I never thought I'd see a better hooker in a Wire jersey than Duane Mann....

Think again Lefty.

Some of Monaghan's runs from acting half tonight, were unbelievable.
I've always said a player such just go straight forward (no point wasting energy), but some of Michael's running tonight went to another level. Just drifting diagonally, then a quick burst of pace, and release the pass. AWESOME
His work for the Bridge (iirc) try (early in the second half), was worth the admission money alone.

He's now, not even passed Duane Mann for Wire greatness, he's on the way to lapping him.

Best hooker in Super League all day for me, followed by Roby. He'd walk into any SL team and a few NRL teams aswell.

One of the first players I look out for when the squads are announced. Terrific player.

Wasn't he rubbish last week ?

Who wasn't? Apart from Hodgson.

Fickle Barstewards

Him and Hodgson were exceptional toneet.

I know he's playing a different position but Monaghan reminds me a lot of Langer.

Remember when Langer was in the team, whenever he had the ball in his hands you knew something was going to happen which was good for us and bad for the opposition, we were going to gain field position out of whatever happened next, or if we were near their line a try was probably on if Langer was scuttling around with the ball in his hands. Monaghan is the same, there's a sense when he has the ball that something is on.

The Monaghan brothers are both top class players as is Hodgson. Our recent crop of Aussies (including him and King) have been all great signings.

i do think in hodgson, j monas, m monas, king and anderson we have used the 5 quota spots to the best use in the league

Makes you wonder why Cullen signed him as a Scrum Half when you see how good he is at hooker.

Then you sit back and realise how bad Cullen was as a coach....

This was explained by Cull on Boots n All earlier this week. Cull deserves some credit for getting MMonas into the club.

Even though you've got a point (i.e. how opinions can change over a short period of time), you still come accross as a ball bag here - did you rate MM last week? If you did expand, if you didn't shut up.

Moderators in this forum, outside of DC and Seb are worthless.

How can i have a point and come across as a ball bag (i was only joking on fickle natures of sport fans)


If SEB and DC have a bad modding week and i have a good one will you say next week "Yed had a storming modding week, the way he edited posts and told off those Wigan fans for trolling was awesome, where was SEB and DC, completely anonymous, well modded Yed lad"

All that aside i still love you

Don't hold back pal. The moderation seems okay on here to be fair. A few on this site do see it as being a fulltime job though, almost proud of it. It's generally good though compared to other websites. I do think any Wigan/Wire arguments should get binned and bans issued straight away. Extremely boring and tedious.

Thought Micky was outstanding again last night. For me he has been the best player this season & I'm glad Tony has tied him into a new deal for a couple of years.

What has always impressed me is that not only is his distribution good, but his tackling is exceptional, for me pound for pound he is the best tackler in the Wire team.