: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:40 am  

Fordy wrote:

Might not be a decision you need to make.

If the RFL have any bottle they'll ban him anyway. Disgusting and very dangerous behaviour.

Sorry, have I missed something?

(Wasn't at the game yesterday)

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:56 am  

Fordy wrote:

Might not be a decision you need to make.

If the RFL have any bottle they'll ban him anyway. Disgusting and very dangerous behaviour.

So JD manages to knock a 20st prop off his feet with a high shot and gets nothing? Double standards me thinks.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:57 am  

One more vote till we get 100...

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:58 am  

100% Warrior wrote:

Sorry, have I missed something?

(Wasn't at the game yesterday)

Mathers got sin binned for taking out Halley with a kind of trip/kick.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:08 am  

Alex BP' wrote:

One more vote till we get 100...

We'll get far more than 100.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:19 am  

Again, I'm feeling a bit tight seeing a poll with over 100 people and 80-odd percent of supporters calling for him to be dropped. Still, Noble selecting him is going to keep him open to justified criticism. He isn't a scape goat nor is he just going through a 'poor patch'. He is a consistantly below average player who has a become a risk in a crucial and key position on the pitch. Supporters reactions to him haven't been brought on by off the field antics, it's what we've seen ON the field and patience has clearly worn thin.

Sorry, but that's the bottom line at the moment.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:22 am  

Alex BP' wrote:

Again, I'm feeling a bit tight seeing a poll with over 100 people and 80-odd percent of supporters calling for him to be dropped. .

Why? Its not under 9's rugby league. Mathers simply isnt performing and the only times he has looked good in a Wigan shirt is against National League oppostion. We cannot afford to piggy back him any longer.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:26 am  

DaveO wrote:

I don't think Noble can be bagged for selecting him today. In a nutshell Mathers was given the benefit of the doubt last season as he returned from injury so it was odds on he'd get the no. 1 slot today.

It is what Noble does now with the full back slot that counts.

Unlike you I am at the opposite end of the Noble appreciation society but he has to find out if Mathers is good enough.

We shout loud enough when Noble is seemingly too quick to drop players for the flimsiest of excuses such as Goulding so I suppose sticking loyally to Mathers just compounds our frustration when other more talented players only have to sneeze out of place to get dropped but I still think Noble was bound to play Mathers today.

Dave

This is a good point. I wouldn't have played him today, personally. But Noble could argue he was giving him the benefit of the doubt. The upside is there's no possible way he can select him next week. Surely?

With the best will in the world, Mathers has had his chance for the time being. Now he should be given his chance to play in the reserves and see if he can get the basics right.

Even those who feel sorry for him - and I'm one - must admit that yesterday will have done him no good whatsoever. Further humiliations of that sort will finish his career early.

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:37 am  

drop him. Amos to fb and Ainscough on the wing

: Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:31 am  

Who keeps voting to keep him in the team.

Or are there a lot of votes from Hull ?