Great future at Wigan if we keep hold of him. His performances have been solid, people just don't notice it because they're comparing him to Tomkins. He's been superb in my opinion.

I thought he looked fine tonight. We lost it in the forwards.

Let us have him back at Wakefield

Did nothing for me again.

Maybe I'm watching a different player?

I think he is wasted at FB. Great potential.

Why oh why they have the current prevailing idea in RL that halfbacks with pace/flair should be placed at full back I have no idea ?

He should be in the halves as he is far better than those 2 we have at the moment.

Both Smith and Green aren't good enough for Wigan.

I'm not just singling these two out either, as there's a few current players that aren't up to Wigans high standards.

He was fine tonight - there were other players that needed to buck their ideas up. Powell, Luaki, Mossop. We made it too easy for them...

Agreed. Yet again, I feel we missed Lockers a lot more than we missed Sam.

He's impressed me every week. How many 18 year old stand offs can jumps in at full back at a moments notice and be safe as houses, and cause so much damage if given too much space? I think he will be the next big thing if we keep hold of him

Me either but watch it happen if Sam leaves and Wane keeps his job.

My old Dad often regales me with tales of one of our best ever stand off halves, Ces Mountford
( 1940s/1950's).

Apparently, even though Mountford was short of stature, his 'speed off the mark' was devastating.

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John Ferguson was also devastating.

Not so much his speed, but he was almost unique in that he was at top speed in one step. Just check him out for his first try at Wembley in 1985.

We need speed like this 20 out from our opponents try line, not 10 yards from or even behind our own try line.

Hampshire (and Sam Tomkins) could win a match playing up front near the oppositions line rather than trying to run the full length of the field.

It's this burst of pace that splits defences wide open............always has.

He did everything that was asked of him with the platform laid by our powder puff pack. He created the space for the Charnley try and win us at least 1 penalty with his pace on kick returns.

Don't get me wrong he did not set the match in fire, but given the opportunities he had he went well.

I feel if Green had his pass selection right last night and not keep hitting the lead runner but put it out wide Rocky would have had far more opportunities with ball in hand.

Last night it was calling out for a change of tactics during a match instead of blundering on with a plan which as no flexibility. Stick to what we have worked on during the week, the old plan A seems to be the formula.

Not long into the second half it cried out for a bit of off the cuff decision making, one of the halves should have been subbed, with Pat going to fullback, Hughes to the wing and Hampshire to halfback.

Doing this could not have produced any worse rugby and might have given the team a bit of a spark.

Bowen, Barba , Slater, Hayne... do you watch the Ozzie game? Obviously not

Nor do you

I tend to agree to be honest. I think he is still a long way off being ready at Super League level and all the talk about him being the replacement for Tomkins is premature to say the least. I also think he was woefully out of position a couple of times that led to tries, not knocking him for that though as he is playing out of position.

We have tried Murphy, Tierney and Hampshire at full back and none look ready to me, either skills wise or physically. It is certainly not their faults as they are still teenagers with a long way to go but just shows that with no proper reserve league in place that it is practically impossible to have ready made replacements to when injuries occur.