I remember a number of people questioning the TL signing at the expense of Smith, I was disappointed to see Smith return to St.Helens as I think his in field kicking is better as well as his ability to organise the side.

To remind ourselves of the impact of an organiser you only have to look at the signing of Paul Deacon who raised little excitement when we signed him.

Speaking of clever understated signings the current side is crying out for an Andy Coley type prop and a scrum half.

I wasn't around last season on here but I certainly thought it was an error in getting rid of Smith,also Mossop and Crosby too out of the gate the squad was weaker, couple that to the coaching methods that stood still still and a shedload of injuries and the perfect storm of last season happened.

TL for me was always a hooker,i thought he was signed as cover for MM to be honest.

Really? Even Saints dropped Smith in the end.

Really.

I don't think swapping Smith for TL has been if any benefit to Wigan at all regardless of what has happened to Smith at Saints. I like TL has a player but even during his original stint at Wigan I never thought he was the creative 7 we have needed.

If TL was released by Wigan tomorrow do you think any of the top clubs would want him as their 7? Back up hooker maybe.

If it was ‘fantasy football’ I’d sacrifice McClorrum, Powell and TL to rotate at hooker for next year with hopefully Ganson stepping up in 2019. MM’s wage could then go towards an organising #7 with a kicking game.

Unfortunately it’s not that easy though.