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.
