Quote: Barrie's Glass Eye "It's a matter of perspective. Hardaker has improved in all aspects of the game from the skinny kid that debuted on the wing. I'd argue the same with Watkins, to the point where sometimes you wish he'd back his pure athletic ability a bit more. Similarly who gets credit for Mcguires development, or Peacocks game having so much more to it in the last 3 years or so?
Hall is a worry at the minute, as is the inability to unlock a defence from close range. But we've been like that the last couple of years.
I think it's a disservice to compare Macs Warrior ways to that of Wane. Mac focus on hard work and pushing yourself, rather than Wanes aggression first, blood and thunder model.
If you want to say the players were the reason we won everything then I suppose I can see where your coming from, but plenty of good teams have been held back by a coach. You only have to look at our own team in the last year of Bluey. Imo he might have been a bit lucky, but he was also the right man at the right time.'"
I think the comparison with Wane is useful - when Wigan's blood and thunder doesn't work there's nothing left, well unless you include a Tony Clubb high ball... McD's teams have character and finesse when it counts.