Woah woah woah, Ben Evans was doing great before he got horribly injured by saints

They should all be penciled in for game time.

During the fixture congestion it was good to see a lot of games on sky and also with the build up sides using their younger players more. So how do we create that need to rotate 16 sides in the league but fit into the same timeframe as the current regular season ?? Would it not create more sky money as they could show a lot more games ??

Yep......and then faded, gone. Didn't retire, ended up in the championship. Matty Lees had a bad injury last year and won the GF. Simon Grix had more time off than on the pitch at one point but still made first team when fit.

Did Ben Evans drop in ability or did we just cast him off?

From what i saw he just never really got the chance again, but before that he was playing really well. Shame really he just disappeared like Ben Harrison. Who was seemingly just quietly shoced out the club. It was very bizzarre.

He got that awful hamstring rip, when he got his leg pulled out in a tackle v saints, in 2015, I think it took forever and ever to heal, and eventually we let him go, he went to London and then maybe toulouse, ive lost track.

He was a real bright spark at the start of 2015, and as I've mentioned on here when its bee complained about, smith and the club were hoping he would be fit for 2016, he wasn't and thats why cox and Bailey were brought in as cheap reserves to fill a gap for him and also dodds.

The problem with this is if we had a season where we played mostly young players and finished 10th, the fans would still say the same thing - Price is taking us nowhere, get rid of Price, Briers, KF, we need a clear out. Look how Price got panned for playing Ashton at fullback in the cup semi against Salford - which was a good example of showing faith in youth.

It's easy to say that you want to see young players given a chance, but after a few losses they get panned. Keanan Brand was written off after one game. Remember when Steve Anderson was here and guys like Steve Maden, Dave Alstead, Jon Hill were given a shot in the first team. They got slagged off along with everyone else when we were losing.

The point about Wigan having faith in their production line isn’t quite clear cut. I suspect they produce far more SL players than any other team, but they let an awful lot go. In recent times we have signed 2 that became internationals in K Brown and J Hughes as examples. Any we have let go have hardly come back to bite us.

I fear that a golden opportunity, for this particular ship to sail, has been totally missed during the 2020 season.

They don't half let an awful lot go, but they still produce and integrate a heck of a lot into their first team. I don't think Jack Hughes or Kev Brown have come back to bite Wigan on their arris, they've both moved on to teams that haven't won a grand final. I suspect the pies aren't angry because Mr Hughes isn't in their team.

I think it's a culture thing, we're chasing that first GF and will do it by hook or by crook. Saints, Wigan etc have the luxury of having that in the bag, so can address their production line a bit more, give more youngsters more chances in big games, almost a case of "we didn't win it this year, we probably will next year" vs our "we've GOT to win it soon".

Not knocking any of their efforts for us, but they were not what I'd consider international quality while in the P&B. Having said that, we need to strive to produce our own, and it won't happen unless there is adequate first team game time.

Disagree...Wigan allowed fan widespread chat to develop about a season of transition following Shaun Wane’s ousting and Lammie taking over. In turn, Lammie got an extension. They blooded loads of youngsters. I’d have accepted a forfeit season, had we done the same.
Our target was always to set up a GF win. We allowed only 2 games in the regulation season for it.

Come on Rubber. You know why they blooded loads of youngsters ... they had lots of injuries.
I'd give our fans one game before starting to moan. I have never heard the phrase on here ... "I know he's not so good but we will play him vs. Wigan cos he's the future & will get better". Sally is dead right.