Wigan are chasing Cowboys prop, Carl Webb

Would be a good signing but his contract isn't up until the end of 2010. We need a prop for next year.

You never know, he might have one of those magical Super League clauses that seem to pop up in NRL players' contracts.

Strange how you didn't mention 2008 when Higham conceded 26 penalties, and how can you compare two players who play in different positions.

Higham is already the top hooker for conceding penalties this season.

if we want a half back look no further than salford and a certain richie myler, we could have both england half backs in our team in a few years.

As for props, id go overseas for, or sign andy lynch if hes available.

Dave, you must kniow you can't make that comparison! O'Loughlin playing 80 mins and Higham playing 40-50 are completely different beasts. If you're getting rest and coming back on fresh then you should make less mistakes, not be comparable! Apart from which, O'Loughlin is consistently our top (or close to it) tackler in every game, and as such is liable to make more errors. If you're going to use those statistics at least add 'tackles made' to the list to give it some balance. You say you aren't having a pop at O'Loughlin, but you never fail to bring his name up if there is a chance to (as you see it) present him in a negative light! I thought it telling that in the recent top 3 of the season you were the only person not to name O'Loughlin...most had him at the top. Go figure...

Myler is a player i think the club must think long and hard about. He's obvioulsy got unbelievable talent and should go on to become a regular England international but he's still very young and would a halfback pairing of him and Tomkins be a little inexperienced?

I think he could be one who we should weigh up for another 12months whilst at Salford and decide then if we should make a big money move because he'd cost a fair whack.

The fact that Fieldens contract will be finished by then aswell could help sway the clubs mind because they'll have quite abit of cash to play with.

Given that both Myler and Tomkins would both have played a decent number of SL games by the end of this season I don't think experience would be an issue - we could do like Leeds did and allow a half-back parining to develop together. I just wonder if Myler could be tempted from Salford though.

If we did go down that route then if would leave a quota spot to sign a top quality prop from down under which would help any half-back pairing - we would also have the fall-back of Phelps,Gleeson or Lulu to slot into the 6 position as well.

Higham is involved in virtually every set of 6 for those 40-50 mins, O'Loughlin maybe only one or two per set of 6. Whoever is at the PTB is likely over the course of a game to make more mistakes, its the nature of the game. Personally, I think Higham is having a good season, and won another MoM award this weekend. Ok, he has limitations, but to swap him for Riddell seems ludicrous.

But Leeds also had Andrew Dunaman as cover, and he kept either Burrow or McGuire out of the team for long spells.

It would be a big risk IMO to have Sam and Myler as our starting halfbacks. Remember we tried this with Robinson and Brown.

IF we are going to sign an other halfback I'd like it to be a good experienced player around 26 to 28 years old.

I know we were looking at a current test half back (and it wasn't Lockyer)

Yet the other hooker who was alternating with him didn't have a similar error rate! Strange, no? Also he continues to be the most error prone hoker in SL. Strange, no?



Look, I'm not anti-Higham. I thought he was a dedicated club man and always gave his all for Wigan. He was, however, prone to errors and giving penalties unneccessarily.