Wilkin is a good solid player who can cover a number of positions well. If we are at the point of slating him we must be truely lucky to be watching this side. He would walk into almost every other team.
I do however expect him to leave us when he has done 10+ yrs and captain Hull KR who he happily admits he has supported since he was a nipper

I thought about this comparason yesterday which leads me to ask the question: 'If you took away Sinfields goal kicking, which of the two would you want in your team?' One who isn't afraid to pick up the ball and run it or one who is rarely seen taking a tackle in his own 20?

I remember a game against Hudds at home. Every time Skandelis (the Giants' main forward) got the ball, Wilkin immediaty hammered him. Becuase of that, the Giants failed to get any sort of momentum from the off and we dominated the game.

I'd take the Leeds man any day of the week.

Agree with a number of things that have been said. Wilkin can become a lot better player and seems to be in a slump at the moment. I do not think anyone here is slating the guy we just think he has not yet reached his potential and we are all hoping that he is motivated enough to do so.

Maggenis, Ashurst and Dixon should provide some motivation for him.

I am amazed at the so called 'potential' many seemed to think Wikin had in him. On what basis di dpeople think he was the next Scully?

His form was average when he first broke into the side, followed by a period of maturity in '06.

He always promised to be a very good club player and has largely delivered to this extent.

I realise that there are fans out there who seem to think the game revolves around some bruiser who smashes his way down the middle, but tha game is about more than that and that is why Wilkin is so important.

All this talk of bulk, winning a collision, and other such tripe should have died flat on it's with the case of Jamie Thackaray.

Personally I'd say it was based on the fact that he had a very complete set of skills at a very young age - good hands, good defender, could kick and was athletic. He played a fair bit of stand off in the reserves and I think a few of us, myself included, thought he would develop into a matchwinner perhaps not quite in the same class as but in the same mould as Scully.

Unfortunately the more subtle elements of his game haven't developed as he seems to have concentrated on the more industrial side. I think he's a very good player, just not quite the player he could have been if he had gone down a different path earlier in his career.

Thanks for the insight.

Do people actually remember Scully was already looking the dogs do-dahs in the Warrington team at 17, though? The same with Judas at the same age when he was at Saints, and again with Cunningham who began to look a star form 18 in a struglging outfit (circa 93/94).

You could tell they were a cut above.

It was a world of difference toa youngster carving his way in reserve rugby. OK you can point to late starters like Long, but generally you can tell who the 'real deals' will be as opposed to very good club players.

Is it not harder for youngsters these days though, with the extra conditioning that the senior players have?

Also, those players were all very physically strong individuals.

Complete waffle

You can't have team full of highly noticeable impact players and never will under the system of a salry cap.

Wilkin is a great player for us. Very solid and dependable. He compared well with other 13s in SL so what more do you want?

Does not seem to impair the Aussies who have a fine record of developing excellent young players of the calibre of Inglis, Folau etc etc...

I don't think anyone thought he would be better than scully but a very good replacement.

The is certain players from the super league era that I don't think we will ever replace proper, I.e long, scully, cunningam and joynt to name but a few