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Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:13 am
by cpwigan
Magic ultimately was won by young Wigan players!
George, people see the great plays but his defence is awesome and he is increasingly the dominant half back in his partnership with Matty, Budgie - fans hammered him for making mistakes, this kid is the real deal and the try saving tackle he pulled off or the brilliant fielding of a grubber were as important as his magnificent try. I still consider him a young un but Lockers is nowhere near his normal service (no shock understandable) but Bateman has a hell of an engine and keeps going and going doing the nitty gritty unglamarous stuff.
Re: Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 1:03 am
by shaunedwardsfanclub
cpwigan wrote:Magic ultimately was won by young Wigan players!
George, people see the great plays but his defence is awesome and he is increasingly the dominant half back in his partnership with Matty, Budgie - fans hammered him for making mistakes, this kid is the real deal and the try saving tackle he pulled off or the brilliant fielding of a grubber were as important as his magnificent try. I still consider him a young un but Lockers is nowhere near his normal service (no shock understandable) but Bateman has a hell of an engine and keeps going and going doing the nitty gritty unglamarous stuff.
Definitely. We should see if we can get Budgie to change his mind.
Re: Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 1:33 am
by medlocke
isn't the man who scored 2 tries and set one up an Old Fart? without would we not have lost?
Re: Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:18 pm
by medlocke
no matter how great your youngsters are you always need a few old farts hanging around
Re: Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 12:41 pm
by Kittwazzer
medlocke wrote:no matter how great your youngsters are you always need a few old farts hanging around
They don't 'hang around'. They 'linger'!
Re: Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 1:03 pm
by medlocke
Kittwazzer wrote:medlocke wrote:no matter how great your youngsters are you always need a few old farts hanging around
They don't 'hang around'. They 'linger'!
Are you talking from experience Kitt
Re: Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:00 pm
by markill
Does anyone think Bowen just looked a lot fresher than he was looking in the early season? He seemed to really enjoy himself out there and it showed in some great contributions. The extra effort put in the catch the kick on the full for what led to Budgie's try was outstanding. I doubt we'd have seen that in the opening month of the season from him.
We've all knocked him at times but credit has to go to him for the way he has dealt with being left out of the side.
Re: Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:18 pm
by oldhooker
Williams played well but Bowen was my MoM
Re: Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:51 pm
by chnwh
markill wrote:We've all knocked him at times but credit has to go to him for the way he has dealt with being left out of the side.
That's what professionals do. It's the players with the big ego that spit their dummies.
The poster who mentioned needing the 'old farts' is spot on. There is no substitute for experience and I think sometimes we lean too much towards youth and that hinders us.
Re: Who needs old farts
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:14 pm
by captinjack
"OLD FARTS NEEDED". I feel wanted.