I'm curious of people’s thoughts and expectations on the returning Hock? Personally I just hope for a solid performance without picking up any knocks.
He’s been out of the game for two years, I expect him to have moderate impact as he firstly has to familiarise himself with the speed of the game and the impact.
I think anything more would be asking too much.

I think he'll need several performances to find the form we expect from him.

I Expect him to go insane and kill someone

I expect him to be wearing a similar mask to what Bane wears.

if he dont single handedly win us the cup then i think we should sell him

I expect a 20 minute solid stint and a warm reception from the Wigan crowd.

I'm joking of course. I'm still not 100% convinced he will play to be honest, I don't see MM as somebody who would be drawn in by the media hype and will only play him if its right. I don't think Tuson will get a ban, a fine maybe for a first offence but thats it. We still have Farrell available even if Tuson is banned anyway. That said I do hope he does play as a straight replacement for Tuson, as has been mentioned on here Tuson only played about 20mins last week and I'm sure Hock could live with that. If he does play I wouldn't expect him to be barnstorming, he will go all guns blazing which may lead to a penalty or handling error or two but a player of his calibre is bound to have some impact.

Fitness maybe an issue, regardless of all the intense training its not the same as a full speed high impact match.
MM dropped Finch into the deepend against Wire, and I don't think it really paid off at the time.

Agreed

I expect his entrance from the bench. I would hope by now he has got into the spirit of the Madge regime, were I coaching him I would ban him from throwing the offloads till he is up to speed and ask him to do the basics.

Having said that I expect some very strong carries from him off the bench.

Does Hock have a squad number yet?

I expect him to go on one rampaging run, knock on, throw an offload on the floor then push the ref.

Ahhh, the good old days when Wigan players were ill disciplined.

I agree with this. If there was a weakness in his game it was not know when the offload is on. Hopefully being under better coaching his overall game has developed.

I expect him to take the rest of the season to get up to speed

Keith Mason will charge out of the line and try to be the 'hero' by putting him on his ar$e first.

Hock being back will give you more reasons to shop at moreasons and buy more sour grapes.

I think his comment was tongue in cheek...

I think a decent offloader is something our squad lacks in the forwards. Providing he throws them at the right time it should add another dimension to our play, especially with excellent broken play runners like Sam and Tommy on the end of them.

It's OK, he's been on the Saints forum and I don't think he's the sharpest tool in the box.

I expect him to be blooded to begin match fitness for the rest of season. Saying that, there will be a cracking home reception for him, especially when he scores.

i expect him to put 100% effort in to every min he plays. He did something stupid and although he could of got another deal at other clubs Wigan stood by him and he owes the club and especially the fans a lot.

I'm expecting an all or nothing performance from him. There's never been a middle ground before in any of Gareth's games. He'll either be on song or way off it. I just can't imagine him playing and not in someway having a big influence on how the game pans out, good or bad.

I expect him to be as disappointing as he is brilliant. Classic Hock.

Theres a massive difference between playing in the halves and playing in the back row. Finch had to come in and organise things for the rest of the team and it obviously didnt work, Hock has to come in and do his own job without really worrying about what everyone else is doing.

Also Finch was coming back from a serious career threatening injury into a league he has never played before. Hock has spent two years filled with regret and determination to get back out there again and make up for his mistake, I dont think Hock and Finch's situation should be compared at all.

I dont think Hock and Finch's situation should be compared at all.

I agree with this Finch was coming back from injury into a new team new league new set up and was coming into a playmakers role where an enormous amount of expectation was on his shoulders. Hock is not coming back from injury, he knows the team knows the players knows he will be expected to do the hard work up front both in attack and defence.

I expect a solid game from him off the bench with not too much fancy offloading, he will get better and better as games go on and come the GF he will be a potent attacking weapon up front.

Well it is the best place to start and work your way up.