I think it's fair to say we've done OK bringing players through the last few seasons!



Deacon wouldn't "grace" any team!



O'Carroll has been playing for years. Mossop looks a terrific player, but you're down Hock and I wouldn't say he's at that level yet. Haven't seen enough of Tuson to judge, but looks solid.



Roberts is playing very, very well. A real purple patch. Still from the same squad as last year though.



Agreed, I think I alluded to that in my post. Wigan look well coached but it's far too early to credit MM with eradicating the inherent weaknesses of all your players. Think that may be a bit more wishful thinking than reality.

Will be interesting to see how Wigan run for the rest of the year - I still think Saints and Leeds will be the teams to beat come the business end.

Was thinking the same... about Puig, not sticky patches!

You will win nothing this year. Not a dig i went Friday night took my nephew as he is a Hull KR fan and i thought Rhinos were awful. Wigan will destroy you this week!!!

And you've told us repeatedly that's the way to do it rather than bringing overpaid Aussies over. All of a sudden, it's no longer counted as strengthening the squad. Apart from which, I presume from this that you're agreeing with me, so I'm not sure what the point is you're trying to make here.



So you pick one from the four! Is that really the best you could come up with? And that one would still have been Bradford's first choice scrum half this season, as he was last, had Orford not become available. That's before we get on to the fact that he's played in several of our games already this season and will, no doubt, feature in many more. I think we'll call your attempt above a non-answer and move on....

So why does Garforth have two train stations?
Pretty small place to have 2 don't you think?

Something i've always wondered when passing on the daily commute....

lol dont know Dave!!!

I posted that the other day

I'll be persuaded if you're posting statements like this after 27 games. FWIW, I think there's every chance you've peaked too early in terms of both fitness and form. Having said that, I think you may well win on Friday.

I spoke to Maguire prior to the U20 game last weekend, saying how well Wigan had played v Hull on the previous night.

His answer "We went o.k. but we have a lot of improvement in us"

Thats Quote number 1 from the coaching handbook isn't it. I think after the 75-0 drubbing of Wigan the quote was "We went o.k. but we have a lot of improvement in us"...

I was thinking the same that Roberts is much improved on the player he was for Wigan last season but then he had that ridiculously loose carry back from a poor Sykes kick at Bradford, lost the ball in the collision that allowed Bradford to snatch an unlikely win. Then I realised, it's the same Roberts that was here last season afterall.

That apart he has looked impressive though when not costing Wigan competition points.

Two words jump to my mind – Damage Limitation

Not very optimistic I know but with the state of the squad, our current form and the way Wigan are playing at the moment I can’t see anything but a another defeat.

Sorry guys.

I would be very surprised if we won this, mainly due to the injuries. But i'm hoping that we put up a good fight and IF we loose hopefully only by less than 10 points. Also if Lee smith does play, I think he iwll be heavily targeted.