I hope mathers dosent get banned - then noble has to make a decision rather than hide behind the ban and bring him back in 3 weeks time.

I'd agree with this, a ban makes it easy, if he is available for selection, Noble can prove he is as good as his word.

According to Richie we will come good. www.wigantoday.net/warriors/Math ... 4963480.jp Fire away guys

According to Richie we will come good. www.wigantoday.net/warriors/Math ... 4963480.jp Fire away guys

Quote Bolton_Warrior="Bolton_Warrior"According to Richie we will come good. www.wigantoday.net/warriors/Math ... 4963480.jp Fire away guys '" In fairness, he appears great around the club and for team spirit etc, its a real shame he is a disgrace to the jersey.

Quote Bolton_Warrior="Bolton_Warrior"According to Richie we will come good. www.wigantoday.net/warriors/Math ... 4963480.jp Fire away guys '" In fairness, he appears great around the club and for team spirit etc, its a real shame he is a disgrace to the jersey.

This is the thing about Mathers. Everyone who meets him seems to like him. But if you're not good enough you're not good enough.



The best thing (for both him and us) is a couple of months in the reserves to see if he can pull it together.

Jinkin Jimmy, if you thought O'Loughlin played well on Sunday then I suggest its you who doesn't know what he's watching.



Who made the most handling errors for Wigan ? O'Loughlin with 3.



Only two players - Mathers and kick-mad Smith - made less average metres per carry according to the official stats. His offensive game was poor.



All players can be assessed, you know. There are no exceptions, even Andy Farrell's brother-in-law, and I don't see why he should go under the radar.



Having said all that, I concede that it was his first starting appearance since May and that he'll take time to get back into it at this level.



Again, it comes down to team selection. Did Joel Tomkins really deserve to be on the bench after the way he finished last season ? I think not.

On loan please, was it not yourself that said the reserves would impede the progress of Josh Vievers?

I didn't say he played well. You, on the other hand, saide he was" awfully poor" which he plainly wasn't. You say his offensive game was poor. Tell me please, whose wasn't? Didn't he put Joel in for his try?



Finally, your "brother-in-law" comment have shown your true agenda. What the hell has Tomkins starting on the bench got to do with Lockers' level of performance?

The key to loaning someone out is having the demand for the player in question

I don't recall saying that, but it's a good point.



Trouble is, I'm not sure who we could loan him to. His form last season was mostly dire.



Not a good signing, I'm afraid to say. At least, not on the evidence of what we've seen so far.

True, I even advocated the Riversiders A side but they were having none of it!

Then again, if you look at the official stats, Mathers made 0 errors in Sunday's game.



Shows you how much faith you should put in statistics, doesn't it?