Thats because he broke his leg pre season.

Solomona is naturally a big guy, with a 4 month period were training was virtually non existant due to his injury its inevitable he would put some weight on. The major difference is a guy like Solomona, in comparision to some of the people who watch the game (and no doubt contributing to this pointless thread) who are spherical, can shift that weight when they have the chance to.

Some?

He would put [i[sizesome[/size[/i weight on?

It looks like he's retired, sat around in a beater all day and lived from KFC megabuckets and mr kiplings cakes 24/7.

No he was a fully fit player capable of running a marathon and hitting the gym, go for a bike ride, swim the channel anything he wanted except play rugby for being a drug user. Unlike Solo who was just injured.

Mark Calderwood scored 3 in the same game. Doesn't prove anything does it.

Comparing Sols ball Skills to Hocks destroys any argument you had. Also perhaps Hocks inability to use a knife and fork prohibits him from ingesting enough of the finer foods to allow weight gain. Let's not go into Hocks other activities that may promote weight loss.

If Sols biggest crime is the love of too many pies it still makes him ten times the human being Hock is.

I don't see how you can comment on hock as a [ihuman being[/i

Again with this.

If you are not expending as much energy, you just eat less. Your body has a 'maintanence' level of calories, depending on your weight, bodytype, metabolism. I'd imagine that would be quite alot for solomona considering he's naturally thickset. He must have eaten like a total pig to put on weight like that.

I don't know why people are defending solomona unless you are overweight as well.

Guy's a professional sportsman and he's let himself get llike that, it's a joke.

You ever hear of a guy called tony rocky horror?

Do you think any club wouldn't give their injured players strict diet advice? Do you think if that advice hadn't been heeded that the player concerened would be picked?

Having been in his company within the last 7 days and stood next to the guy, he is anything but fat. I think you have to appreciate the physical make up of someone like Solomona. I am defending him on the basis I reckon you have no grounds to say he has "eaten like a pig". I also reckon he would run rings around you in a fitness test

With some of the things being said on here I have to ask the question. Why is Amos Roberts not the size of solomona?

He had a few very long periods with leg problems. Along with all the surgeons trying to sort out his injuries I would suggest he spent a lot longer not being able to do normal physical activity than solomona.

This goes for every other player who has had a leg problem, Richard Owen for example. What about phil Bentham. Saw him on tv the other day, he looks no worse than before is leg broke.

Solomona is a naturally big guy anyway and the fact you're comparing backs to forwards just doesn't wash mate.

If Roberts went on a Wigan diet for 2 years he'd still blow over in a heavy wind.

Have you ever visited the planet Earth?

You need a brain to be Solomona so he wins hands down.

Disregarding the stupidity of your post, my point still stands, what exactly did Solomona do that makes him better than other players that can be named. I quoted Hock, but I rate Westwood over Solomona, as I do several other players from several different teams.

Im not saying that only a Wigan player is better than Solomona, Im saying that quite a few different teams have players that surpass him.

I get the feeling he was a good player once and some sentimentality is playing a part in some Wire fans heads.