Quote Fat Boy="Fat Boy"I thought Webb had a shocker last night but I wouldn't think of dropping him on the basis of that one performance.'"
Why not ?
We've got a strong enough squad these days with cover in many positions ... If we're an alleged championship winnable side, then there's no excuse of poor performances.
In terms of full back, we've got BJB, Lee Smith and Zak that can all cover that position and should be given a chance if the incumbent player has a shocker.
Do you want to go back to the situation we used to have before we were successful, when the likes of Franny Cummings & Co. were picked every week just because they were there and regardless of how they performed on the park week in, week out.
IMO, I thought it was a mistake to retain Webb, as we have adequate cover in his position and we perhaps could have better used that overseas space elsewhere. There's no point developing quality young replacements if you're going to have them kicking around in the A Team or on loan somewhere for years on end, if your coach / CEO hasn't got the bottle to shift off the old guard when they were long in the tooth.
In the great Wigan side of old, you were something very special to be retained beyond about 31 .... Remember they were ruthless when it came to getting rid of even their star players like Edwards, Hanley, Gregory etc. and there were always schmuck clubs knocking around like Leeds, who'd take those players off their hands gladly on the strength of past glories that they'd be unlikely to repeat on a regular basis going forward.
