Is Sam leaves this year who would you like to replace him? As far as my opinion goes we dont have anyone half as good coming through to fill a void like the one he will leave should he depart so im in no doubt we will have to look elswhere to remain competiitve next season here are 5 Full backs i would like to see us going for:

1: Ben Barber - Top of my wishlist, cant see it but stranger things have happened.

2: Karmichael Hunt - Awesome Asutralian test international only to lose his place to the great Billy Slater.

3: Matty Russell - Talent in abundance, one we could be saying in a couple of years as "the one that got away" would love to see him back after a years experiance in OZ and once again pull on a Wigan shirt.

4: Kevin Locke - Very fast individual could be a possibility as there has been some speculation of a swap deal plus cash with Sam.

5: Jarryd Hayne - Class act not sure if we could bring him in as the EEL's seem to be building a winning team for next year at present.

1, 2, 4 and 5 are massively unlikely if only due to the salary cap.

Isn't Hunt playing ARL?

Matty Russell is the only realistic option, it's not even worth discussing the possibility of the others, and as stated Karmichael Hunt hasn't played rugby league for 4 years and is earning a lot of money in AFL. If your looking for potential fullbacks from the NRL out of contract players who are 30+ such as Matt Bowen and Anthony Minichiello would be more feasible options if they were given big contracts, but we have gone down the road of over the hill Aussies in the past and I hope lessons were learnt.

Or we could try to get Billie Whizz out of retirement!

Or Billie Whizz's son!
He seems the most likely.
The other depends on the rumour Sarginson is signing for us.
Maybe he's been signed for the fb slot.

Escare is very close to how sam was when he first became a fullback, i would love for us to sign him or hardaker.

if not and we look for some experience client greenshields isn't up to much after this season i don't think.

They'll have to be top class whoever they may be and even then its impossible they'll be as good. We certainly can't afford any sort of 'project' signing like Sarginson to be expected to take the shirt.

I really do worry though. Ian Lenagan isn't in the business of throwing silly wages about and that's what it may take to lure a suitable replacement.

Escare has just signed a new 2 year deal with Cats I think, unfortunately.

billy slater

Still not sure what all the fuss is about with Hardakre. Solid player but no creativity. Centre all day for me. Never a 3rd half.

we need an old fashioned out and out goal kicking full back....a Brett Hodgson type, but not BH , hes too old

What about Murphy?

Are you a Latics Fan or summit?

Greg Eden ( our very own Billy Slater according to Clarkey)

The fact he's not getting a crack this Friday tells you all you need to know about Murphy. Shame as he's a great attacker but he seems a real liability in defence on 5th tackle