He said one of.
Only your first two compete with Goulding on FORM for me.

Atkins and Watkins are better than Goulding although I think Watkins has been injured recently so he can't really be judged on 'recent form'. Of the players nikos mentioned though Goulding is playing better than Yeaman, Carmont and Cudjoe.

Not sure why Pryce is mentioned as Karl plays on the wing and Leon plays at stand off.

I think Zak Hardaker has been doing alright, as has Joe Wardle at Huddersfield but from what I've seen Goulding is the number 3 British centre at the moment.

Said when charnley scored his 2nd that he wouldn't have scored that if Joel was centre.

Another area that wane has got exactly right.

You're getting him mixed up with "What a waste of money" Shenton.

Which Pryce ?.

His foot work for that try was small but world class..he sat the defender down on his backside..i said as soon as he broke..that was world class from Goulding then..it seemed it was only me that saw it in my group.

Never having seen him come up through the junior ranks i had my doubts when he was touted as a centre for this season .

Have always liked him but this season he has been different class

Goulding & McIlorum have been our 2 most improved players this year.

Absolutely vital to our side.

It was the subtle movement of the ball from one hand to two, albeit briefly together with a little footwork that did that. It was a pleasure to behold!

Absolutely!

Maybe if MM played him at centre last year instead of Joel, we could of had a cup & super league double

He was injured for some considerable time last season, but I agree he's 10 times the centre Joel was who we haven't missed at all this year.

We got well over £200k for Joel too.
As has been said, not missed one bit now!
Well done Goulding.

It's a big disingenuous to say that Joel Tomkins has not been missed. Who would you rather coming off the bench, Tuson, Farrell or Tomkins?

Just watched the game again, absolutely excellent it was. There was also a heck of a lot of skill with the flick pass for Charnleys hat trick as the pass to Goulding was poor in the first place and was way above his head. Even for Charnleys first Goulding timed a pass to perfection to Sam who then set up Charnley. If Watkins or Atkins had done those 3 things wiggy would have crowed on about it endlessly.

You have to consider the comparable wages those players are on and I'd choose Farrell for the wage this guy gets he's a lot better value than Joel and I rate him very highly. I also think Liam's agility would make him a better Union player than Tomkins but I don't ever see him leaving so I won't worry about that.

Possibly, but Shaun Mcrae certainly sang his praises during the game.

Simply outstanding this season. His centre/wing partnership with Josh is the form one in SL. In this instance, stats certainly don't lie.

Agreed entirely.

JT was one of the most athletic lads at the club. His try at Wembley/against the Exiles etc Big, powerful, strong and quick - awesome forward. He's been a loss to our pack. It goes without saying I'd sooner have JT than Lauaki or Flower.

Its not as simple as that is it? It would have been joel or flower/tuson/Lauaki not just one player

The biggest compliment I can give him, is that I thought we missed him today. As well as Hughes played, Darrel offers far more of an attacking threat. I thought as consequence of Goulding not playing that Charnley didn't get his usual opportunities in attack.

Agreed. There were 2 occasions today when I thought Charnley would have had tries if Goulding was playing. This is not to take anything away from Hughes though as he did well standing in at short notice and is great back up to have. He is obviously a second row though and a damn fine prospect there as well.

Been impressed with Goulding this season.
Up there with Ryan Atkins as the form centre in SL.
How come he didnt play against Saints?

Crocked himself in training Thursday.

Its been mentioned (on here) that a large divot in the pitch was to blame.

With out attacking Jack Hughes who I thought had a alright game we really did miss Goulding yesterday which shows how important he is to the team.