I was thinking more like Daryll Goulding,just got on with his job with out being explosive but being very reliable

Compared to anyone since, he was extremely spectacular.

I wasn’t knocking Carmont by saying he wasn’t spectacular far from it he was great for us but I always thought of him as an all round centre who did everything expected from a centre from a team aspect

Sounds like having a read made replacement for Zak was part of the decision. If you are already comparing Halsall to Carmont, you might have a very special young player on your books……

Have we had better centres in the last 20 years than Carmont and Goulding?

I'd say Gleeson was better. The GF winning season, he was outstanding imo.

Hard to find a better centre pairing ever in SL than Gleeson and Carmont or Connolly and Renouf.

It's a real shame we've treated the position as a 'utility' one over the last 5 years.

Senior and Watkins
Watkins and Moon
Lyon and Talau
Gidley and Talau
All better imho…..

as this is a Wigan forum and you named anyone but Wigan players I believe there are some good ones there with me being a Wigan fan who is a bit biased,so no they are not as good as ours.

Gong back before SL Henry Paul and ‘inga the non winger’ were sensational….and the only pairing in my bracket imho…!
Or Connolly and Inga for that matter….

Gene Miles-Mean Dean- now that was a good combo

Iro & Bell weren't bad either (Miles was brilliant but only for a very short time sadly)

But they were probably more "strike" centres.

Every winger outside Gleeson scored tries, he and Carmont were more "wingers" centres.

Forgot about Kevin (the beast) yep him anf Bell.
Picked Miles because of his 1 season and he made Offiah so many tries ,a true wingers centre.

Yeah fair point. And a dying art…

Gidley was the best wingers centre I’ve ever seen. Made a superstar of Ady Gardener!

Connolly and Inga for me

but...

when you delve into the possibilities

H. Paul - FB, Centre, Halves
Connolly - FB, Centre, Wing
Radlinski - FB, Centre, Wing
Robinson, FB, Wing, Halves
Inga, Centre, Wing
Edwards, FB, Halves
Botica, FB, Wing, Centre, Halves

All played in the same era, the team wasn't weakened if you moved them all around. Imagine having that option now. We grumble about 1 player moving position these days.All world class players.

You were also the only pro team so cherry picked all the great players!

You never saw Gene Myles then.

No before my time. Would love to have seen him…
What was he like to watch?

I was only young but old enough.

I’ve never seen a centre do what he could ball in hand.

His ability to take contact from 2 and 3 defenders, take them out if the game and still offload to his winger was ridiculous and something he did consistently not just every now and again.

Lyon was the next best that I have seen in the SL era but still a long way short of Miles.

really?

a great myth

have to disagree, great

Wasn’t a level playing field was it?