O'loughlin has been a fantastic player for both Wigan and England/GB but the call to drop him from the GB tour was a correct call IMO

How long Wigan keep awarding him a contract is entirely up to them, but it's clear to see that his performances and minutes played are nowhere near what they were when he was the main man for you.

Sentiment often takes over when Legends of a club reach the very latter stages of their careers,I wouldn't be surprised if Lockers has a gentleman's agreement regarding when he's retiring as a player and that the club respect it

I’ve been saying it for a while now but I honestly feel the time has come for Lockers to start being phased out as Westwood at Wire was. Give the #13 shirt to Smithies. It’s time to build a new era at Wigan and Lockers, from a playing perspective, wont be a part of that.

Players don’t last forever. Lockers has been an ultimate professional and an integral part of Wigan Warriors for a long time but time moves on and changes are needed. This being one of them.

Lockers has been a good servant to the club and will be when he takes up coaching but I feel its time he hung his boots up with the rumours of Naverette, Escare and Greenwood moving on and if Lockers retires what a pot of money in the chest to go out and buy another forward McMeeken has been mentioned and would fit into the team nicely.

Time to hang up the boots in my opinion. Not just because of minutes/performances, he's going to do himself long term damage if he carries on. Lockers needs to be remembered as the great captain he has been for us, if he carries on I fear his legacy is going to be destroyed.

I disagree. I think with a good rest in the off season he can do another year albeit in more of a reduced role. I think the reason for his poor end of year form is that Lam overused him in the early part of the season. he was playing almost every week IIRC and was playing quite well, then he came back from injury too soon and was nowhere near being fit in the last few games. Peacock at Leeds looked on the decline and then he retired from internationals and managed to play on for a few more years and his form actually improved. O'loughlin deserves one last year with a full pre season under his belt IMO.