over in wigan then )

: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:34 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Would this be the same player who the WRU found out was not Welsh, then took the money from the Rugby League as an International player (along with Radlinski) but then decided he wasn't up to International Rugby League but still took the money?

thats the one radlinski is more of a wigan hero than farrell ever will be

Re: The statue : Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:36 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Farrell was someone who had given his all to Rugby League and to Wigan. He was then over thirty years of age, in fact he was 31 before he played his first game of Rugby Union, an age by the way that Paul Sculthorpe retired.

He was offered a long term contract (which Wigan sensibly wouldn't have offered him) by Rugby Union.

He went on to play for England, and secured his families future.

Anyone who says that they wouldn't have done the same is either a liar or stupid.

Spoken like a true Wiganer...

were you one of the ones that went back to work?

Re: The statue : Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:39 am  

eddiewaringsflatcap wrote:

Spoken like a true Wiganer... were you one of the ones that went back to work?