Coley has been playing like that for the last 6 weeks or so, really upped his game.. much to our surprise/pleasure

I'm pleased with everyone but I wish Feka would lose some weight so he can be more effective. He isn't gaining the metres he used to, his only off-load was to a Saints player, only has limited game time and he can't do big hits like Coley.
People have always given Fielden stick on here but he has been much more valuable to Wigan than Feka this season. I wouldn't pick him until he lost two stone. He would be an awesome player then.

You bum Smith too much u.

1) Smith
2) Phelps
3) Leuluai

1. Smith
2. Leuluai
3. Coley

Smith was always going to come good and I feel now that Wigan will be a hard team to beat. Leuluai no doubt one of the best in the world and that was proven by his appearance in the world cup winning squad. Coley might be hitting his twilight years but he does put in a good performance when needs to.

At last you’ve got a Wigan team you can be proud of under Brian Noble even though it took a long time.

1 LOCKERS
2 PAT
3 SMITH

Smith
Coley
McIlorum

Smith

Hock

Lockers/Micky Mac

They all played there harts out though!!

smith

oloughlin

richards

followed by coley, phelps, sam, joel, hocky, feka, fielden, amos, gleeson, georgie c, tommy, mcillorum, prescott, bailey.

1) Smith - superb vision, passing and kicking game.

2) O'Loughlin - fantastic work rate, has to be the most under rated player in Super League

3) Coley - After all I've called him, his last six weeks displays have been excellent.

A big mention for Mickey Mac, overshadowed Cunningham and Roby.

Agreed Coley has really upped his game and daft as it may seem i think he could easily play his way into a Tri Nations spot at the end of the year if he keeps it up, he has been top notch the last month or so. Such a frustrating player given the physical gifts he has but the poor performances he has thus far produced apart from of late.

What are the odds that we could have another player being released from wigan because he's not good enough playing for england against the aussies....hmmmm.....





EDIT: that might have sounded like i wanted higham to stay... but i definately did not!

Exactly what i thought when i made the post.

He only played the ball 3 times in the whole game, shows how much is was getting the rest of the team around the pitch.

or that he should take on the defence a bit more.

He isnt that type of player, we have TL to do that.

and sam, who seems to like running it in, with his quick feet.

Im sure I remember in the world cup there was a mention of that fact that Darren Lockyer got tackled for the first time on something like the 60th minute of that game. I dont think its absolutley nessassary for all halfbacks to take on the line as long as they are good enough at organising and distributing

Bang on! How many times was Smithy actually tackled with ball in hand on Saturday? I only remember once in the 2nd half.. How it should be, Great!

He certainly cant be classed as greedy if thats the case



I think some people on here expect way too much and dont realise that there doing it. If he ran at the line more he wouldnt create as many passes/kicks/instructions for other players and it would be heading back towards "driving up the middle rugby"
IMO Smith is a great example of a halfback (when on form), the fact he doesnt get tackled shows hes always looking for alternatives and only takes on the line when he thinks thats best, rather than when he craves some glory trying to get tries all the time.

I dont know about other people but a Halfback with should have more assists than tries to his name.

Hate to see him running it in without them!

was expecting a comment sooner about that, sounded a bit stupid when i read it back.

Great mental image though!

I've seen Lockyer take on defences.
Smith did great against Saints but purely to keep the opposition guessing, I would like him to try to run through or round the opposition sometimes.
He kicks well, passes well and surely someone who has reached the top in rugby can run as well.

Smith
Richards
Coley