He said he hadn't in Graham Emmerson's interview on the podcast, maybe he said 8 months?

It was better than any pass barrett has thrown

Remember what I posted months ago.
Finch is like Tim Smith except he can tackle. He is a very good passer and short kicker (that kick for Roberts almost brought a try, but for a great Rob Burrow read of the play)

Finch is NOT going to run 50 or 60 [imetres[/i(just for you Bernard) beating man after man.

I knew he would cop this sort of criticism from some of our "fans"

Watched him closely last night ( at the game ), he is going to be a great signing, he is obviously getting up to match fitness, this will take time, but he is a winner and a leader on the pitch just what we need, think Finch, Sam and Tommy will become a dangerous triangle.

He looks an exciting prospect. I think some of his stuff is slightly risky at times but you know if its comes off it will lead to some good tries, he just needs some time to bed in and understand some of the players a bit better in a competitive environment and not just on the training ground.

Add to the fact he has had to play (and try and lead and create) against the best side in the land atm and the former champions in their own backyard its a bit cynical to be critical just yet.

I don't agree with you on that bit. One of the problems with Tim Smith was that he seemed as if he HAD to get rid of the ball as soon as he got it. It didn't always matter if it was a good or bad pass at times, he just had to get rid. Admittedly some of his handiwork was very good but defences knew that he was never going to straighten up with it and so could just stand off him. Although Finch is never going to go full length he will "go" now and again and make defences think about it.

I think Finch will eventually come good for us. I just hope it comes sooner rather than later. He made a couple of poor decisions last night which cost us certain tries, giving the short ball when the passs needed was to miss the short man out and go round the back. That has nothing to do with match fitness, its just playing with your head up, your eyes open and seeing the field in front of you. I'm expecting him to play a bigger, more influencial role against Catalans this coming Friday. With it being a lower profile game, away from TV cameras and probably with a lower crowd the pressure will be off to a degree

It's far too early to judge Finch. He seems committed to the cause so he should get the support of Wigan fans for the moment. Let's judge him after we'd seen him play for a couple of months, at least.

Anyway, I'm sure he'd play better with Sam at 6, but that's a whole other thread....

That left to right pass was awsome to watch. Is he a left hander? or can he throw them left like that?". That is a nice thing to have in your armory.

Barrett wasn't amazing at all.

i thought he was better v leeds
as everyone said that pass to sam was immense must of been half the pitch
for me only thing hes doing wrong is try the short ball to hoff to often but i suppose he knows him more than anyone else and with time it will come when everyone is on same wave length
Catalan game will be good for him with it being against lesser opposition he should get more ball and more time and that may help things click

Did you use watch him with beer goggles on ???

No I just didn't watch him with Trent Barrett is God goggles on. He played well in a handful of games and was missing in the others. The back end of 2008 when it was obvious he wanted to go home (he even said so) was a joke.

a half back needs runners and barrett wasnt exactly playing in a great team at times

True I'll give him that, but he certainly wasn't the God people have made him out to be.

you just cant tell how good he could of been until you could stick him in a team like ours now
i dont watch it but he seemed to alright in nrl

Finch will take on the defensive line.
He has a very good short kicking game.
Although his kicks were not that good at Leeds we hardly ever got to the sixth tackle so that we could kick. Overall the complettion rate, again, must have been very poor.
From watching him via tv when he was at Melbourne there's no doubt he's a class act.
Once he's had a few games with a settled team and half back partnership he'll be very good.

I've saw some clips of what he has and can do in state of origin and for other Nrl teams to know we've got a lot more to see from him

No 1 can judge him off 2 games when just coming back from a serious neck injury

Behave Conroy

What? He wasn't a God.

Perhaps not, but to say he went missing in games is pretty baffling.

Well I never saw him against Saints and Wire for example.

conroy fighting a losing battle i think

We'll agree to disagree in the interest of keeping the thread on topic

It's only natural fans will vent some anger in the heat of the moment. I know I for one was very frustrated with some of his plays but that doesn't mean I didn't appreciate some of the good things he did too.

He's going to take a while to settle in (and for me that needs to happen in the first team, not the reserves) but when he's used to the players round him and vice versa I'm sure he'll be a great signing. His passing game is obviously superb and he puts in some big hits, just a pity his first two games came against two of the toughest 3 teams possible, and that in both games he didn't have a great platform to build on.