Wigan Warriors - wiganrugbyfans.com • Re: Lam needs to go FAST
Bigredwarrior wrote:
I’m not sure we can keep going back to the 3 players who left as a valid excuse for our form. Bullock (so far) has added as much if not more than Sutton gave us, Hardaker is probably as good a fullback as we could possibly have got to replace Tomkins and Greenwood whilst he isn’t Bateman, has been superb since day one.
If all you took from my post is the comments about the players that left you ignored at least half of it.
However I will bite about the players bit while you go and think about the rest it
The idea Bullock has added more than Sutton is absolute nonsense. Sutton was a key player last season once he came back from injury. If you do not think he was, you were not watching. Bullock is a good prospect but the idea he is like for like now is just not right.
Hardaker may be as good as we could have got but he isn't Sam Tomkins and plays a different game. He is not the leader Sam T was. It's already blindingly obvious we do not have the tactics to make the best of Hardaker.
As to Greenwood and Bateman. Greenwood was NOT his replacement. They pay on different sides for a start. They are both very good players but in case you missed it we had both of them in the back row for most of the run in to the playoffs last season and they both played in the GF. So the idea Greenwood replaced Bateman misses the fact we had arguably the best 2nd row in SL with the pair of them in it. Not just Greenwood as we have now.
These players leaving is significant. Lam is reduced to playing Faz (when fit) on the right which is the wrong side for him because Bateman left.
So I go back to what I said before. With all the changes in playing personnel being as significant as they are, trying to play a different game is too ambitious from Lam.
Statistics: Posted by DaveO — Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:51 pm