Quote ="Steve Ella's Beard"Agree completely Rogues, being a Wigan lad and putting in crowd pleasing big hits in defence should be no more guarantee of a place in the 17 than the contracts and wages reasons that some people throw at the 'fan anti-favourites'
I firmly trust Maguire and Wane to put out the players who are performing their best and offering the most to the team, and i'll support their selections regardless of who they are.'"
Apart from him not being a Wigan Lad I agree almosot 100% with your other comments.
Piggy was a disappointment this year, but merely on the basis that those who have seen him know he is capable of more than that (Especially in the opposing teams 20).
On the other hand I stil maintain that he worked with his other forwards last year and we saw improvements in the team's "Forward" play on more occasions than not last year and for me that in itself makes his buy worthwhile and made him better for the "Team" than Higham.
I am hoping for an improvement this year and if that does come along at even a modest rate i.e 20% I think he will prove that the decision to release Higham & bring in Piggy was the right one (Currently I think it was last year anyway).
Certain posters on numerous occasion posting that Piggy was "Crap", "Awful" or whatever else does not make that opinion fact, it's just their opinion.
Overall for me he was a 7/10 last year but his contribution was as a team player rather than an individual player and IMO we looked better as a "Team" for it.
I never saw Higham as more than a 7/10 starting 9 and even as an "Impact" hooker never produced those 9/10 performamces we hoped for when he signed.
If we could have kept Higham as an impact 9 off the bench fair enough but starting 9 IMO Never.
Tommy is the Best (Given experience as Mellor can't be ready yet!) option we have for 7 to play with Sam at the moment.
MM will have his own thoughts but for me Tommy & Sam at HB, Piggy starts at 9 and then he chooses Mickey Mc or Deacon for a subs spot.
One thing that Deacon's signing does gice us is options!
A lot of people were screaming about the Poophouse prop we undoubtably do need but at least we 6/7 options to play there!
We had 2 half backs at the club & if 1 got injured we would have needed a real shuffle of the Cards, this purchase allows a straight swap replacement if needed.
