Someone should write the Maghull Mauler

I think more and more was expected of Makinson as the season progressed and fans - except you possibly - became aware of his talent and commitment.


Nothing lucky about it. We have good backroom staff who talent spot and train up our young players, and a good first team coaching staff who, along with the first team, helped them to integrate.


Nope. That comment is just a reflection of how silly you can be. I'm just not interested in Wigan. There is no rule in life saying that I have to be.

Talk to me about expansion clubs, though, and I'm interested.

Oh dear, making things up now? Point out to me where I've said I don't think he's talented and committed? Nothing was expected of Makinson last year, not by any right thinking fan anyway.



Yes, we do have a good set up, but that isn't always enough. Lots of sports teams have good youth set ups, that doesn't always mean that there is enough raw material to work with.



You're not interested in anything that you don't agree with, not just Wigan.



If that topic had anything to do with the subject we're currently discussing you might have a point with that sentence, alas it doesn't.

He did struggle at first. Not just with the tackle but he was guilty of giving too much space to the centres he was marking. It was especially noticed (by me) in the home games against HKR and Wigan.

However, as you said, it improved an awful lot by the end of the season.

Another thing I'd say with Gaskell is that I expect him to develop physically at quite a rate. He may look as skinny as a rake now, but do you remeber when Roby and Tomkins came through? They looked just as skinny, but Gaskell has a lot of height. If he packs meat on as the other two have, he's going to be very hard to pull down and those half breaks he making will turn into clean ones.

So glad I clicked on this link the other day as can't get the bleeding thing out of my head now

+1

'The Huntly Hurrican'e and 'Little Lany's leaving' appear to be the first and last things I hear in a day.