I dont think they have much of a choice to be fair. watch him have a stormer tomorrow night now

Tempting fate is that comment. I'd have been tempted to wait until Saturday

I made the point to my mate at the Dewsbury game when everyone was going wild chanting his name:
"What's he done apart from knock the ball on from the kick off, get banned, then get injured?"

Not the most impressive start but hoping he gets a run of games and can show good form in the playoffs.

As someone has said, think we'll see the best of him next year after a year to settle and another wigan preseason.

He looked like a man on a mission to make a big impression to me when he pulled on the Wigan shirt. That lead to him flying out the line trying to hit people and him putting in high impact carries which wasn't what I was expecting after watching him for the USA in the world cup. I just thought we were getting a real grater who's bang out the carries and metres and get through his work in defence.

I'm sure once he settles and feels a real part of the club he'll become more consistent. His early season form wasn't poor by any means but he needs to be smarter.

He's not set the world on fire, but I'd have him in the team in front of Dudson and James.

clubb and pettybourne are both being missed.

Oopsa daisy!

His comment stands, he's lazy and pretty garbage. He's no amor that's for sure

I watched him play for the first time v the Aussies at Wrexham in the World Cup before he joined us. He had a good game against them so he can do it IMO.

When we sign a "project" i.e. someone who until we sign them is seen as 2nd rate, our coaching and fitness regime is supposed to be so good we will turn them into good players. Eddie P is not a "project" as he is better than that IMO so if he is heading off in the Lauaki direction I'd like to know why given the resources the club has.

How about maybe he is just injured?

How about maybe we just signed another injury prone dud..

Comes on..gives the big licks, then goes of never to be seen for three months..?

Well if we have it will be time to question the recruitment. Lauaki was awful and if Eddie goes the same way that just won't be very good at all but there is time to see which way it will be. I hope our new recruit from Wakefield isn't another!

I thought lauaki was an early April fools, he just turned out to be a permanent one, Eddie hasn't even turned up yet..Jordan James wasn't good enough first time around..recruitment is worse than poor..scraps from the table.

I raise your JJ with my Andy Powell. Another masterstroke of scouting and recruitment.

All three seem as bad and for us fans as sad and crap as each other

I'm sure DaveO is in his element whenever we lose a game so he can go back to criticising how the club is run

Thank god the season scapegoat has been settled on, took a while this year...

Due to Jordan James putting in a strong challenge apparently.....

You also cant forget the likes of the backs too with Karl Pryce, Tim Smith, Gelling, Clubb, Sarginson, Phelps etc. There is a common denominator with all of these signings and that is that they are cheap and dressed up as a long term project. However how many have actually established themselves in the first team? How many have been as good as the players they replaced?

I think some of the comments on here are way off the mark regards to Eddy P. Maybe they are a reaction to last nights defeat?

Give the guy a chance. I personally think he will be a good player once fit.

I thought he had a good game last night.

Nothing spectacular apart from smashing Anderson near the end.

Reviewing the stats of our props last night shows :

Clubb tackles 25, busts 3, carries 8, metres 61, average metres 7.63
Taylor tackles 16, busts 3, carries 9, metres 83, average metres 9.22
Crosby tackles 19, busts 0, carries 13, metres 70, average metres 5.38
Eddie tackles 12, busts 3, carries 14, metres 83, average metres 5.93

I reckon these stats will improve for Big Eddie as he improves his match fitness given the few games he has played this season.

So overall I think he will come good at the back end of the season.

I think some fans who have knocked him for not playing need to give him some time.

He had a great game considering his long layoff.

he's an important part of the squad. having him back allows us to give Ryan Sutton a break, and meant we didnt need to use JJ who could potentially have suffered in the heat.

Good solid game from all the props last night. They shared the workload and worked well as a unit.

I'm a big fan of Clubb at prop I must say. He looks like he could develop in to a top class player in that position.

Was also impressed with all of our props last night, Taylor seemed to be back to his old self as well, wonder if his future is now sorted?

Taylor looked a different player for sure. He was a handful in every carry and looked fired up.

Regardless of him staying or going we need that now for the rest of the year. It's easy to forget the here and now when everyone starts discussing what'll happen in the future.