Whatever happened to "I'm happy to play wherever the coach wants me to play"?

If the lad's getting into a public p***ing contest with his club coach, I think he's been badly advised. The best thing he can do is rip it up at Cas (in defence as well as attack) to back up some of his cheerleaders on here and put pressure on Wane.

Which he hasnt managed to do, in my opinion of course, in his albeit limited appearances

Doing it in the reserves is one thing but he hardly stood out as anything special in the 1st team

Which is what he has said at both clubs if you go through his interviews. Take a look at the stats of your most experienced half since he joined wigan on average 4 to 5 missed tackles per game

Somebody has been paying very very close attention it would seem. Come on then, Are you a family member?

Maybe he was simply answering a question. These 'statements' often get misinterpreted by fans. Say for example a journalist asks are you happy to get a chance at stand off, Hampshire answers, yes as I feel it's my best position. It doesn't mean he's refusing to play elsewhere or he is sending a message to anyone, all it means is he answered a question honestly.

Hampshire has been unlucky at Wigan with the timing of an injury, it was at the time when Williams got his chance meaning he didn't get the opportunity at that time. Williams took his chance and got the 6 shirt. I think it would have been foolish for Wane to play kids in both half positions as it would likely have ruined them both. The have been many stand off's who started at full back, Edwards and Lockyer spring to mind straight away.

Mr Hampshire HTH.

Was he be feeling a similar frustration as Cas prior to last weekend? Huge opportunity for him this weekend with fairly big boots to fill as ben roberts has been class for 9 months or so, however, I have a feeling he will be like a duck to water , cheeky try on debut perhaps.

Hard to disagree with you,ill say again rather than acting like a big shot,head down and play your way into the side,if he's getting into a power struggle with SW theres only going to be one winner and that has to be the coach,allow one player to much leeway and it leads to right old mess down the line.

Time for Hampshire to shut up,say the right things about Cas for the time being and if he does come back come back with a little humilty maybe and get his head down and earn his place in the side in whatever posisiton hes picked in.

Well on today's performance you can have him back. Although it is possibly unfair to judge on one game, if this was Ryan Hampshire trying to make his mark I would hate to see him in his comfort zone! Very poor today, no threat from his passing or running game. Completely anonymous in the first half and predictable in the second when he had obviously been told to get more involved at half time.
I can't see the potential for him to become a first-choice super league half-back.
On another note, I heard today we have agreed a deal for Justin Carney to join Wigan in 2017 after his year on loan at Salford. I just hope we haven't taken Hampshire in exchange!

That would be an epic signing for us. Can't see where he would fit in though Unless someone is being shipped out we don't know about. Sarginson is a certainty but we wouldn't sign a top class winger like Carney to play centre when it looks nailed on that Gelling and Gildart will be there next season. Manfredi won't be going anywhere so that leaves Charnley????

Can he kick? Carney to dummy-half!

Hope not; we don't need that kind of trouble, however good a player he is.

Just seen the highlights, great pass by Rocky for the 2nd try. Edwards esque

Difficult to judge having not seen the game, but all last season I was starting to wonder if Hampshire is going to be one of these kids who basically fail to make the final step up. We've seen so many of them before, and so often they are the ones who were raved about as juniors.

There are all kinds of reasons why Hampshire may not be making the impact everyone expected (and they may not all be his fault - maybe none of them are!) - but several of his contemporaries from that strong youth team are now settling nicely into first team life while Ryan is increasingly spoken of only as an afterthought. If he doesn't rip it at Cas it's very difficult to see what kind of future there is for him at Wigan.