Quote: Last Son of Wigan "Lockers had a bad game. No argument here. But was that due to age? Debatable. Lots of players have off games, most of the team did over in Barca.
I look at what he still offers, I think he still massively contributes to our team. For many reasons; ability and leadership. Many players have spoke of how they grow when playing alongside Lockers.
I guess it's a matter of opinion. I'd spell him as a prop. How do I compare him to our other props? With his skillset and leadership I'd put him top.
Then factor in what he adds to the cap, I admit I'm not sure...but as a home grown 10 year at 1 club player I think only a certain percentage shows up on the cap.
All in all, in my opinion I feel it would be short sighted to write him off entirely.
But I do think, as I posted previously, I would be in the market for a ball playing 13, it's certainly time to find a worthy replacement.'"
The problem is there isn’t one.
We need to go for better half backs that control the game and create. We can then have a big lad 13.
This is the same with a 9. If we have better half backs we don’t need a running 9 just a good defender and distributor.
If we had Hastings in this current team we would be in the top 4.
Our problem is we are lacking someone controlling the game like Tomkins did last year.
We are also not getting the best of Hardaker due to our half’s being headless chickens.