Re: Jon Wilkin : Mon Feb 15, 2016 6:39 am  

curly990 wrote:

You have to give the captain's arm band to Roby for me. He leads by example and his work ethic is respected by players from all clubs not just his team mates. He may not be the most vocal player on the pitch but that is only one aspect that he may lack but I do seem to remember him being vocal in certain matches in the past. If you remember back to Chris Joynt's stint as captain he was one of the quietest players in the side but always kept a cool head when it came to important times in crucial matches & this is a virtue that Roby possesses in abundance so would give it to Roby straight away TBH.

Big difference with joynt being a quite captain and Roby, is thst joynt had leaders and quality virtually the whole squad. We had a team full of international players and these days we have one single England player.

Much easier to captain a side full of leaders and quality than it is with this current squad which imo one of the worst squad we have had in super league.

Re: Jon Wilkin : Mon Feb 15, 2016 7:53 am  

St pete wrote:

Big difference with joynt being a quite captain and Roby, is thst joynt had leaders and quality virtually the whole squad. We had a team full of international players and these days we have one single England player.

Much easier to captain a side full of leaders and quality than it is with this current squad which imo one of the worst squad we have had in super league.

I should imagine that was why Wellens was given another season and similar with Wilkin now, Leeds , Wigan and Saints are now coming back into the "the pack" as the influential leaders are dissapearing. It's a problem for KC as well as he talks about his "senior players" letting the side down, wasn't so much as a problem under Millward and Anderson there was always a couple of individuals to lift the side.

Re: Jon Wilkin : Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:27 am  

Judder Man wrote:

I should imagine that was why Wellens was given another season and similar with Wilkin now, Leeds , Wigan and Saints are now coming back into the "the pack" as the influential leaders are dissapearing. It's a problem for KC as well as he talks about his "senior players" letting the side down, wasn't so much as a problem under Millward and Anderson there was always a couple of individuals to lift the side.

The main aim (apart from getting fit) for Wigan during the off season was to develop more on field leaders, and identify new leaders. It was identified that the games we lost narrowly were down lack to lack of leadership, Clubs kick in the last set in the grand final when we was two points down being the prime example.

Re: Jon Wilkin : Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:07 pm  

Wilkin is on the SL Show tonight. I look forward to some scathing comments...

Re: Jon Wilkin : Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:57 pm  

Hawkandro wrote:

Wilkin is on the SL Show tonight. I look forward to some scathing comments...

I know talk is cheap, but it'll be interesting to hear his appraisal of that performance.

Re: Jon Wilkin : Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:31 pm  

I would play Wilkin at 7 before Walsh.

Re: Jon Wilkin : Mon Feb 15, 2016 7:05 pm  

I have £5 on use of the phase "elite sport" at least 20 times during the programme.

Re: Jon Wilkin : Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:19 pm  

redex113 wrote:

I would play Wilkin at 7 before Walsh.

Yup

Re: Jon Wilkin : Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:15 pm  

Did anyone watch it last night? I couldn't bring myself to waste sleep on it. What excuses did he make this time?