Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:31 pm  

As good as he is, and any regular poster will know how highly I speak of SOL even as a Wire supporter, if he is not fully fit then don't you think the Wire team and management will know that? He'll be targeted the whole game and he'll be working harder than he usually does. There's no way he'll hold up for 80 mins in this game, this game more than any other you don't need passengers. Unfortunately and I mean this genuinely, he won't play.

Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:38 pm  

Mystic Yed wrote:

As good as he is, and any regular poster will know how highly I speak of SOL even as a Wire supporter, if he is not fully fit then don't you think the Wire team and management will know that? He'll be targeted the whole game and he'll be working harder than he usually does. There's no way he'll hold up for 80 mins in this game, this game more than any other you don't need passengers. Unfortunately and I mean this genuinely, he won't play.

A half or 3/4 fit SOL is still head and shoulders above anyone in the Wigan or Dire pack.

In games like this you need leaders, people who can organise, set the temp and guys who will run their blood to water.

SOL would never be a passenger and with a 5 month break after this i'm confident we can get him out there.

Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:51 pm  

You mean like Watkins, JJB and McGuire weren't passengers on Friday?

Being a great player means nothing if you're simply not fit for a game.

Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:53 pm  

Mystic Yed wrote:

You mean like Watkins, JJB and McGuire weren't passengers on Friday?

Being a great player means nothing if you're simply not fit for a game.

I agree. Saturday's match isn't one for passengers, no matter how important they are to the team.

Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:58 pm  

He should be left out of the opening tie against the Aussies. Bring him back in a low key match and work from there. I wish Peacock would reconsider playing for England

Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:56 pm  

Mystic Yed wrote:

You mean like Watkins, JJB and McGuire weren't passengers on Friday?

Being a great player means nothing if you're simply not fit for a game.

How many times has a great player come off the injury table to play a blinder in a big game?

The Radlinksi cup final springs to mind.

JJB aside, and regardless of how good they are, i don't think they have Lockers heart to just get on with it and play through it.

A 90% fit Lockers is still as good as 100% fit Jack Hughes and will not let anyone down.

Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 7:14 pm  

I have nothing but admiration for SOL who is a great player.

If he does play on Saturday I will be screaming for our players to run directly at him every time we take the ball up.

As I have already said Sean is a great player & I very much hope he does play, but from what I have heard about his injury I don't think he will.

Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:07 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

How many times has a great player come off the injury table to play a blinder in a big game?

The Radlinksi cup final springs to mind.

JJB aside, and regardless of how good they are, i don't think they have Lockers heart to just get on with it and play through it.

A 90% fit Lockers is still as good as 100% fit Jack Hughes and will not let anyone down.

What you are saying is tantamount to what happens when they whip a racehorse up to the finish line, the only interest is winning . If the horse drops dead over the line, so be it.

Sorry to be so brutal, but an Achilles injury can easily turn into a complete snapped Achilles which can mean end of career .

Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:28 pm  

Last week I was all for a not 100% fit lockers playing but I'm slowly changing my mind,the pack looked so good against Leeds and I think if we play with that intensity again we can match Wire without lockers,I say only play him if he can do the full 80,we need 17 fit players on Saturday,plus we need him for the World Cup.

Re: Lockers : Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:06 pm  

I'd love to have Lockers out there, he's our most important player IMO, but if there's a serious risk that he'll worsen his injury, he shouldn't play. His welfare needs to come first, and I don't want us down to 16 early in the game. Flower's in great form at loose at least. Any news on Tuson?