St pete wrote:
I was thinking that when Brown said that Lms found his position at 13. Wilkin can't play before Sia and Manu so will be interesting to see where Wilkin will fit in.
I'd pick Wilkin as my player of the year for this season. He's really held us together this year and dread to see where we would be without him. He's stepped into the halves and done a great job to the best of his ability. He doesn't claim to be a halfback or great kicker but he's done that Job for us that nobody else in the club could do.
Its an awkward situation for me, so much kudos has to go to Wilkin for playing out of position and, as the rest of the team has started pulling their weight, then he's looked a lot more comfortable.
However, I honestly don't think he's a good enough back row in the areas I consider key to warrant a starting birth - especially if we're starting with 3 props.
Manu and Sia are obvious choices for the starting birth, Jones is currently outstanding, Flash is a much harder character and Thompson, Walker and Greenwood are more than ample back up.
I think we're all agreed he's not up to the standard of halfback that we'd want if trophies are to be a realistic target.
I see him playing 6 more than any other role, but perhaps he'll slip into the bench role that Wellens has been playing - a bit of 6, a bit of hooker and a bit of back row?
The ruthless boss would cash in on him and sell him to Salford, but I can't see that happening.
