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| Mark Flanagan should be given a chance. He was brilliant for Fax last year, better than some of the overseas cr@p you got anyway.
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| Quote: urbancarrot "Mark Flanagan should be given a chance. He was brilliant for Fax last year, better than some of the overseas cr@p you got anyway.'"
We've only got one 'overseas' back row player. Or are you saying he's a better winger than Richards and Roberts or a better halfback than Smith and Leuluai?
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[b:3rwwi1cz][color=#800000:3rwwi1cz]WIGAN RLFC - SL ERA
WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONS 2017 & 2024
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| Quote: urbancarrot "Mark Flanagan should be given a chance. He was brilliant for Fax last year, better than some of the overseas cr@p you got anyway.'"
To be fair, it doesn't take much to shine there does it?
Fancy Mathers for a while??
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| Quote: thepriestman85 "Imo if you look across the whole squad then we have a very good set of players that should have been more than able to put 30 points on that Wakefield team.
A back three of Richards, Roberts and Phelps is as strong as most in the league and has pace and power in abundance. Back ups of Ainscough or Pryce means we can cover injuries also.
Carmont and Goulding in the Centres are again just as good as any other in the league. Carmont proved he’s a class act and Goulding is just as good as say Gleeson at Wakefield, Gilmour, Talau, Watkins, Yeaman and Sykes.
Tommy and Smith are probably our weakest area but then again I’d say Tommy has the potential to be one of the best impact hookers in the league. A new attacking 6 would transform this team no end as it would allow smith to play 7 and his natural organising game. But again as a pairing there is far worse we could do. (Moran and Orr!)
Fielden and Feka would get in any SL side imo. Feka is devastating from the bench and can change a game in an instant. Prescott needs to get to the level we all know he can reach and when he does he’ll be more than a good player for us. O’Carroll is improving week in week out and had a good WC. If Coley was replaced by someone like Gussiet we’d again have a set of props to match anyone in the league.
I agree with the original poster in that we have the best set of back row players in SL.
11.Hansen
12.Lockers
13.Tomkins
Add Hock to the bench and this set of back row players has everything from speed to raw power and it’s also a grafting back row that will work for 80mins. You couldn’t ask for more
So where is the problem? IL really needs to ask himself;
Are we making the most of their talents?
Are they making progress year on year i.e. is Goulding/Mcilorum better than they were last year? I know under Anderson the likes of Roby, Eastmond and Graham made plenty of improvement under his time as coach.
Are they as physically fit as they can be? Can we honestly say Wigan has the physically fittest set of players in the league? If not why not? We have the facilities don’t we to make them so?
Is the dressing room united? Are the players 100% motivated to go out and do the job they need to week in week out?
I honestly don’t think we can answer yes to anyone of those questions and Noble and his coaching team have to take responsibility for it imo. We aren’t making the most out of the talents and facilities we have available to us because I honestly don’t think Noble has the ability to!'"
Carmont and Goulding!!!! I think your having a laugh to be honest, and Fielden getting into any superleague side, I really think you must be kidding there!
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| Quote: JLM23 "Carmont and Goulding!!!! I think your having a laugh to be honest, and Fielden getting into any superleague side, I really think you must be kidding there!'"
Excellent contribution to the debate there well done.... So come on then you've gotta give reasons why you disagree haven't you? Or are we all mind readers?
Can't believe i'm gonna justify it as it's a perfectly good statement but here goes anyway;
Carmont was the leagues best centre last season. There is probably one centre that’s better than him in SL and thats Gidley. Hardly a bad situation to be in imo.
Goulding is better than Phelps imo and I’ve not seen anything from the other centres that i mentioned over the course of last season to suggest he’s not as good as them.
As a centre pairing Carmont and Goulding is a good one and we could do far worse.
Also can you tell me a team that has four better props than Fielden? He's not the best prop in the league but he's still better than 90% of the others. He's good enough to get in any SL team and if you can't see that then i don't know what you were watching last season? Put it this way I’d take him over Leuleui and Bailey at Leeds and they are the champs. If he would be good enough to get in the best team in SL then he’s hardly a bad player.
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| Quote: Big Steve "Bailey gets a very bad press by lots of fans - but looking at the stats from the wakefield game on the Sl site he made 39 tackles (missed only 1), far more yards per carry than most of the other forwards and only made 1 mistake.
He may not be as explosive as some would like, but he does the hard stuff - and is one of the few players who knows how to slow the ptb down. This is a very important skill as it means he takes a great deal of pressure off the next defence for the next tackle, allowing them to get set.
He's the sort of player who makes you hard to beat but doesn't catch the eye.
spot on, someone has to do the dirty work
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| Should go with tomkins, hansen, locky, with hock on bench, put bailey back in centres till pryce is fit!
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| Quote: Big Steve "Bailey gets a very bad press by lots of fans - but looking at the stats from the wakefield game on the Sl site he made 39 tackles (missed only 1), far more yards per carry than most of the other forwards and only made 1 mistake.
He may not be as explosive as some would like, but he does the hard stuff - and is one of the few players who knows how to slow the ptb down. This is a very important skill as it means he takes a great deal of pressure off the next defence for the next tackle, allowing them to get set.
