He's one of my favorite players for the reasons you say. Him and Bateman have a similar attitude and are both players who lead by example. Now back in 2017 things did not go so well for Faz. This seemed to coincide with something Wane said he wanted from him which was more aggression. All of a sudden he went from being what I'd call an elegant RL player to someone who decided he ought to put it about a bit more. Looked like he'd totally lost the plot as a result. He's now playing like he used to, to his strengths and he's back up there making his characteristic breaks.

Personally think he has been living off early promise for a good few years now.

Lacks size, good engine, gives away loads of unnecessary penalties.

Today was the best performance I’ve seen him have since he lost his place in the England team.

Great all round performance with many players worthy of mention. Of the ones not already spoken about I thought Isa had a very effective game and both wings carried a threat again. The best I can say... and I mean this in the most positive way possible... Is that we were solid. Very few errors, great discipline and no discernible weak links.

Oh... And highly enjoyable yet again as many games at the DW have been this season.

A win against a gash team.

23-0 in our last big game.

Get a grip.

This, great balance and quick off the mark with good feet. He isn't a length of the field man.

Each to their own but that amazes me.

Time and again on big games I’ve seen the guy rack up 30+ tackles and run the ball well in excess of 150m. He is going as hard at the end of the games as he is in the first minute.

The only thing stopping Farrell being a regular England selection is his size as in height. Other than that I can’t see why he isn’t picked.

Quality player in all facets of the game, his worst season was by far 2017 due to the way SW wanted him to play which just wasn’t him but as someone else has stated he’s really found his old form this season.

Consistently good in all aspects of his game. Personally I think he’d be a bigger loss than Bateman.

Farrell is a cracking player and we probably wont realise how good he actually is until he calls it a day which hopefully is a good few years down the track.
His try last night was a little gem and made me jump out of my seat when he took the FB on and went round him. Gildart should ask him for a few tips on this

Now I know you like to use any stick to beat Sean wane with but I can't let this one pass.
Wasn't that from 2016/15?

Sorry Jon but couldn't disagree more.
Maybe over the last 2 seasons he'd had a couple of blips but in the main he's been fantastic and up there with lockers as one of end names I'm most disappointed about when he's not playing.

Best part of 35/40 tackles and 20/25 hit ups every week. good try return and IMO nearly always plays well in big games.
When Farrell plays well, wigan do well.

You can't let what pass? Did I get the year wrong? It's no secret that Wane told Faz to be more aggressive at one point. Whatever season it was it coincided with Faz losing the plot and trying to be the hard man to the detriment of his normal game. I thought that was last season but if it was the season before is that a big deal?

Well yeah?
Because your attributing Farrell performances in one year to something wane said in a different year.
If you had a problem with farrells performances in 2017 then try and find something from 2017 that wane said or did to attribute that poor form to (I'm absolutely sure you will as 99% of what you've posted for the last 3 years has had a dig at wane for some reason or other).
Has as been pointed on the other board it does get quite tiresome.

Will never understand the Faz criticism. He's been one of our top performers for years. I fear people look at his size and assume he can't be that good, when in fact, he is. Such a great all-rounder. Massive engine to boot.

Unsung hero at times.

Great player Liam Farrell - always feel better when he's in the team. Ruck discipline can be a bit dodgy at times but that aside pretty flawless most games.

Brilliant player is Faz, even if his 2017 wasn't all that scintilating.

I know that his size is often cited (although in the main, by non-Wigan fans) as a reason why he's not worth an England shirt, but for me it's probably that he can't rely on size which has lead him to develop other areas of his game so well. His footwork and awareness of space & timing is better than most backs, and as others have said, can run all day.

Best second rower in the country for me, other than maybe Bateman.