Pats 2000th Point! : Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:26 pm  

He needs just 19 points now to achieve it and become only the third player in our entire history to get over 2,000 points. Baring in mind he got 16 last weekend v Catalan, it looks odds on he'll do it Sunday.

If he does it, it'll have been achieved in 186 matches. The others Jim Sullivan and Andy Farrell reached 2,000 points in 303 and 262 appearances respectively.

Pat's 1000th point was actually achieved at Widnes back in 2009, perhaps a good omen, but I'd hope for a better result that we got in the 2009 Cup Semi!

His first 1000 points were achieved in 112 matches with the second thousand points looking like they'll be achieved in just 74 matches. That second thousand works out at an approx contribution of 13-14 points a match from him to our team in the past two and bit years.

Baring in mind that later in the year (fitness permitting) he looks set to over-take Colin Tyrer and Frano Botica for total goal kicks for Wigan and possibly take over from Kris Radlinski as our best ever Super League era try scorer - I can't keep emphasising enough what a phenomenal contribution he has made to this club! His sheer consistency is immense.

Re: Pats 2000th Point! : Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:28 pm  

Worth his weight in gold Pat is! The word is used too often these days but he is an absolute Legend of the modern era.

Re: Pats 2000th Point! : Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:29 pm  

Pat is unique in the fact that he is a top try scorer playing on the wing but also kicking for a team which scores a lot of points.

Out of interest though, how long would it have taken Sullivan with the modern day points system?

Re: Pats 2000th Point! : Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:32 pm  

FIOS wrote:

Worth his weight in gold Pat is! The word is used too often these days but he is an absolute Legend of the modern era.

Agreed.

Definitely up there in the top 5 imports to play in SL.

We'll miss him badly the day he goes.

Re: Pats 2000th Point! : Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:36 pm  

Odem wrote:

Out of interest though, how long would it have taken Sullivan with the modern day points system?

299 I think. He wasn't big on tries. If Pat went on to make 774 appearances like Sullivan did, he double (ish) Sullivans total points tally that will never be close to being beaten.

Re: Pats 2000th Point! : Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:42 pm  

Are you Phil Clarke in disguise?

Re: Pats 2000th Point! : Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:40 pm  

justarugbyfan wrote:

Are you Phil Clarke in disguise?

No. He's me in disguise!

Re: Pats 2000th Point! : Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:38 pm  

you forgot to mention... he only needs 3 tries to to surpass Gary Connolly in the all time Wigan try scoring......

Re: Pats 2000th Point! : Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:26 pm  

it seems as if he is breaking records by the week. any one else think he looks abit quicker this season?

Re: Pats 2000th Point! : Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:50 am  

dubairl wrote:

it seems as if he is breaking records by the week. any one else think he looks abit quicker this season?

I think the opposite, actually...I don't think he's yet got back to the pace he had before his injury. I think if he was back to his best he'd have scored from that break he made against Bradford that set up Farrell's try, for example.