Correct me if I'm wrong but IIRC Royce Simmonds lost his job after 4 defeats, all without Roby. As soon as Roby was fit, you started winning again under Rush. I always thought Royce was unlucky in that respect. You relied heavily on Roby and it cost him his job.

Excellent point - why did we struggle without Roby? We had inexperienced and insufficiently capable players in the halves Lomax/Gaskell/Wheeler.

And that is my point regarding Wigan - it's not the fact that SOL is missing, it's the fact that those left behind, despite being first choice, don't have enough about them to cope without him.

Incidentally though, Roby played in the first two of the 4 match losing streak that cost Royce his job.

Which is why I for one advocated the signing of someone like Brough, Carney, Campese for this season.

We got there in the end!

bump........how many of the 69 doubters have changed their mind

we will be champions again

Ha! Good point. Come on everyone - own up!

I voted yes. Way too many people overreact on here.

I voted yes, but as i said, it's a long season....

As for overreactions, do you really think so??

I'll stick with what I said on page 2. With a lot of players back and more to come our depth is there for all to see. Stay injury free and we will be fine but there's already quite a scrap going on for those places (Leeds apart for the moment) and it's great to see. Also, with Leigh's recent performance confirming their quality I can't wait to see the Middle 8 comp.