Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:13 am  

nikos wrote:

sure does, Thorniley hasnt passed to him all season. Probably why he is going back to Aus

He's going back to Aus because Thornley won't pass to him?! How fickle do you think he is? He's going back to Aus because his kids are of the age to start school, and he wants to have them settled in Aus.

Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:44 am  

Definitely a Wigan legend but I think it's the right time to leave. His kicking is fantastic and his defence doesn't let us down, but sadly he's only going to get slower and I think his lack of pace hinders our left hand attack from deep at times. We've got some good young wingers coming through and I think you can't hold them back much longer.

Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:28 am  

Thornley always seems to draw the opposition winger in, then cuts inside

Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:43 pm  

nikos wrote:

sure does, Thorniley hasnt passed to him all season. Probably why he is going back to Aus

To be fair we've never replaced Gleeson or George. Great pair of centres when they were with us.

Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:05 pm  

Jeff the God of Biscuits wrote:

He's going back to Aus because Thornley won't pass to him?! How fickle do you think he is? He's going back to Aus because his kids are of the age to start school, and he wants to have them settled in Aus.

Sense of humour failure?

Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:26 pm  

Jeff the God of Biscuits wrote:

He's going back to Aus because Thornley won't pass to him?! How fickle do you think he is? He's going back to Aus because his kids are of the age to start school, and he wants to have them settled in Aus.

I was being flippant

glad to see that some other forum users have a sense of humour though

Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:41 pm  

nikos wrote:

I was being flippant

glad to see that some other forum users have a sense of humour though

I think he's going back because he's worried he might develop a wigan accent

Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:25 pm  

Im sure people are watching a different game to me. I think hes been poor all season apart from his goal kicking. He hasn't been a threat in the air and seems to have lost about 3 yards of pace. His contribution has certainly lessened attacking wise. As for being a legend, I wouldnt go that far hes been an excellent winger and got an extremely good points record but legend? No.

Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:29 pm  

21-12 wrote:

Im sure people are watching a different game to me. I think hes been poor all season apart from his goal kicking. He hasn't been a threat in the air and seems to have lost about 3 yards of pace. His contribution has certainly lessened attacking wise. As for being a legend, I wouldnt go that far hes been an excellent winger and got an extremely good points record but legend? No.

I think despite his injury and clear loss of pace his performance last night highlighted why he is still very important to Wigan.

A lot of his good work is taken for granted imo but it has been noted by Wests.

Re: Pat Richards : Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:06 pm  

Jaybee wrote:

Sense of humour failure?

I think so yes.... imagine having a beer with JTGOB?

Love the picture with Iron Mike, pretty sure i made you famous with Scotland RL thanks to that pic