Frank Paul Nu'uausala otherwise known as 'the wrecking ball'

Yeah, I agree, Sam's settled in much better than expected. I was anticipating around 6 months before he got back to his best but so far he's impressed me. I think Shaun Wane has timed Sam's return perfectly, so glad he wasn't rushed.

Sam knows his pace needs to improve, I'm loving watching him back in the cherry & white where he belongs.

Such a shame we still have so much class on the sidelines, I'm also hoping the Bateman issue will be resolved and that he can retain his place in the squad.

Here hoping.

As a side we'll be around the top end of the league IMO for as long as we can keep a 1/6/13 of Tomkins, Williams and one of Bateman or Lockers. They give you three top class options to build a side around and make life much easier.

Take Lockers and Bateman out though and you're suddenly plugging gaps in that loose forward role and it has a knock on effect for the rest of the pack as we shift players about.

I've said it before, and I know it's probably too late in his career for such a drastic positional change. But I'd be interested to see us sign Tommy Leuluai, play Tommy and Sam Powell at hooker interchanging for each other. And shift McIlorum to 13. He has decent ball playing ability and is aggressive in defence like Sean O'Loughlin, and isn't and less aggressive or small than Bateman so hopefully would be able to gain decent metres. Then keep Bateman out on the edges where he is truly dangerous.

It's actually an idea I got from watching Widnes who often bring on Heremaia at 9 and then keep Lloyd White on and play him at 13. It's a similar principle but just make Micky start at 13, especially if we sign Leuluai who I always believed was a better 9 than 6/7

Sam looks so composed since his come back,he may have lost some pace but his decision making is fantastic
All Sam needs going forward is a good off season in training as he has missed plenty in the last year