Quote: NickyKiss "More of a dig at Wakey fans in all fairness. Thee obsession with Johnstone borders on unhealthy although I agree he’s a fine player.
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Why have a dig at all with the hyperbole like above & -
Quote: NickyKiss "Wakefield fans believe Tom Johnstone is the product of a cloning programme which involved him being made up of genes belonging to Jason Robinson, Billy Boston, Brian Bevan, Martin Offiah and Tom Van Vollanhoven. You simply wont talk any sense in to them!'"
Fact is when the squad was announced there was what 2 or 3 posters that said daft things about not watching etc, but the overwhelming majority accepted it & even called out the silly posts. Just about every poster said that they were a bit gutted for Tom, seeing as how he's a left wing and that spot was open & probably earned a call up this season, but on the other hand, Makinson was next in line and is a quality player also. Plus Tom's young enough to come back and still have a great international career, plus it's good to have him in and around that squad of players and who knows, he might sneak a game. The thread is here -
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Let's be honest though all teams have fans that love to completely get behind their own players and hype them up when it comes to international selection and Wigan is no different. All teams think that their players should be chosen when they're up for selection, it's been going on forever.
Unlike Wigan who've had plenty of England GB players over the years, Tom's probably Trinity's best chance of having a homegrown international regular since Ellis, so you'll have to give some of our fans a bit of leeway. on their giddiness ![Smile icon_smile.gif](images/smilies//icon_smile.gif)