The Jon Wilkin Debate : Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:33 pm
Here are the posts culled from the 19 man squad for Hull thread, all in chronological order as posted originally. The debate pretty much started from here...TS...
St pete wrote:
Dixon and ashurst are not good enough IMO. I got slated on here a while back for saying that both will be playing for teams like Salford or Leigh in next few years and i still stand by what I said.
Yeah, but, Pete, you still slag off Wilkin and even if we take away his value in attack, he is a monster tackler! So it's no surprise really if maybe people don't take your views on young, hardly tried players seriously is it.
Dixon worked hard last season although Ashurst got left behind. Simmons didn't play either of them until he had no senior staff left, which perhaps suggests that he isn't overly impressed with them himself. With stats like those quoted, they are poor if we are looking at competing for top honours this season. However, just now we don't have much choice but to play them. I just hope Simmons doesn't put them on the pitch at the same time!
Magennis needs to learn how to hold on to the ball. At every match so far he has dropped the ball at least once, giving away possession at vital times. But other than that he seems to be doing ok given his limited first grade experience and having to play with broken nose/recovering dislocated finger/leg hanging off/name your injury.