It leaves burgess in a position of he works even harder to gain his place back. Competition for places only makes the team stronger. Same in the prop department this season and for me its beginning to pay off. Once flower and g Burgess are fit the competition will step up further and benefit the team even more. Great to have options

Much preferred to Burgess. Can't fault much from him other than the constant complaining to the ref/linesmen.

It was a massive call to lose Davies who I personally feel was a better winger than Marshall when they both cane through.

Marshall though seems to have developed the work ethic of Davies but is a better finisher.

I’ve very little faith in Burgess personally.

If we can keep Marshall and Manfredi fit they need to be our starting wingers.

I’m hoping it’s the kick in the Burgess needs. Without doubt he has the potential to be the best of the lot but something just seems to be lacking with him.

Marshall was always the better winger imo than Davies after he scored 3/4 trys against us a much better winger Davies had to work harder to justify his place as didn't have that killer finishing ability Marshall has.

Although my judgment is based on what u see on sky

Marshy has cemented his place as one of the first choice wing pairing for mine. Great workrate, class finisher, speed to burn and a professional attitude. If he keeps the level of season on season improvement that he has shown so far he could find himself knocking on the door of international honours. An object lesson on how to apply yourself. Others could do worse than take a leaf out of his book.

spot on!!! Always rated him since he broke into the side seems to love playing for wigan has plenty of passion and seems just a happy easy going bloke who loves playing the game !!

Absolutely and it's good to see that passion in the Shirt. Hastings and Hardaker are two others who have genuine pride in the shirt which, as non Wigan natives, is a particular joy to see. I really enjoyed Jackson's playing to the crowd after the tries yesterday. He's starting to build up a real rapport with the supporters already.

As to Marshy; when he first came into the team it was clear he was a natural finisher but had several deficiencies in his game, notably in defence, under the high ball and, not having natural size, wasn't as effective as others bringing the ball out of our own half. He has systematically worked through each of these weak areas to the point where I'd say one of them (bringing the ball out of defence) is arguably one of the strongest parts of his game! That's genuine application. His defence is now solid and he no longer gets caught out of position either. The improvement in his all round game is exemplary. A class professional and a credit to the Jersey.

Spot on there, I was quite critical of Marshall at times up until last year but his overall game has improved ten fold and he’s always one of the hungriest players on the pitch to see the ball, with him and Dom on the wings we won’t go far wrong because both are cracking players who give 110% everytime they’re on the pitch

As for Hastings you can tell he’s a genuine class act, he shows so much passion every game and never stops talking and directing which is something we lacked massively last season. He reminds me very much of Sam Tomkins because of his pure will to win and his excellent leadership

Good call on the comparison to Sam Tomkins. You can't teach that will to win and it's something Hastings has in abundance.

Marshall always scored a couple of tries against wire in his early days. But then again, he was helped by playing opposite Matty Russell!

Id still play Burgess in front of Dom at the moment until he regains some pace, he looked like he was running in treacle, if Clubb keeps his place then everyone should be safe from the chop

How good is this kid? Now our number one winger and puts us on the front foot. His kick and chase try was incredible.