3 games i think and after seeing it on the superleague show no excuses, it was deliberate swinging arm and late

Although i agree with the prevoius post, perry was late and droped the elbow on the head no different to mm

I'd keep Tommy in the halves and have Smith as hooker while MM is out.

the way he has been playing the last month or so we will not miss him.

Smith in and around the ruck may be just what we need to freashen our attacking play.

We will miss MM in defence but with Smith/tommy at 9 there should be more attacking options. He will jump out of dummy half a lot more but this is only good if we 'win the collision' and get a quick play the ball. Saints did what we usually do to teams getting 3 men in the tackle and slowing the ruck down so the defensive line is set ready.
Wigan by 14/16 points on Friday

Without Tommy injured, I have a sneaking suspicion that MM would have been dropped some time ago anyway. The comments on here are interesting. Nobody seems particularly bothered that he's likely to get suspended, which suggests that others feel the same way I do.

I''m glad to see that Wigan fans have become intolerant of thuggish play - if for no other reason than because it leads to red cards, yellow cards etc, which only weaken you on the pitch.

Too many players have been in their comfort zone recently. Since Tommy was hurt, MM appears to have been acting as if there was no-one to replace him. Maybe it's time we looked for someone.

Whilst not a Wigan fan im glad Tommy will get a run out in what is maybe his best position before he leaves,hes a guy i have a lot of respect for,i tough little fella who plays well above his weight.

The biggest question now will probably be whether it's Smith or Leuluai at hooker, or a little bit of both. Wane might go with Smith at hooker but his defence hasn't been great (although it has been reasonably good) and it's McIlorum's defence that is going to take some replacing. Before his injury Leuluai was the only player who could match Leuluai's ability to make crucial cover tackles, although he was doing that from scrum half.
Smith's kicking game is better and he's likely to be better kicking in open field rather than from dummy half.
However since Leuluai has returned to the scrum half role he's been putting some good passes in down the right hand side.

I think alternating Smith and Leuluai at hooker would be the right way to go.

no one is really defending him as he has been playing this way for some time now - back to the old, uncontrolled aggression of previous seasons from him. he should be donating £ to JJ for every penalty he concedes - 3 in 20 mins at hkr was it?

MM has given the impression that he is bullet proof over the last few weeks and his performance levels have dropped over the period of Wee Tam's absence . Comments made by SW about how Logan Tomkins is a good player but is no Mickey Mac have not helped keep MM on his toes at this time . What ever he gets this week from the RFL he deserves in my opinion .

He deserves what he gets, iv been a fan of MM all season but what he did was uncalled for, i think perry should also get the same treatment. Rugby league is a physical game and big hits and hard tackling make for entertaining viewing but running out of the line and blatantly smashing someone and giving a cowardly elbow to the face when the opponent is on the floor should be no part of the game.

Also, i think that smith/leuluai at hooker would give us a new attacking edge and could alter what some feel is our predictable attack

MM should get at least 2 games - and 3 wouldn't be considered too harsh.

I do think Perry's forearm into Lima's head should have warranted a ban as well - another unprovoked, premeditated attack on the head of a defenceless player - really can't see why the disciplinary didn't pick it up - I can guarantee if it was Gareth Hock he would have been in a whole heap of sh*t.

If it was Hock he would have done it properly

I for one am surprised that he hasn't been given any thing for the forearm/elbow to the head of a floored opponent. However this is from the RFL disciplinary site

"Player drops down onto opponent however does not promote forearm, hand is open and first point of contact is onto opponent’s arm"