I wouldn't say he should step down from Wigan. However he should've stepped down from England duty. It did wonders for Peacock to call it quits and have a longer off season.

I think he'll retire if we win the GF next year.

I think getting the captaincy this late in his career has probably stopped him doing that. He shouldn't have played last year IMO and missed the first game of the four nations. This year he's fit to play but hasn't been at his best but when you're captain your selection is a given and he does tend to lift in the bigger games.

ultimately we don't have too many options to replace him. If Sam Burgess was still in league I think he could take the 13 shirt and the captaincy but other then him we're probably looking at the same player taking over from him both at Wigan and with England and that's John Bateman. I'd like to see him gradually take over the role at Wigan and then with England (the position not the captaincy...yet).

I can't believe any Wigan fan would want SOL to retire. Beyond his obvious work rate, he makes your attacking structure much more efficient. Without SOL playing, Smith goes to first receiver. With SOL, he's first, then your halves, then your fullback if you have the room for a 4th second man play. For a start, that's one more decision the defence has to make. SOL is also a running threat which keeps the defence more honest than if Smith was first receiver because he will rarely run the ball. Furthermore, because of his size, generally the defending team have to commit two men to him in an attempt to stop a quick PTB, which gives you a 2 man overlap if you get your numbers right (the 2nd man committed to SOL and the defending fullback not being in the line).

So you spent years in the back of beyond? No internet? Yet you feel able to comment on a players form? And the cliques?
Your either guessing , or just plain stirring it

Yellow - Mustard
Giraffe - Tiger

Got to be the same guy.

have you heard of an invention called the recordable DVD

not at all

The Mustard Tiger = Phill Collins on the Trailer Park Boys, care to guess my real name there Bamber Gascoigne

Sean still has an important part to play in our team. He leads by example as a great captain should. Due to the role he plays there is always a chance of injury; any player fulfilling the same role would be open to injury. We are a better team with him. He has at least one more season in him.

It's just you.

He could play until he's 40 if he wishes, doing the third man flop and the odd chicken wing(two of which he performed in the GF)

How did he get on at the disciplinary hearing?

Others have been saying it for weeks on Mikes site

Can I join one of those 'cliques' please ?

Just disagree with the right person and hey presto you're a member. Simple as that.