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Re-check your quote, you don't say maybe. Roberts played 65 times for St George, 23 times for Panthers and 89 times for the Roosters and never got a call up to the national side, so him being over he is irrelevant.

sorry, you did say maybe the world. still an outrageously biased claim.

I dont give a damn how many games and how many teams Roberts have played.

In MY opinion for the first 10 games of the 2010 season for wigan before his injury..Roberts was up there with the very best in the world.

Roberts for me.

Whoa, did somebody say Roberts was possibly the form fullback in the world for any period this year? Amos Roberts? Lucky to crack top 5 at best, very lucky.

although roberts may be a good addition to the fullback position, his try scoring record was so good early on in the season when he was on the wing. when he played full back he hardly scored. surely wigan will want him on the wing for his try scoring

Not really - a fullback will normally score less than a winger anyway, especially the way we played this season. 4 tries in 5.5 games is a pretty good return for a fullback (and compares favourably with Sam's 10 tries in 12 games), and the quality of the tries he scored was outstanding.

I agree that 8 tries in 4 games on the wing is good, too, but Goulding and Richards (and even Pryce) were getting similar returns with the style of play we were employing.

so basically geoff, it would be more beneficial to play tomkins there as he scores tries from that position whereas roberts didnt. im a little confused now as to where some people thought roberts was the best full back in the world before easter monday. he only played half his games in that position

I wouldn't say Roberts was anywhere near world-class at fullback, personally.

It's a tricky decision, though; I don't think there's much to choose between Sam & Amos at fullback, but both deserve to be in the team, as do Richards & Goulding, so the only way to accommodate all of them is Roberts #1 and Sam #6.

If Sam does play fullback (after Richards returns from injury), either Roberts or Goulding has to be dropped, and I don't think either of them deserve it.

I think Sam will start at FB to begin the season, but if Amos is able to recover his early 2010 form then he'd be my number 1. Sam's been great at FB but when compared with Amos and the form he was in there's only one winner for me.

With Richards being out I imagine Sam would start the season at FB. However I still think that when Richards is back Roberts should go to 1 with Sam moving back to 6. I think Gouldings deserved his place in the side.

Absolutely, Goulding showed all last year he's worthy of his spot. I think it get's overlooked just how safe Darrel is under the highball. He did go through a shaky patch midway through the season where he'd position himself wrong in the defensive line, or come out when he shouldn't. But thankfully he's rectified those weaknesses in his game and he's a much improved player for it.

I completely agree. If everyone is fit and on form then Roberts has to be at 1 in my opinion.

I think the pre season friendlys will determine alot of these 'problems' (what great problems to have!)

Who will play fullback? Who will play in the halves? Who will play in the back row? Who will cover Pats wing whilst he's injured?

Go back 4 or 5 years and we were asking similar questions, but more so because the players we had were rubbish. 'Is there ANYONE else who can play fullback instead of Mathers/Vaeliki/Moran Now we have a dilemma of choosing between Sam Tomkins and Amos Roberts.



Its great to have such healthy competition in the squad, and I would go as far as saying no-ones place is safe, we could put out two completely different starting 13's and each one would still give Super League a good go:

1. Sam - Roberts
2. Goulding - Charnley
3. Gleeson - Carmont
4. Marsh - Pryce
5. King - Richards
6. Deacon - O'Loughlin
7. Mellor - Finch
8. Fielden - Coley
9. Leuluai - McIlorum
10. Prescott - Lima
11. Hoffman - Hansen
12. Tuson - Joel
13. Farrell - Mossop