Too greedy, doesnt pass the ball enough and takes the line on at the wrong time. If he susses out that part of his game he will be as good as the Wigan lot reckon he is.

I thought wilkin had a good game but in some good shots smashed a couple of the wigan players

Blood is a romantic image on a rugby league field isn't it. A blood soaked shirt, a heroic war-like bandage and a battle are enough to get the voters going. Long's influence was without question.

Without him IMO it could have gone the same way as the Challenge Cup semi final.

He said 'ability [ior[/i achievements', [i'or'[/i being the axiomatic word. You can only achieve trophies if the rest of the team is good enough. Mike Gregory suffered from being in an average team. Mike Nicholas, in his short career, was one of the finest ever RL forwards, and I'd take him above Cunningham anyday. [iYou [/iare deluded if you think otherwise - or, more probably, you never saw Nicko in his pomp.