I was being a bit of a WUM on the Flower thread but what I was saying was true in a way.
We have a reputation that we are a dirty side. Probably based on our aggression under Madge that sides couldn't live with and then Waney didn't exactly help. Man Utd have the old "Fergie time" myth.
Ben Flower will always be judged on the GF incident even though his record is pretty clean. A high shot is seen as a pre-meditated assualt like Morley for GB.
The list of players injured by this dirty Wigan side that goes out to hurt people is minimal, but yet the tackles like Rangi Chase on Manfredi are very rarely mentioned. Lockers eye injury was a freak accident but roles reversed and he's a cheap shot merchant or he deliberately gouged him.
It's something we will struggle to shake (see the above utd reference) but it definitely exists even if it is sub conciously.