he once spoke of the wigan walk...could anyone please tell me what he meant by it ????

It was his excuse for not making it from his lodgings on Hilton St to training on a regular basis. This ultimately led to his fall out with John Monie and his leaving Wigan.

world class player of his time ..

The kicking donkey is a better description.

Can we not get some decent trolls like LegaueFreak?

Standards are poor, i blame IL

Agreed. But on nights like this, any troll is to be welcomed.

WTF are they all?

Do you actually watch rugby league

The only thing of significance he did for Wigan was the last minute conversion at Widnes which effectively gave us the title in one of his first few games for us.

It was on Live on Saturday Afternoon on that ITV RL show with Clive Tyldesley.

What's Bobby Goulding made of?

<Aussie> Ahhhh......Sugar and Spice and all things nice!! (Was that Brian Smith)?

Goulding was world class. The is no doubt about that!

Even the Aussies said that bobby was pure class.

I bet you would love him at scrumhalf in that poor mid-table side of yours.

You obviously remember him well.

Although world class may be debatable I think there's no denying he was a very good player.

It was Brian Smith - I still have it somewhere on VHS.

A decent kicker but basically as slow as a carthorse. That, combined with his off-field antics put him firmly in the 'thank God he's not at Wigan any more' bracket.

The Aussies and Kiwis laughed at him because he was almost embarrassingly easy to get sent off.

Ahh, the Bobby Goudling memories

The sly look round then smack Gary Freeman in the face trick. In a televised Test match. Still wondering how you didn't get away with that one?

The 80m Mal Meninga interception from his long pass

Almost knocking Edwards head off at Central Park playing for Leeds (cost him a tour spot I believe)

Should have been the second man sent off at Wembley playing for Widnes v Wigan. Even Russel Smith admits he bottled that one.

Pre-season bonding trip car 'alterations' whilst at Leeds

The list goes on

he would have gone if it weren't for richie eyres!!

And he was still a top player..

I liked Bobby, he had bags of talent but was basically a 'loose cannon' to put it mildly. I used to talk to him when he came into the petrol station i was working part time in while i was at uni, lets just say he always gave the impression of extremely high self importance - and that's putting it politely.

It's good however to see him at France and if Friday is any reflection of things he could do a good job there. I like the fact in a coaching role he's getting a chance to impart some of the passion he still obviously has for the game - compare it to the expressions (or lack of) on TS's face during the same game

It was funny watching him in the changing room before the match even started with the players huddled round him. I think it's fair to say he looked like he was fired up for it!

Yeah it was great to see some fire and passion from an Englishman in that game, shame it was only from the french coach

Lets here it now Bobby Goulding for the next coach of England

lmao i wouldn't go that far, but he could certainly do a job as a motivational speaker for them

The trouble is, if anyone has a word to say in response he'd probably start throwing punches.

I've lost count of the number of clubs where he was shown the door.

That said, I can understand why newcomer Saints fans might like what they've heard about him - the kind of behaviour Bobby Goulding specialised in has been copies and refined by their more recent hero, Sean Long. The difference is that Sean Long was a very good player, whereas Goulding was average-to-okay.

Anyone who genuinely believes otherwise needs a reality check.

Can't wait fr him to write a book. It will make Longy's look like the Beano!

He was a good player in terms of raw ability, he just didn't fulfill that ability and was often really inconsistant and giving away daft penalties etc, overall average to okay, but potentially could have been really good. He had it on a plate at Wigan and threw it all away.

Graeme West said that the only two players he couldn't handle (get through to) were Bobby (Bobbie) Goulding and Barrie McDermott.