Clark will come good, very good! He's too good to not click in to gear at some point.

I remember there being a lot of hype about him when he first broke in at Cas but it took him a couple if years to really set the place alight. He's the new kid on the block at Wire and will just need to build that confidence to start testing the line more.

Who the said he was 19 stone? Paleaseena was barely 19 stone when he was at Wigan?

Well I read in Tuesdays Daily Mail that Simms was originally 6' 8''. Apparently he had 8 pieces of his vertebrae deliberately removed because Wire would only pay him £180k instead of the £250k he wanted.

Bloody hell it must be true if it's in the papers...

two words......Monaghan, King

Good stuff, duckie

Sims drove it in hard, in those early minutes against Salford. Didn't get riled (too much) by Patterson, and I thought it's a decent enough debut. Since then, I've not been so impressed. Duckie's summed it up PERFECTLY with his last 2 sentences with his Sims critique. If he doesn't buck his ideas up, he'll be heading down the Steve Roach "pinching money, on a big reputation" route.

Clark looks, just ordinary. That's it. Nowt special, Just a "common or garden" hooker. I've not been so disappointed since I read/heard the reviews for Skyfall (most recent James Bond film), saw it, and thought "well, that's a couple of hours of my life I'll never get back".
The Aussie clubs have previously signed British players on reputation/dodgy stats.......Ian Sibbitt, anyone? On current viewing, Clark's not even on their radar

I can't believe that people are doubting Clark's ability as a footballer. He is incredibly talented and in my opinion, currently badly coached by Agar who seemingly wants him to play more conservatively. Steve McNamara gave him his usual freedom during the four nations and he was absolutely unplayable. Let's not forget that the lad is still very young and has a long career ahead of him.

Probably not with the Wire though..

I agree with Simms comment, and a fit England would start ahead of him once fit as he played well in Aussie game until injured,

However I think Clark is struggling because his new team mates are not performing, , you can't question his ability, he was outstanding last season, he just needs the rest of the team to step up there game,,but he has to deliver soon

How can the Honeymoon period be over for these guys? In the interests of fairness surely both players should have their performances judged when the TEAM has shown some form and it's been patchy thus far.

Not making excuses or knocking Philbin and King because the young lads have been excellent, but, put these guys in a pack with the likes of England, Grix, Harrison and Evans to choose from then perhaps we could all be in a better position to judge

No matter how bad we are....This thread is poor...

Front page of tomorrow's League Express- "Daryl Clark to NRL?"

Any news of an exchange deal involving a half-back who can kick the ball? [hopeful face]

Cooper Cronk, nailed on.

thats next yrs news