Hall and Higham should have made it for me

Tries scored
Charnley - 30
Hall - 15
Lineham - 14
Briscoe -14

Metres made
Hall - 3553
Charnley - 3153
Briscoe - 2502
Lineham - 1960

Probably should've been Hall but think less tries than previous years have counted against even though he's scored more than Lineham. When you look at his try stats solely from the last few years, to go from 30 to half of that looks bad yet his metres made should've got him selected.

Top 10 metres
Peacock - 3592
Hall - 3553
Chase - 3193
Cockayne - 3184
Charnley - 3153
Hanbury - 3147
Hardaker - 3058
Crabtree - 2954
Hill - 2824
Amor - 2809

One stomach bug (that ruled him out of Salford away) and he's the top metre maker, and the only one that even came close to the physical freak that is Jamie Peacock.

Odd creature Thackery. Shame he never prioritised rugby.

I thought he combined his love of rugby league and knocking on quite well.

I think members of the media (and Wigan fans) are still in love with the great Wigan sides of the 80s and 90s and the extent to which their players are over rated is reflected by this.

Or have the Wigan coaches just been terrible? After all, with so many better players than Leeds, St Helens and Bradford during the Super League era you have to wonder why Wigan haven't been as successful as those three clubs.

I think people read too miuch into the Super League team to be honest. It is a team of individuals based on their individual exploits.

Rugby League is a team game, and putting the best individuals together for a one off will not necessarily mean it will be a good team. On that basis it does not matter which team they came from, or inparticular how sucessful or not that team is. It is all about the individual.

Wingers for example will be in the dream team because of the number of highlights they have. Number of tries will be a major factor in that. It doesn't make them the best winger, it just means they have made the headlines that year.

Tomkins shouldn't be close to best fullback this year due to his number of games. But as far as highlights goes he pops up at the right time, and Wigan's win record with him playing is much different to without him.

Ben Crooks is another example. He is not, and has not this season, come anything close to some other centres, but he has set the right headlines throughout the year.

Agreed.

Individuals win Dream Team places and MOS. Teams win the GF

Fixed for clarity

You sound just like Sir Kevin.