Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:09 am  

asmadasa wrote:

Not slagging the guy off but Taufua appears to be a shadow of the player he was 4 years ago….maybe time and injuries have caught up with him.

That and he’s definitely not a centre.

Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:12 am  

Kirmudgeonlyisback wrote:

Poor recruitment strategy 4 wingers , no recognised stand off - crazy really

Morgan Smith is a half back. I’m not convinced Gaskel is anything other than a centre.

Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:22 am  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Morgan Smith is a half back. I’m not convinced Gaskel is anything other than a centre.

Morgan Smith is a half back,I agree. Gaskell I am convinced he isn't ANYTHING , perhaps a mid level championship player.

Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:29 am  

Prince Buster wrote:

Morgan Smith is a half back,I agree. Gaskell I am convinced he isn't ANYTHING , perhaps a mid level championship player.

Me too Gaskell is the laziest player I have seen.

Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:30 am  

Prince Buster wrote:

Morgan Smith is a half back,I agree. Gaskell I am convinced he isn't ANYTHING , perhaps a mid level championship player.

To be fair to him he went well at centre last season.

Smith has to go in halfbacks for me with Lino.

Langi is absolutely not a halfback too. Last played there 5 years ago and didn’t play much there before that.

Mash may have to upset some players he has put faith in but he will need to have the big ones to ring changes and break down and change what’s not working.

Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:36 am  

We've a 30 man squad, how many if them would get regular game time elsewhere in SL? Langi, Murphy, Whitbread, Tanginoa, possibly Lyne. There's the issue for me, a distinct lack of quality.

[PopTart]

Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:39 am  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

We've a 30 mam squad, how many if them would get regular game time elsewhere in SL? Langi, Murphy, Whitbread, Tanginoa, possibly Lyne. There's the issue for me, a distinct lack of quality.

So suddenly Hall, Lino, Atoni, Ashurst, Proctor are rubbish?

Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:48 am  

PopTart wrote:

So suddenly Hall, Lino, Atoni, Ashurst, Proctor are rubbish?

Nothing suddenly about it, I've said all pre-season it's a low quality squad. Hall has the potential to go on and be a top player, but it's still potential at the moment.


Which clubs do you think they'd all get a regular game at?

Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:55 am  

PopTart wrote:

So suddenly Hall, Lino, Atoni, Ashurst, Proctor are rubbish?

When it fits the agenda or posters point of view it seems. You can manipulate what you post to match your opinions and try pass it as fact.

We have enough quality in the team but there’s something definitely wrong or not working. Playing players in their correct and natural position will help.

The injuries are racking up.

Tanginoa is a huge miss! He’s missed most of pre season with his hamstring and now he appears like he’ll be missing more weeks/months. He’s a huge player for us.

Bowden - was a good starting prop but again missed a couple of months pre season and season start.

Hood - missed early rounds and a few weeks pre season.

Jowitt - if rumours are to be believed it’s over a month.

Bowes - injured apparently.

Lyne - not sure but some issue it seems.

Crowther - missed 3/4 weeks with concussion.

Why do we always seem to suffer from a horrendous injury list?

Re: Wigan Warriors vs Wakefield Trinity : Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:57 am  

PopTart wrote:

So suddenly Hall, Lino, Atoni, Ashurst, Proctor are rubbish?

Hall is a good player but still young, many clubs would take him on but he would get few first team chances if other players were available
Lino, he's not that bad, but would look better with SL level players around him
Antoni, saw a glimpse of something on boxing Day, seen absolutely nothing since
As Hurst, just a regular club man,nothing special but does his job. However best years are way behind him
Proctor, seen absolutely nothing to say he will be anything special. Would I swap him for Batchelor back, absolutely !