We study a class of Wilsonian formulations of non-Abelian gauge theories in
algebraic non-covariant gauges where the Wilsonian infrared cutoff Λ 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
Î›î€ =0. Then we discuss the infrared limit Λ→0. 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×2T is evaluated at lowest order in perturbation theory and a non commutativity
between the limits Λ→0 and T→∞ is pointed out.Comment: Latex2e, 49 pages, 2 EPS figures. Misprints corrected. Version to be
published on IJMP