On the face of it Paul hasn't kicked on this season as much as others, but he's a 24 year old prop with a lot of experience, not a lot of them around, why throw him away now we have done all this work with him and let someone else benefit? Other than 2 errors (in a game with 20+ penalties) he had a good game on Saturday. Wane appears to rate him. Also isn't he still at University, in which case he may well kick on further once that has finished.

I've seen two of your posts. 1 from January, which you 'guaranteed' a Wigan 6match losing streak, claiming MM and SW had just made them run a little more.

That kinda went to pot didn't it?

And now I read this. Although before I dis-credit you, I actually agree regarding Prescott and Pryce. However, until the off-season they're fine where they are.

Seriously pal, you need to get behind the team. It's fickle fans like you who breed negativeness around the place, around these boards, one loss and it's a crisis, one win and we're world beaters. I am under the impression that that fits your character moulding. For crying out loud we are TOP OF THE SUPER LEAGUE 4 BLOODY POINTS CLEAR!! So what if Pryce or Prescott need to go, so what if Bailey is, well whatever you decided to say about him, can you not just be positive instead of finding a crack and turning it into a canyon?

Rant finished.

Bailey - I'm usually critical of him but I thought he had an excellent first half, racked up loads of tackles, he did well making the hard yards too, in the second half I didn't notice him much. That was his kind of game where it's all up the middle, it's the pacey teams that can exploit him. Assuming Hansen's still out I'd leave Bailey in the team, even though I said I wouldn't have played him v Leeds.

Prescott - He's fairly average, he's worth the spot at the moment though until we either get some bodies back or Davies steps it up another level, not sure whether he'll make it at Wigan long term. Talking of props I really wish Maguire would give Paleaaesina a few consecutive games, I can only assume he's not training well or Maguire doesn't believe in the idea of an impact prop.

Pryce - In attack he looked very sluggish, he really isn't making any friends by jogging in ball returns. However, I still think he's the better option than Goulding because even though Goulding might score a try or two more Pryce is a better defender, even if they didn't really run at him at the weekend. Leave him in next week, just hope they have a word about returning the ball with some urgency.

nice constructive response...well done yourself

After watching the game again on iPlayer, I think Prescott actually had a very good game overall and isn't deserving of so much criticism. There wasn't much difference in the amount of metres the forwards were making because of the conditions, but he put plenty of effort in, stood up well to some big tackles, put Tomkins through a gap with a good pass which on a dry day could have seen him squeeze through and in defence he was one of the best on the pitch.
He made 30 tackles in the game which is second only to O'Loughlin, and his metres made were decent compared to the other forwards.

Fielden is the one who put in the sub standard performance in that game. It was his worst of the season so far.

Pryce coped well in a difficult game but he wasn't exactly error free. Early on a cross field kick came over to him and whilst my impression at the game was he blocked Donald to follow it into touch after watching the game again he wanted absolutely nothing to do with it and could have been caught out.
He also gave Donald way too much space towards the end of the game by moving inside and off his man, something other players have been slated for plenty of times. Had the pass been a good one Donald had an easy walk in but the pass went straight to touch.

There's still a lot for him to work on, but I hope he retains his place in the side because he keeps improving with each game and there are promising signs for the future. Hopefully he's on his way to fulfilling his potential. If he works on aspects of his game in the same way others have this year then there should be much more to come.