How much have we missed this guy? A lot of talk has been how many games we win/lose with Sam not playing, but for me, SOL is our key player.

Me too, he's seriously underrated

We are lost without him.

I agree but we need the pair of them in, fit and on form because there isn't enough class in the rest of the side without them.

Lockers makes Smith and Green look better than they are.

I'll tell you another player we could do with next week as well. Hock.

The man is an enigma to put it mildly and if he'd been sacked when he did the drugs you could not have blamed the club for that (I said as much at the time) but given the way we are playing I'd pick him.

Yeah Hock will sort out all those handling errors and penalties

I'd pick him too if we had him of course but like you say, he gave us no choice

Best Wigan player since Faz.

He is under estimated by many fans but ask the players and he is held in the highest regard.

I was always as frustrated over Hock's handling errors and brianfarts as anyone and therein lies the clue why I'd still pick him next week. Despite that he has more in common with Lockers and Sam that the rest of the squad.

He's finally getting the plaudits he's deserved for a long while. He is our leader and the glue that holds the team together.

The halfbacks look lost without him.

They do but they should not.

Two man team.

I never like to highlight spelling/typing errors, but I'm still chuckling at this Dave - so immature! lol

Our pack centres on 'Lockers'.

He is a solid player that all teams need.

Nothing flashy, but quietly does the hard graft.

Mr Dependable.

And a player we really do miss at the moment, as we really lack more 'class' in the team.

I presume you mean on your part! (I do feel the need to say so BTW!)

lol - of course on my part. Honest mistake on yours but hey, it tickled me on a rough night so cheers!

We couldn’t play without Sam, now we can’t play without Sam and SOL, maybe? But all I know is we can’t play without: timing, structure, composure and form. So let’s just hope that his return can do the trick because I’m slowly starting to think that SW can’t.

I'll ask Wigan Peer to PM you to calm your nerves!

And i thought you lacked a sense of humour...

Sometimes humour is all we have left.

I do hope you are speaking for yourself....

You mean you were serious?

Is he back this weekend?

Bumping this, because he could well be back for this week. But would that be a good thing? Could it backfire and using a half-fit Lockers actually lose us the Final?

a half fit Bill Ashurst would be an improvement on some of the recent dross we've had to witness.

given our recent form without sam and lockers, i would play them both, even if they were only half fit (so long as we have cover on the bench).
without both of them, we dont stand a chance