I thought he was MOM by a country mile last night and from the first day he came he has always shown enthusiasm and commitment - well done that man!

I never thought Phelps would play this year - unless covering in the back line should we get injuries. Now ATM he would be my first name on the teamsheet. His positional play is excellent, as is his defence and he offers 10x more in attack than Pat ever did at FB. I think he deserves more than a 1 year deal. An absolutely amazing turnaround for the young man. Keep it up Phelps son!

10x the player mathers was, Mathers was nowhere in defence last night, and that high ball he missed, at least he's learnt to stay far enough away from it so it can bounce out of play.

The way Phelps comes up into the line is one of the best parts of wellens game in particular, which is one reason why he has become such a success there.

The more i watch him play the more i think he can be our fullback for the next 5+ years.

Get him signed up for another three years plus Flanagan.

Not up to us at all, can't wait for 2 years time when people add his name to the Wild, Robinson, Tickle thread. He wants to go to aus, and he's out of contract, and who would stand in his way even if he was under contract.

We'll get it from all angles when the Flanagan to OZ move is made official.

Nothing Wigan could do by the sounds of it.

To be honest i'd probably be annoyed with the club if they stood in his way to go down under even if he was under contract.

It's an opportunity to go and try and play in the best league in the world, where the game is of a much higher profile than over here, and where he's living in Aus not Wigan FFS!

The one thing wigan can do is ensure that if he comes back to super league we will be his first port of call. That's the only possible thing we can do by he sounds of things, but as someone else has said, for the lads sake i hope he never comes back. I hope he manages to make it big and has no need to come back here ever in his career.

You can't blame the lad in the slightest. I would imagine any move has been in the pipeline for a while and he wasn't getting a game here.

As a 21 year old lad he must be excited beyind belief about going to live and play down under.

Good on him.

I understand what you mean tbh when you say you hope he never comes back, because that would me he has made it and is good enough to play among the best in the world. And if thats the case then he will no doubt end up as a future GB/ England player on that basis the same way Morley did

Hes not that good. Ok, hes a totally different player to the one who couldnt get a game in the first team, but there are plenty of better fullbacks in SL

Mathers for one

Phelps or Mathers?

No contest.

Phelps has been excellent since settling into the fullback position.