Deacon has been given the 6 shirt by Mcguire but he is still behind Brett Finch in the pecking oreder. Finch has still to play yet.
He does well for Wigan and when he goes off the team loses it's composure. Deacon has been a very good signing for Wigan.

I think following his last two seasons at Odsal and Orford arriving Deacs was going to be on the outer anyway if he hadn't signed for Wigan.

Bradford will do ok this season to me. Get your half backs in the 13 and things will take shape. Great crowd too but it was very cold!!!

Blah, blah blah . . . but there is really no point in debating Deacon with you, you'd rather cut your nuts off than give him an ounce of credit

Deacon has been sensational at Wigan mainly because his job is to organise, lead and kick. He does not have to create and support and score tries. His job is a simple one at Wigan which is why he is so effective. He would not look the same in a bradford team without Tomkins and Leuluai making all the plays IMO.

This is why you missed Orford so much last year, even at the end of his career he can do everything that Deacon does for Wigan as well as creating chances.

I seem to remember Noble saying something similar about Sam Tomkins. Deacon does a good steady job for us

I've got a long enough memory to remember that the general consensus on this board was to get rid of Deacon.

There may have been a couple of exceptions but the majority view was, great servant though he had been, his time at Bradford had come to an end. To be fair, most of us wished him well on his move to his home town club - expecting him to be an occasional backup, safe in the knowledge that our new signing Matt Orford was taking his place. As such we were confidently looking ahead to 2010

Hindsight is wonderful thing isn't it

Sorry if I hit a nerve, but still there is zero chance of you ever "debating" Deacon, any more than one could meaningfully debate the shape of the Earth with the President of the Flat Earth Society.


^ = illustration of "debating" Deacon with tigertot

Let's just see how Herbert and Briggs go when they're fit, eh?

No, I didn't! I made a hyperbolic comparison to emphasize a point with a touch of sarcy humour, as you well know. Tell you what, let's hype it a bit more, delete "Wally Lewis" and insert "Jesus Christ". Then you can tell me all about how good he actually looked walking on water etc.

Yeah, bring back the McNamara wars, everyone was really missing those.

Well, the reason I was told by Stuart Duffy for Deacon leaving last year was that Wigan offered him a position where he'd be a mentor for Wigan's young half backs and would like a release. Bradford said, we'll only give you a release if we can sign a good enough player to replace you. The club then got the call from Orford's manager, and once they'd managed to wipe the slime off, agreed his signing and Deacon's release.

Tbh, Deacon always did a good job for us. Yes, he was never quite the same after having his face smashed in on international duty. Really, he needed a better 6, given he was more an organiser than a runner