Re: Joe Philbin : Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:48 pm  

He’s played great for 2 weeks. Really great. Nice to see Warrington produce their own player rather than just sign ours.

GB though? Come off it

Re: Joe Philbin : Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:36 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

Do people really think he's ahead of the Burgesses, Walmsley, Thompson, Graham, Hill, Sutton, Flower?

And which of those look like they can make an.impact of the bench?...none of them for me. They're more or less all starting props.

Re: Joe Philbin : Mon Aug 26, 2019 5:56 am  

NSW wrote:

He’s played great for 2 weeks. Really great. Nice to see Warrington produce their own player rather than just sign ours.

GB though? Come off it

Ironically most of his family are from Wigan! The Philbin family had a farm off Bickershaw lane for years but moved to Glazebury/Culcheth in the late 90s

Re: Joe Philbin : Mon Aug 26, 2019 7:44 am  

I think he’s definitely in with a shout if he keeps up his recent form.

Luke Thompson is a shoe in IMO. He has to be a starting prop. Then you have the Burgess brothers to choose from as well as Graham and Walmsley. I don’t think Chris Hill’s form has been good enough personally.

I don’t think Sutton brings anywhere near enough for a GB shirt yet, he’s a grafter and has aggression but the likes of Flower IMO would be better suited if they’re looking for someone to fill that sort of role. Philbin is more dynamic and adds impact going forward.

How the back row is set up will also dictate the front row a little too. If you have O’loughlin at 13, Sam Burgess is going to push up to SR or Prop.

I’d like to see something like ...

Thompson - Hodgson - T Burgess
Whitehead - Bateman
S Burgess

Bench - D Clarke, Graham, G Burgess, O’Loughlin

Re: Joe Philbin : Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:25 am  

Quality player. come on leaps and bounds. Walks all over Flower and Sutton. Flower isnt good enough for Wigan let alone GB. He has a poor attitude too. Philbin has earned his shot. Better than Taylor and Hill and is in better form than Walmsley and Thompson and the whole idea is picking the form players not reputation.

Re: Joe Philbin : Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:50 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

And which of those look like they can make an.impact of the bench?...none of them for me. They're more or less all starting props.

I'd always pick the most talented four, then from those determine who is most suited to the bench role. If they're all similar and we keep up a high standard of play without any eye catching drives that's OK by me. For impact - I've always thought Taylor has been hard done by not to get more international game time

Re: Joe Philbin : Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:44 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Just making sure that IL doesn't get any ideas!

You should be more worried about Canberra getting ideas.

Re: Joe Philbin : Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:54 pm  

Nobody mentioned Liam Watts, sadly the best prop.in SL, has to be in the England 17.

Re: Joe Philbin : Mon Aug 26, 2019 3:09 pm  

[quote="Pie_Eyter"]Quality Flower isnt good enough for Wigan let alone GB. He has a poor attitude too.


Based on what exactly? Probably the most ludicrous comment I’ve seen on this board, ever!

Re: Joe Philbin : Mon Aug 26, 2019 4:34 pm  

[quote="Bigredwarrior"]
Hes obviously never met the guy proper clubman who doesn't cause trouble but is very steady and Wigan really miss him when he doesn't play