He's the sort of player who makes you hard to beat but doesn't catch the eye.
Coley by comparison - as a prop, made less carries, less yards, less tackles and more mistakes- and probably deserves most of teh flak he is getting.
Slagging Bailey off just shows people up for having a very 1 dimensional view of the game - there are far more important things to improve before him.'"
Whoever does the stats got that one wrong for a start, he was skinned twice or do they not count the ones that he never lays a hand on the opposition player, a miss which lead to a crucial try for Wakefield.
I agree in what you say, i just do not think it applies to Bailey anymore, we have Hock and Locky who are more than happy to and capable of doing the dirty work. Tomkins at 13 for his handling. Hock on the bench for his impact, backrow sorted in my opinion.
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| I suspect Pryce will not be fit enough to play centre for quite some time - probably 1/2 way through the season I suspect his appearance will be on the wing for a while. So should we have Bailey at centre that long - I think not. Bailey is better as a starting 2nd row to keep things tight then interchange wth someone like Hock.
If we are going to make change at centre then Goulding should be given a chance - personally I wqould go with Richards, Roberts,Carmont , Goulding and either Phelps or Ainscough as a back line. With Pryce as cover.
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| Quote: Big Steve "Bailey gets a very bad press by lots of fans - but looking at the stats from the wakefield game on the Sl site he made 39 tackles (missed only 1), far more yards per carry than most of the other forwards and only made 1 mistake.
He may not be as explosive as some would like, but he does the hard stuff - and is one of the few players who knows how to slow the ptb down. This is a very important skill as it means he takes a great deal of pressure off the next defence for the next tackle, allowing them to get set.
He's the sort of player who makes you hard to beat but doesn't catch the eye.
Slagging Bailey off just shows people up for having a very 1 dimensional view of the game - there are far more important things to improve before him.'"
As a big Bailey critic I can't see how supporters can be content with just a good defensive display. You talk about 'one dimensional view of the game' but surely this is what you're doing by being satisfied by just his defensive side of his game? How many times do you see Bailey running good angles off the halfbacks, making breaks, seeing him in space and linking up with the backs? On the few occaisions he does link up with backs he stops the flow of play and fails to create opportunities.
What did Bailey do different on Sunday that Harrison Hansen can't? IMO Hansen is a better attacking player, especially when in close radius to the opposition tryline.
Hansen was sat on the bench for too long on Sunday and it's shame considering it was for the expence of Bailey.
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| Quote: Alex BP' "As a big Bailey critic I can't see how supporters can be content with just a good defensive display. You talk about 'one dimensional view of the game' but surely this is what you're doing by being satisfied by just his defensive side of his game? How many times do you see Bailey running good angles off the halfbacks, making breaks, seeing him in space and linking up with the backs? On the few occaisions he does link up with backs he stops the flow of play and fails to create opportunities.
What did Bailey do different on Sunday that Harrison Hansen can't? IMO Hansen is a better attacking player, especially when in close radius to the opposition tryline.
Hansen was sat on the bench for too long on Sunday and it's shame considering it was for the expence of Bailey.'"
Ideally I'd like him to be explosive in attack and a workaholic in defence - unfortunately there aren't many 2nd rows like that.
He makes us alot harder to beat when he's in the team. Not just the tackling he does but his technique in allowing the defence to get set is far better than most at wigan. There is room for both Hansen and Bailey.
The main point though, is that replacing Bailey with Hansen say WILL NOT improve our team and results. There are far more important issues to resolve at Wigan than criticising Bailey for his lack of attack. IMO it makes us look stupid when we slag off players just because they are aussies or are easy targets, rather than looking at their actual contribution to the team and where the fundamental problems lie.
For example - we would be a much improved team;
If we were to have more runners at the ptb for a start, making it harder for the defence to pick the runner - we make more ground and we get a quicker ptb.
If we were to give our ball carriers more options - we put doubt in the defence.
If we were to cut out the number of errors we make - we play in a better field position.
If our players were the fittest in the league.
If we used the bench properly - with impact players on it and a proper plan for rotating the hooker.
These are fundamental things that will improve wigan as a team. Swapping Bailey out of the team will probably make us easier to beat.
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| Quote: Big Steve "Ideally I'd like him to be explosive in attack and a workaholic in defence - unfortunately there aren't many 2nd rows like that.
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I prepare to get shot down, but we have one in Sean O'Loughlin.
Having Bailey out on pitch for the majority of the game stunts our attacking power. What's the point in replacing him with another defensive player in Harrison Hansen who IMO is a better player? If we drop Bailey and start Hansen it gives us another attacking option off the bench, something that we're missing at the moment.
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| I would have Hansen on the pitch before Bailey anytime at the moment. For me Bailey is not the player we thought we were getting when we signed him.
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| Hansen
O'Loughlin
Joel
S - Hock
with 2 props and a back.
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| Quote: AJ "Hansen
O'Loughlin
Joel
S - Hock
with 2 props and a back.'"
Bingo.
Hansen - Defence
O'Loughlin - Attack/Defence
Tomkins - Attack
Hock - Impact
Although he needs to improve generally, Andy Coley can switch between both positions and gives us versatility and options.
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