Quote ="jimlav"Personally I couldn't agree less. Houghton is a good player, but when everyone is fit and firing he would be at least 5th on the list.
I would have all these above him(in no particular order):
Hodgson
Roby
Clark
McIllorum.
Roby is similar to Houghton in that he is a workhorse, but has much better attacking instincts than him.
Look at how out of shape Wigan were in attack without McIllorum this year. The last couple of years it has been abundantly clear how much the attack fell off in games in which he was spelled with another hooker. His defence is also monstrous. Houghton makes a lot of tackles, but rarely the type of tackles that make a player think about taking a hit up again.
And the two guts in the squad speak for themselves.
As I say, very good player that would improve most super league sides, but not quite the same level as the others.'"
don't understand what you are agreeing less about? where on that post have I said Houghton should be in the squad or is above the 4 players you have mentioned?
