Tony Myler was miles better.

eh?

If he'd have gone to Wigan they'd have got him into such great shape that he'd not have got fat when he stopped playing...

...how'd that work out for Andy Gregory?

Wouldn't have even got picked for Wigan. Golden boot 1991 my anus! Does anyone really think that Wigan would have dropped Gregory or Edwards for fat Gary back then?

Yes. I'd take Schofield over Edwards any day and don't you think you're being a bit unfair insulting Schofield's physique without mentioning Andy Gregory or his drinking problem? Or perhaps you think that they deserve a bit more respect and it was a slip of the typing finger.

Maybe on his day, however he was just a bit too injury prone to propel himself into the upper echelons. Very similar situation with what we had at Saints when comparing half backs with Martyn and Long. Martyn may have been the most skillful but injuries stopped us seeing him frequently at his best whereas Long managed to stay away from the knee injuries and built himself a more impressive career despite his obvious limitations. I'd pick Long over Martyn even with Martyn's superior rugby brain.

Garry wasn't fat back then.

And anyone who would pick Edwards over Schofield around that time doesn't know much about Rugby.

Yes, I really think that. I was stood on the terraces of Central Park in that era, Garry Schofield was many times better than Edwards

For me, Schofield in his prime was one of the top players in the world and alongside the likes of Newlove, Hanley and Ward was as good as anything that the Aussies could offer in an era when they were absolutely dominating the international scene

Edwards's performances at test level weren't in the same league as Schofield's.

Schofield does deserve the Golden Boot for that year. Thought Wigan offered him a deal but Leeds offered a better one. So he stayed which is fair enough.

Schofield's performances at domestic level weren't in the same league as Edwards's.

Pretty broad statement that one

Edwards was a good player in a very very good Wigan side that dominated the domestic scene. It’s quite difficult in those situations to extract the player from the team when measuring quality

What is a good indication is the that Schofield went down under to play for Balmain and then Wests for three seasons and was hugely successful whereas when Edwards went to Balmain he struggled to make an impression

As I have said earlier in this thread, I watched Wigan week in week out throughout the mid to late 80’s and 90’s and there is no way that Edwards was in the same class as Schofield

Schoey and Edwards were different sorts of players though. As he said in his 'Supermen' interview, he was a loose cannon, who thrived off his individual skills and off-the-cuff plays, whereas Edwards was a distributor and organiser, and a born winner and team motivator. The only similarity was they they were both lethal support players.

Both great players in their own ways.

Both you and Robinson on the first page give away your ignorance by referring to Gary as fat...something (unlike Gregory) that you could never have accused him of in his playing days.

And yes as many others have now said - of course you'd have dropped (or moved to another position) Edwards. He was a good player whereas Schoey is one of GB greatest ever players just 'cos he didn't play in the best club side doesn't change that.

Spot on

Think you have underestimated Schofield, here. Edwards early in his career was a very good support player and later became a very good half back in a dominating team.
Schoefield was an excellent creative player during all his career more skilful than Edwards.
Schofield was even better at international level something Edwards wasn't.

I seem to remember Schoefield was good enough to become an international player around 18-19 years of age, Edwards was not on the radar until he was 25-26 years, which I should imagine was because Schofield was first choice No 6.
Schoefield was successful playing over in the NRL, Edwards wasn't. Edwards also went over to the "dark side", but that might be the RFL's fault.