It's obvious Richards is a different type of player to Sam, which makes comparing the 2 a little problematic. Support play is something we don't do as well as other teams, and it's easy to underestimate it's importance - in fact, a lot of players have made careers out of it! Pat showed on Sunday that he knows the right place and time to chime into the line in attack, which can be very useful. I agree that he doesn't have the stepping ability/elusiveness of Sam, and it would be hard to find a more effective attacking full back in SL (than Sam) - and I also believe Richards is better suited to the wing - but without Sam, Pat would be our best option at FB imo. Granted other players can play there, and if MM believes that Roberts is doing enough in the U20s to warrant another go, then so be it. I'd just be surprised, that's all.

I agree with you in terms of what Maguire will do (although Lockers at 6 isn't exactly a new idea) and I do expect he will leave the team as it was at the end of last match, with Carmont coming in at centre, if Sam is injured.

I just can't see it as the best option for us, removing one of our best attacking threats as a poor substitute for another.

Dont you know? Goulding will always be a scapegoat amongst some fans on here no matter what he does. The 2 tries that Goulding set up were about as good a piece of centre play that you will see and if Carmont had set up those 2 tries then he would have rightly been praised to the heavens. However because it is Goulding some would rather just focus on the one bad read Goulding made in defence, and it is not like other Wigan players did that on Sunday is it. Likewise Joel has done one decent flick pass to set up a try while at centre and, despite fluffing quite a lot of chances there by being greedy, he can do no wrong there with some. Different rules for different players.

Amos at his...............best would be my..............numb..er one..................fb but...it's been a while...................since he was that.........................good.

I've just seen some brilliant Wigan kids on tv in the Widnes game, then come on here and people are still harping on about Roberts. For gawd's sake, move on.

Sam is obviously a bigger attacking threat from FB than Richards and obviously Richards is far more effective on the wing than at FB. But just watch the highlights from last season against Wakefield and Crusaders and Richards performances in them games. He was outstanding. Fair enough it was against weaker opposition, but them games showed what he offers from FB.

Your not wrong there I was in shock by the comment that's why I quoted why? I think people forget why goulding got his starting shirt for this season , the amount of try's he scored on wing last season and how solid he was . That's why the comment on Roberts on wing goulding no were near made me laugh , what a joke