It's a fair and valid observation I've no doubt. BUT, what your suggesting (I think) is to persevere with Goulding and give him the first team place he wants. Fair enough, but I consider this to be negative and in many ways accepting of mediocrity; Gleeson is available and wants to come but hey, at least with Goulding we have a player who has another 10 or so years left so lets stick with what we've got. It's all 'what if's'. The same argument could be levelled at Brown, Robinson etc but IMO we've missed nothing.cpwigan wrote:What do we do Fred in a year, 2 years? Take out Goulding and IThornley and we are incredibly thin in outside backs. Our Academy Team played their first game of the season with forwards playing in the backs. Backs on pay as you play trials. We have umpteen back rowers but backs are like gold dust. If I was IL I would order every scout to go and find the best young backs they can to sign in 2010.fred_flintstone wrote:If Goulding has to go to further his career then he has to go. As it stands, Gleeson & Carmont are better so they play, end of.
Digressing; interesting to hear about Amos's personal situation. It's easy to forget that these situations can exist when a player moves over. I hope he is happier now and we'll reap the benefits.
Ideally, I'd like to see him go out on loan and prove me wrong but I can't help but feel he's an average SL player who's capable of fleeting glimpses of quality. And thats my problem, Wigan should have better.
I'll put it another way; would he be near the Saints or Leed's teams?? No, i doubt it and that is the standard we need to reach.
Put the lad out on loan and lets see what happens.
