16/1 first try scorer Hampshire looks a decent bet then

Defensively he's looking fine, hope he gets his hands on the ball more in the 2nd half.

Doesn't look out of place to me so far. Obviously the go to man is Gale but he is doing a decent enough job alongside of him against a strong attacking team.

Only saw the second half with a very poor picture, but it looked like he showed some decent touches. Was thinking rather quicker than his team-mates on one or two occasions. But Gale is indeed the go-to man; I thought he was very impressive. Defended well, too. Hampshire tackling, not as good.

Hampshire defended very well tonight and gave 100% as did all the other players. In the previous 2 games he made 28 and 25 tackles which is very good for a half back, so his commitment has been good.
Came into the game in attack more in the 2nd half but most of the plays went through Gale who had his best game of the season. Overall though there wasn't a bad player on the Cas side tonight.

Hampshire did well tonight. He made his tackles but got pushed bad in the tackle which is only to be expected as Leeds had Ferres running at him all night. Ball in hand, second half was much better as defences tired. He seemed to get a bit closer to "the ruck". First half he played a bit wider, but maybe that was part of Powells game plan. Kicking game was a mixed bag, some good, some bad. Overall 7/10 (I'm hard to please)

Hampshire looked like a schoolboy in a mans team.he is not Wigan standard and never was,I will be amazed if he returns.the hype on here about him is baffling,he may have showed promise in the u-19 but he has not progressed as a lot of young talent does.

Looks a better full back than half back.

Played well today for Cas..safe under high ball and dangerous when linking into the line.

Im told if Carney comes Castleford want Ryan Hampshire.

I think its probably worth it.

Hampshire no doubt the best in his age group back when he was 16/17 but we see it all too often with players who arent able to make that step up to Super League. Time to cut our losses with him.

All teams have a half back who takes control, ours is Matty Smith and another who has more off the cuff style, ours is George Williams. Smith is still under contract for another 3 years, and unless he goes to the NRL George will be here for another 12 years. Sam Tomkins will be our fullback for another 6-8 years as well. I see now way of Hampshire getting in the team. Best for all parties concerned if he moves on and theres no better way to do it than to use him to get us one of the best wingers in Super League!

It seems like a good bit of forward planning has taken place if it is correct that a swap is on the cards involving Hampshire and Carney.

Hampshire goes to Castleford for a season long loan and Carney goes to Salford on a similar deal, any objections if the deal had been done a season earlier will have been forgotten.

Somehow Lee Hansen/Sean Long spring to mind.

Would it not be best to get Hampshire back and play him at 6 with Williams thought to be needing an op with Powell at 9?

The thing is in 2 years Carney will be retiring but Hampshire will be coming to fruition and yet again we'd be getting rid of someone too soon. At the start of the year Hampshire didn't stand much of a chance at getting a game at 6 because of Sam Powell in front of him for that position, with McIllorum injured and Powell moving to 9 aswell as Williams and Lockers injuries surely it wouldn't be a bad idea to call Hampshire back.

Objections from whom? Fans? Players?

The reason behind Carney's move to Salford is well documented. Not something quickly forgotten. Surprised he wasn't just sacked by Cas.

As to Hampshire when he went to Cas on loan, he signed a three year contract with us and IL said he had a big future here. The idea IL went to those lengths to pacify a few fans on Internet forums is far fetched.

Carney is 27, can't see him retiring in 2 years.

I doubt he will come back to Wigan. Like others on here I'm a bit worried about him leaving and coming back to haunt us. We are sadly lacking strength in depth in the halves.