he,s doin fine, bringing some expereince to the team when we need it,and sam is obviously guna benefit from his wealth of experience, so all in all now n longterm i think he,s guna be a vital part of things to come for us.

He's developing exactly how we'd hoped imo.

The worlds best halfbacks can do everything and not just act as a runner/support player and thats what Sam Tomkins is aiming to be(one of the worlds best).

I know he's not the most popular person around Wigan but Sean Long is a perfect example of a lad that started as a runner and just kept on improving his organisational skills as the years rolled by. Sam Tomkins reminds me alot of Long on the field(thankfully he's not as big a tit off it).

Deacon is a calming influence to the halfbacks and the team.

His experience alone is invaluable to us.

No worries so far, I think he must have been training Tomkins and Leuluai on their kicking because they're both kicking way better. On the field he's been alright, good enough that he won't lose us any games but not really good enough to win us games either. I don't think I'd want him to play another year but I'm glad we'll have him on the coaching staff.

It's a real luxury to have the option of keeping him on as a player next year 'if we want to'.

We should always be looking to improve the squad and if theres a better option available out there that Maguire is happy to sign then we really should go for it. If not Deacon stays on and we don't lose anything.

I've said it many times but my choice would be Brough.

Id go along with that.

If you watch Deacon he is constantly barking order to the players around him, against Catalans he had clearly been given instructions from the bench and then went on the field and delivered the message - he was pointing players into positions and organising the offense almost like an NFL quarterback.

He may no longer be a baby faced assasin but he is a player with a wealth of expierience and a brain.