Re: Bowen! : Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:59 pm  

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builditandtheycome wrote:

Would you guys take Locke if he came available?

Yes and I would not be surprised if it happened.

Re: Bowen! : Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:26 am  

Just for balance, Bowen may not be able to do full pre-season training any more. At the end at the Cowboys they had him on a reduced training regime between games due to his knees, relying on matches to get and keep him fit. Assuming he's being managed in a similar way at Wigan, it may take him another few games to get fully match fit.

Re: Bowen! : Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:45 pm  

ss warrior wrote:

If he was causing teams issues ball in hand and scoring tries I don't think they would be highlighted as much, potentially forgiven

this is what I think we were like with Sam Tomkins, world class in attack but very suspect in defence, which I agree that the fact bowen isn't scoring or assisting as much as Sam, people are pointing out every time he could of done something better

I don't buy all this weak defence about Sam, it was something put about by rival fans who had to find flaws in his armor. I can't think of many times when his defence cost us, and any errors were more than made up by his speed and awareness in defusing potentially tricky situations.

Re: Bowen! : Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:56 pm  

To be perfectly honest, I never thought Tomkins was a full back. Or at least - not a natural one. From the outset I figured he was a stand off more in the Brett Kenny mould. Granted, he needed to work on his wider tactical play. But with one or two seasons in the six jersey it would have developed.

Trouble is - Wigan didn't agree.

[DaveO]

Re: Bowen! : Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:55 pm  

Hamshire played tonight but I could have sworn I saw Bowen warming up. I only got in late due to ticket problems so I am not sure, they were leaving the pitch more or less as I took my seat.

Hampshire did OK but he will be a lot busier in defence if plays Friday! Wakey put him under no pressure at all.

Re: Bowen! : Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:08 am  

It was a great opportunity for Hampshire against a side that threw nothing at him. Like DaveO I thought he did ok but he's capable of much more. He looks a little short of confidence at the minute.

I think we'll see Bowen back in for Friday but Hampshire will get another go on Monday.

Re: Bowen! : Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:38 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

It was a great opportunity for Hampshire against a side that threw nothing at him. Like DaveO I thought he did ok but he's capable of much more. He looks a little short of confidence at the minute.

I think we'll see Bowen back in for Friday but Hampshire will get another go on Monday.

I thought he did ok but did add that missing piece of pace on a couple of occasions.
Recent history suggests Bowen will be back but on this occasion I think we might just see Hamshire next Friday and Bowen on Monday

Re: Bowen! : Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:08 am  

DaveO wrote:

Hamshire played tonight but I could have sworn I saw Bowen warming up. I only got in late due to ticket problems so I am not sure, they were leaving the pitch more or less as I took my seat.

Hampshire did OK but he will be a lot busier in defence if plays Friday! Wakey put him under no pressure at all.

Bowen warmed up as he was 18th man

Re: Bowen! : Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:37 am  

Think it's telling that Bowen was warming up. Every other time Bowen had missed a game and Rocky had filled it, it has always been labeled as "Bowen has a slight injury" or "Bowen has been rested". And he has never warmed up with the team.

This week it appears to me Bowen had been dropped.

Re: Bowen! : Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:23 pm  

Itchy Arsenal wrote:

I thought he did ok but did add that missing piece of pace on a couple of occasions.
Recent history suggests Bowen will be back but on this occasion I think we might just see Hamshire next Friday and Bowen on Monday

Hampshire actually provided an option from FB last night.

Bowen is all too happy to pass it on without drawing his man. Hampshire was attacking the line and providing an overlap.

He looked shaky under the high ball, mind so I don't think he's a long term option there.