At the moment Smithies is over-rated. Potential - yes, defensively sound - yes. Creative/rugby brain - not yet. Not sure what his best position is/will be, but at the moment he is an accident waiting to happen and I totally agree with what others have said about his temperament. With respect to Fren...

Solid, dependable, consistent - yes. Creative, dangerous, flair - no. So I guess it's a case of what you want from what is, without doubt, a very important role in modern rugby league. As someone has said, Sam seems to be very well respected around the club so maybe (probably) I know nothing! But I'...

Just going back to the topic, for me the most difficult aspect of the Wakey performance, particularly in the second half, was the succession of one-man drives even at the end of sets when we were within 30 metres of their line. So reminiscent of the pre-lockdown Salford game. I want to be positive b...

We have no real forward momentum, no dominance so no quick play the balls and no attacking from dummy half. And because there is no drive to get quick ptb's we don't win penalties. So we pass sideways which is easy to defend. We need forwards who can put the opposition defence on the back foot. I th...

I'd be delighted to have Lockers to captain us to one (or more) trophies this season - it will be a fitting earn to a great career. We sit on the outside and look in with our opinions. I prefer to take note of his fellow professionals and coaches from around the rugby league world who, to a man it s...

Yeah, rubbish that Williams and the sooner he's gone the better, eh!! He'll take some replacing in both attack and defence and we'll miss him. Hastings is good - and he'll need to be. I also think, and hope, George will be a success in the NRL too.

Morning Josie, I know our views are miles apart, but what has he done to demonstrate that he is good enough to get the most out of the available players? Has he shown he can motivate them to perform to their best in big games? Has he shown any tactical acumen to cause problems to the good teams? I ...

Communication seems to have turned full circle since the early days of IL's ownership - fans forums, focus groups (do they still exist?), Loyal 18 etc... I think I read a couple of months ago a comment from IL that he didn't plan on taking any more games 'on the road' because he'd taken so much stic...

The apparent winks, hints and nudges do suggest a 'we want to tell you, but are obliged not to' scenario, except this does seem to be the Wigan Way these days. However so many signings have been announced by so many other clubs that it's difficult to see what's different at Wigan. And if it is a Has...

If this doesn't happen now there's going to a few hens worth of egg on a lot of faces!! I can't agree that 'any publicity is good publicity' - great signing if true, but it all looks a bit ridiculous now with the hints from the coach who may, or may not, be coach about the player who may, or may not...