Quote: The_runaround "crazy isn't it that professional people within successful clubs and structures rate him yet warrington fans dont.....I know who I will go with wages are irrelevant people go on about hi wages as if that is a guarantee that he will perform to a certain standard, we dont know what he is paid. but only 50k of it counts to the cap so I do not see why they are concerned with what he is paid !!!'" See the quote from Powell. He was a "professional person". Toby was poor for us after he got his contract, that is undisputed fact. Huddersfield didn't want to keep him either. He is a different player now at Wigan. No doubt due to their standards and professionalism. I am just sceptical of his character and attitude. Let's see what player we get back. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/warringt ... tre-58007/

Quote: The_runaround "crazy isn't it that professional people within successful clubs and structures rate him yet warrington fans dont.....I know who I will go with wages are irrelevant people go on about hi wages as if that is a guarantee that he will perform to a certain standard, we dont know what he is paid. but only 50k of it counts to the cap so I do not see why they are concerned with what he is paid !!!'" See the quote from Powell. He was a "professional person". Toby was poor for us after he got his contract, that is undisputed fact. Huddersfield didn't want to keep him either. He is a different player now at Wigan. No doubt due to their standards and professionalism. I am just sceptical of his character and attitude. Let's see what player we get back. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/warringt ... tre-58007/

If Burgess wants king back then I'm good with it. I always liked Toby King and I think the step out of his comfort zone and year with Wigan will see him return to us a much more mature and better all round player. I'm not sure about Tai, I haven't seen anything of him, but again if Burgess wants him then that will be good enough for me until I've seen enough to form an opinion on him.

I think we will be a lot better in the centres next season, its a very low bar to compare against though.

Well they play different positions King is a right centre and Wardle is a left.

Ironic that Wardle fell out with Hudds because he was told he was going to play right and Kings perceived sulking and drop in form came when he was moved to the left.

As I said earlier of the 2 over the course of the year I think King has been most effective. Wardle though kicked on towards the back end of the year.

I’d have to go with King though personally as I think his contributions will be harder to replace. I don’t believe Keighran will be as effective as King from a team point of view, and we will have to change our style a little to accommodate him which has partly been the reason we have gone big on forwards in 2024.

Quote: jonh "Well they play different positions King is a right centre and Wardle is a left. Ironic that Wardle fell out with Hudds because he was told he was going to play right and Kings perceived sulking and drop in form came when he was moved to the left. As I said earlier of the 2 over the course of the year I think King has been most effective. Wardle though kicked on towards the back end of the year. I’d have to go with King though personally as I think his contributions will be harder to replace. I don’t believe Keighran will be as effective as King from a team point of view, and we will have to change our style a little to accommodate him which has partly been the reason we have gone big on forwards in 2024.'" King's best form (with us) was at left centre, he played right in his younger days as he was coming through first team, but see news article below. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... k-belongs/ I don't expect a centre like Inglis when discussing a 'Strike' centre. But I do expect a marquee centre to be able to create something themselves be that through power, pace, skill or a passing game. King does the tough stuff very well, is very good in yardage but he isn't a marquee centre - again not his issue, but it is something we have to contend with and consider when we look at having him back in the squad, which links back to your original question. Would you welcome him back on marquee wages?

Quote: jonh "Well they play different positions King is a right centre and Wardle is a left. Ironic that Wardle fell out with Hudds because he was told he was going to play right and Kings perceived sulking and drop in form came when he was moved to the left. As I said earlier of the 2 over the course of the year I think King has been most effective. Wardle though kicked on towards the back end of the year. I’d have to go with King though personally as I think his contributions will be harder to replace. I don’t believe Keighran will be as effective as King from a team point of view, and we will have to change our style a little to accommodate him which has partly been the reason we have gone big on forwards in 2024.'" King's best form (with us) was at left centre, he played right in his younger days as he was coming through first team, but see news article below. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... k-belongs/ I don't expect a centre like Inglis when discussing a 'Strike' centre. But I do expect a marquee centre to be able to create something themselves be that through power, pace, skill or a passing game. King does the tough stuff very well, is very good in yardage but he isn't a marquee centre - again not his issue, but it is something we have to contend with and consider when we look at having him back in the squad, which links back to your original question. Would you welcome him back on marquee wages?

Yes I agree. I am hoping we will see a big change under Burgess. I am also painfully aware I was hoping the same thing two years ago with Powell.

All will be revealed.

This quote would appear to completely negate your argument that it was Warrington moving him to the left that caused the loss of form.

Look at his form right to left.

He’s a right centre.

I watched him as a junior enough to know that before his move to the pro game.

Look at his highlights reel and tell me where his best form is. Done to death when you lot were telling me he was terrible pick up for Wigan when he signed…whilst also telling me Wigan hadn’t signed Wardle before he joined Wire and you might be able to retain him…which he had and you couldn’t despite what Powell was saying.

Go find the thread. Not going through it all again.

you were wrong then and you're wrong now, last season not withstanding

You appear to be blissfully unaware that you are forwarding an argument where you state that you know better which side he prefers to play on than the player himself. You put forward an argument that attempted to pin point his move to left centre as to the drop in form. Despite the fact he was given his lucrative contract whilst playing left centre. I feel this discussion has reached the end. Most sensible people would accept that, on balance, the player probably knows himself which his preferred side.

For the avoidance of doubt I made no point in relation to Wardle, or Powell, or highlight reels in my statement, that's just noise you belatedly drew into your ever weakening argument.

The evidence suggests otherwise.

Players say things, doesn’t mean they are true if it suits the moment.

Powell saying Wardle could be retained…he couldn’t.

Smithies saying it’s just rumours he’s going to NRL, it isn’t.

Cooper and King being the issue at Wire…they weren’t.

Interesting what an agenda can influence.

So your argument has developed on to King being purposefully deceitful in the Warrington Guardian article now to suit an, as yet, undisclosed hidden agenda?

Deceitful or just going with the narrative as he had been moved to the left.

Scored more tries, assisted more tries and got an England Knights call in 2019 on the right. Got another England full call in 2023.

Played in World Cup for Ireland on the right.

In fact his stats were also better in 2018 than they were in 2020.

His stats are back up to those levels in 2023, must be a coincidence he is back on the right.

Definitely a left centre……

The reason he shifted I’m guessing was to accommodate Gelling who was a right side secondrow who transitioned to centre and was even more dominant right edge than King.

In conclusion he's bog average on one side of the field and, at best, slightly above average on t'other.

I've nothing against King, he does a job but that job for me is not what I wistfully want from a centre.....still he brings the ball away from the line strongly, I'll look forward to watching that in awe next season.