Although his tries show he's great going forward, what I was pleased with was his defence last night, as well as his catching off high bombs. Rarely have I been so confident of our back three (Goulding, Tomkins and Richards) to be able to catch a ball off a bomb, and return it the way all three of them do.

In my opinion, he should have the number 2 shirt next year.

Regards to people saying 'he doesnt get the credit he deserves' - I think he does. Not heard anyone say a bad word about him since he cemented his place on the wing.

He really is a success story this year after losing his spot in the centre last year and going on loan to Salford his future at Wigan wasnt looking good. But for me he can have the number 2 spot at Wigan for the rest of his career if he carries on playing the way he is.

He had a stunning game yesterday.

Took his try wonderfully and was unflappable under the high ball.

Speaking of which - was it just me that thought he claimed the high ball, went down to complete the tackle and was then picked up and thrown out of bounds? It was in the second half, with the Wigan fans at his back, during a period of sustained Leeds pressure.

Yes that happened; Goulding caught the ball and went to ground and made a half attempt at going forward, staying low, but Senior and someone else picked him and threw him into touch and the scrum wet to leeds. One of a couple of things the officials got totally wrong last night.

Totally agree with all the positive things being said about him, think he has been superb this year and was only saying to my other half last night it is to be hoped he doesn't fancy going to Crusaders seeing as the coach there didn't seem to rate him too highly at all

He was excellent, but he has been all season. Nothing new for him. Leeds tested him big time with high kicks/in the wind and he dealt with them all - unlike Scott Donald. He proved he can perform in the big, pressure games and he should definitely be on that plane for the Four Nations for me.

I don't know why he's not being considered for the tour Down Under. He's as good as Gardner when he played for the Test side.

He really was outstanding last night as he has been for much of the season and I think his run and try were big turning points in the game. He is very underated and does an heck of a lot more than he is given credit for. His try scoring record, not just this season, speaks volumes but he offers so much more than just being a finisher. He makes a lot of hard yards going forward with his drives and scooting and is regularly at, or near, the top of the metres made in a match. He is also very good defensively and is better than most under kicks. The 2 that he took against Leeds were fantastic and I dont think I have seen him drop a kick all season. I still think his best position is centre but he makes a very good winger too.

IMO he's better than Gardner and is still progressing under the new coach, he may well turn out to be a top class winger, he has all the attributes and also seems to have a lot more drive under the new regime.

I checked it on the Sk+HD last night, to be honest he was never really tackled, so Senior was within his rights to drag him over.

Great form he's had this year. The shirt number doesn't matter (as MM said at the start of the year). If he's on form he'll play. The moment he's not, he won't. It's that policy that has been one of the reasons our team has been transformed - no player is an automatic name on the team sheet.

Starts on the wing next season ahead of Roberts IMO.

Rock solid performance and once again showed outstanding opportunism.

If you told me this time last year that Goulding would be not only one of the highest try scores in SL this season and would be a candidate for Man of the match in the Qualifying semi final. I would have called the emergency serviced and got you sectioned.

Hes the most improved player in SL and shows what MM said everyone will get a a chance.

Difference is he took it.

I am personally made up for Darrell.. Nice lad and has obviously worked very hard to step up to that next level.

Some players you worry about when a bomb goes up because you feel they have a pretty good chance of dropping it, In Darrell I honestly don't feel that nervousness.

Well Done and keep it up.

Informed of a mate of mine who went Latics yesterday away at Birmingham that the Latics fans were singing a song aimed at Victor Moses to the tune of Heartbeat



As wierd as that sounds, after he had told me the words - We should let Goulding have it.

du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du
Darrell, Darrell Goulding is running down the wing
du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du
Darrell, Darrell Goulding is scoring tries again
du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du du

In all seriousness though, great season from Goulding and I hope to see him pick the number 2 shirt up next season.

Love it

I hope we can get it going when he scores winner this weekend.

He looks a much better fit on the wing this year than he ever has at centre IMO. I don't see him starting for England in the Four Nations but if he gets a spot in the squad few can have any complaints about it. He's behind Hall, Fox and Tom Briscoe in the pecking order at the minute though I think. I would be fearful if he had to play centre against the Aussies mind, although he'd do no worse than Lee Smith did at the DW last year

he should go with England.. top english try scorer afterall.

Definately. Special mention to MM also. Amos was fantastic at the start of the season, got injured and never recaptured that form (let's hope he does next season) and hence didn't deserve to oust Goulding (or Deacon with Sam at Full Back). If Noble were coach, I'd bet that DG would have made way for the 'big name' player.

Quality.

Are you sure you haven't missed any dus out?

Du you usually du things like this?

Du tell!

I'm not sure.. It took a while to try and work it out but i'd still probably got it wrong

And I must thank du.

I hope your 'du'in around OT singing it on Saturday