I'd rather have Mathers



Am i mad ?

Which bit can`t you grasp ? If we have a fully fit squad available then Riley wouldn`t make the starting 13, he probably wouldn`t make the 17 either hence i said with Hicks leaving then Riley would probably replace him on the right wing if no other signings are made.

The multiple occasions you refer to was before Mathers and Ryan Atkins where Hicks was tried at fullback to try and cure the fullback problem, Hicks is now established as our right winger and has been for some time.

In the current squad the only time Riley will play at the same time as Chris Hicks will be when we have injuries and we have to move the backline around, like i said if we have a fully fit squad then he wouldn`t make the starting line up as Chris Hicks is our established right winger.

Sorry but your just digging yourself an even bigger hole....

As for signing another winger, our overseas quota is full and apart from Tom Briscoe their arn`t any other quality english wingers around that would improve us and we could fit under the cap. We certainly couldn`t afford Ryan Hall, after that your looking at the likes of Ade Gardner and Peter Fox lol

Agreed Rob. We need a class winger from the NRL to replace Hicks & be someone who Riley would learn from.

Saying that one person I do think would cut it in NRL and I wouldn't mind as a replacement for Hicks is Ryan Hall (really rate him).

Hodgeson or Mathers?

It's like asking if you want a holiday or the clap.

I can't grasp is the notion you have Riley as a peripheral figure when he has played in every SL game this season (and twenty-odd last season). He has moved position to accommodate other players absence, never being dropped. I think it is fair to say Riley has made the left wing position his own.

I don't think Riley starts when everyone is fit... infact i don't think he gets in the 17.

Mathers for me!

First name on the teamsheet IMHO

you're chris riley and i claim my bag of potatoes.

Who isnt fit every week when riley plays? Id have him in the team 24/7. Genuin,commited,honest and hard working lad who deserves a place in the team.

for the most part its been myler, ppl are focusing on the 3/4 line too much and not whats happened elsewhere in the team, bridge and grix have been taking turns filling in at 7.

For me, the first choice(and our most deadly) backline

Hicks
Bridgey
Atkins
King

thats what got us off to the great start this year, and to an extent i'd quite like to see kings kick returns featuring again, great way to start a set off and march us up to halfway.

Mathers always seems to have a mare against Leeds. Today is no different. Not a good advert for any team wanting to sign him.

Mathers can go after tonight. Normal service resumed. Shown up like a schoolboy for the Senior try. Enthusiasm alone isnt enough.

I'm gutted Agent Mathers is leaving Warrington.

I started this topic and after today I still say . . . . .Hodgson every time

Tonight was Mathers worst performance in his two years at Warrington, not sure if he was still feeling the effects of that injury, very poor.

Mathers would never take the place of a fully fit Hodgson. The problem is he will be 32 when he joins us. How often over the next 2 years is he going to be fully fit?

I trust yesterday has put this argument to bed. Mathers was absolutely shambolic coupled to the fact that if we had a reliable kicker the game would probably have been won.

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The one thing Hodgson will bring to the Wolves is someone who can regularly kick penalties and goals - alas something you are sadly lacking this - and last -season.

How many games would the extra two points have made the difference? Why doesnt chicks take the kicks?

Apparently goal kicking aggrevates an old injury for Hicks.

Right, I did wonder. Doesnt affect his running though!

can't wait for hodgson to sign now actually got a regular goal kicker which we are lacking. no offence but a fullback main priorities are to organise defensive line what mathers does well, able to catch bombs and run the ball as far back as possible and one on one tackling. mathers struggles to catch bombs (may be down to confidence) and against senior yesterday was awful.

I have been impressed with Mathers recent form.. but yesterday he may as well have put on a clowns outfit, walked round the pitch pulling silly faces and honking a big rubber horn.

shambolic performance that shows why he is being replaced.