Burrow should have played number 7 all through the tournament. Personally I would have picked partnerships that play together for there respected club sides. Id have picked Maguire and Burrow 6 and 7, Goulding and Charnley together, and even Watkins and Hall although they play opposite sides for Leeds, they would still have a good understanding of eachother.

The hooker debate, im biased, but personally I see what McIlorum does for us every week, for the last 3 seasons he has been outstanding, he's a hard worker and very underrated as rugby player, people dont realise just how much he contributes to Wigans attack, not just the defensive side of the game. Id start him with Roby off the bench, and Burrow at 7.

I'm one of McGuires biggest fans but to suggest he should be England's starting 6 is crazy, he's only just come back from a broken leg and still only looked half fit when he returned.

My mistake, I had genuinely forgot he had been injured.

I still stand by the other 2 partnerships and Burrow at 7.

The defensive side of the his game where he is 2nd highest in the list of missed tackles?

Strange how many underrated players save all their best games for private viewings of their own fans when the cameras aren't there.

If your playing hooker for 80 minutes and most weeks are in the top 3 tackle makers, your bound to miss some, if your so big on stats have a look at his tackles to missed tackles percentage. He makes a huge amount of tackles every week.

Get over it, you really hate the bloke dont you? Or is it Wigan's very shiny trophy cabinet still keeping you up at night in cold sweats that is upsetting you?

Mainly final's ours actually. Hardly a private viewing

The play offs weren't private viewing where they?

Lunt

Sinfield/Burrow (they shared the hooking role didn't they? )

Higham/Monaghan

All played off the park in consecutive weeks by McIlorum who overall was Wigans best player in the play off series.

Did McIllorum play Wire off the park when we played Huddersfield, wow no wonder Mc picked him

Burrow.

Ive never seen McIlorum play anyone 'off the park'. He doesnt do anything special, he's pedestrian. Wigan have produced some great players, he's not one of them.

I've lost you?

We played Hudds, Leeds and Wire during the play offs and McIlorum outplayed his opposite number quite comfortably in each game.

I've got a secret, number 9's don't play 1 v 1 against their opposite numbers. Ssssshhhhhhhh. Don't tell anyone.

You guys wish they did, it'd be the only positional battle you'd stand a chance of winning

McIlorum had better games then the hookers for the other teams had in all our play off games. It's pretty straight forward really.

Big game player much like a lot of his Wigan colleagues.

Like the baffoon bit, if you disagree that's fine, personal insults on a forum based on opinions are not needed.
If a team wins a game it usually means that they have outplayed their opposition.
That's team wise as well as individuals.
There may have been Wire players who outplayed their Wigan opposites in the GF but Higham and Monaghan weren't amongst them.
The two Wire 9s, Lunt and Burrow came nowhere near the level of performance that McIlorum produced in the play offs and GF.
That doesn't matter a jot in the Intls as they are playing without any tactics or gameplan. The coach doesn't give them any structure not can he motivate his players.
Roby will probably do the 80 in both the semi and final if we make it. Also I hope that Burrow is in the 17 somewhere as he can always pull out a good run and dislodge the opposition defences.