But only a small number of games matter,so statistics are irrelevant. Ask A Murphy ,if he is still alive.

<t> What hard yards? In a salary cap system, every pound costs,ie its someone else wage. You cannot play pro RL if you are so small as a forward ,or centre so you lose your best players. Its not fair on everyone else. Rubbish tonight.,and in coming matches it will probably cost. Same people slag off...

Cannot praise Wigan enough,especially the derided centres who increasingly look the best we have had in ten years PLUS , and so young. Still the same flaw ,no power in second row. Farrell looks lost ,teenager in grown ups match. CLUB and TAYLOR will be gone if not paid enough . BESTS

Are AUSSIE players really on those salaries? Cos if they are ,any decent England RL player should be off at a shot!!!

THere are no gaps in top RL., only in bottom half SL. Besides why not have a big man rather than a small man? We are regressing,standards are flat at best.

<t>Wigan have a problem with size. If we insist on Farrell playing,it puts too much strain on Bateman, Hughes and OL who are all small in the modern game. Props are as a group are also underweight so the balance is no good. Then we get to the wage issue, and if the lightweights are on top wage brack...

<t>You cannot have a team because the local gene pool is not strong enough to provide necessary talent. How many prop forwards are produced locally? So players from Cumberland ,MOSSOP , have to be recruited as well. My impression is that not enough young players turn out to be good enough to play fo...

<t>If there are not many better centres in Superleague than DG then we might as well go back to Pro/Am ,because DG is not much better than a decent amateur. Never has he added anything to a Wigan victory in a close match against a top side. Also , Charnley on his reputed salary needs to be in a pivo...

<t> Seems to me Lockers is nearly finished,so retire him next year? Bateman is small for loose forward ,never mind second row. Our forwards are same size as 15 years ago,while top teams are 15% bigger at least. We were promised bigger players after WCC early this year. In top 17, give Bateman LF WIT...

Not sure what you are on but Farrell and Bateman are not big enougth for top level RL Second Row.BESTS