  We study a class of Wilsonian formulations of non-Abelian gauge theories in
algebraic non-covariant gauges where the Wilsonian infrared cutoff $\Lambda$ is
inserted as a mass term for the propagating fields. In this way the
Ward-Takahashi identities are preserved to all scales. Nevertheless
BRST-invariance in broken and the theory is gauge-dependent and unphysical at
$\Lambda\neq0$. Then we discuss the infrared limit $\Lambda\to0$. We show that
the singularities of the axial gauge choice are avoided in planar gauge and
light-cone gauge. In addition the issue of infrared divergences is addressed in
some explicit example. Finally the rectangular Wilson loop of size $2L\times
2T$ is evaluated at lowest order in perturbation theory and a non commutativity
between the limits $\Lambda\to0$ and $T\to\infty$ is pointed out.
