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and i want to see him have a excellent career with us :eusa10: [/quote]
Even if the above were true, which I don't believe it is, in the world of a the salary cap sides need players like Orr who don't cost the earth but are good enough compared to their contemporaries in the rest of the competition.Doug Stand posted:
Had Danny Orr been around, then we still would have been enetring the start of the season without a stand-off good enough for Wigan.
In which case since Lockers is nigh on useless at 6 does that not mean he isn't a decent loose-forward if the above is true?So I supopse we'll see O'Loughlin play there.
You know, the more I think about this, the more I don't understand. Everyone raves about O'Loughlin at loose-forward, but really any decent loose-foward in todays game should be good enough to play stand-off.
Wasn't this the justification for signing Withers and Millard?DaveO posted:
Even if the above were true, which I don't believe it is, in the world of a the salary cap sides need players like Orr who don't cost the earth but are good enough compared to their contemporaries in the rest of the competition.
Doug Stand posted:So what makes a player good enough for Wigan these days? I don't really understand your criteria. Orr played well in fits and starts before 2006.The Danny Orr not good enough comes from three years of inept performances. He's an OK RL player, maybe even a decent one for Cas or London but for Wigan he is simply not good enough. Again to re-iterate, half a dozen games, does not make him good enough.
In his first season he just looked to be getting going then was injured and out for a while. He had a good back end to 2005. Not outstanding but he improved which is why at the start of 2006 hos form was mystifying.
But then in 2006 you know as well as I do many players under-performed until Millward left and in the latter half of 2006 under Noble Orr was probably the form stand off in the entire competition.
Orr's performances for Wigan make me think you must consider the majority of the squad not to Wigan standard because he was at least the equal to most and better then many.
One of the facts of RL life today is you can't have superb players in every position. You have to accept some merely "good" players will out of necessity have to be good enough for Wigan.
Is Orr as good as Barrett? Of course not but he is a darn sight better than an injured Barrett. If Barrett is out for six months as rumoured we won't have a stand off available as good as Orr.
People go on about players like DV stealing wages well Barrett is obviously not on peanuts and I can't help but think a squad with Orr in it and an extra experienced prop forward would go better than one with Barrett in it and no prop. It's the all our eggs in one basket approach again and this speculation on his injury just shows the folly in that. Yes a fit Barrett is no doubt good enough for Wigan in your eyes (I assume) but I think Orr was good enough for competition we play in when we have the salary cap to consider.
Dave