Quote: FearTheVee "Sorry, I'm not dismissing him - he's a fabulous player (those with long memories will recall I held that view when it was far from unanimous on here amongst Wigan fans!)
My point is that if you can have a first choice 1/6/7/9 on the pitch, but contend that they aren't firing because SOL is missing, then I'd say the problem is less the absence of SOL and more the people in the 1/6/7/9 shirts.
You compare him to Roby and I agree that is a good comparison in terms of importance to the respective sides.
However, if we were missing Roby but had Lomax/Burns/Walsh/Lance at 1/6/7/9 I don't think we'd be talking about us struggling to post points - that was more my point.'"
Correct me if I'm wrong but IIRC Royce Simmonds lost his job after 4 defeats, all without Roby. As soon as Roby was fit, you started winning again under Rush. I always thought Royce was unlucky in that respect. You relied heavily on Roby and it cost him his job.