Wigan Warriors - wiganrugbyfans.com • Re: Team for Salford
Jukesays wrote:
With all due respect mate he was Very good for us - I never saw him just go through the motions - He suffered from Scapegoat ism and just like George/Sarge/Powell etc. the Myth becomes a reality when people just keep repeating it over and over again.
Played something like 35/31 & 28 games in his last 3 seasons at Wigan at 20/21 & 22 years of age (Usually doing 50mins per game).
Kept saying over and over again how much we would miss him
Nothing he is doing at Canberra has surprised me - He's a Big lump of a Lad who's playing 60mins or so each game and can play Prop/2nd row at a push or LF and was never Bullied by anyone.
Now remind me again what is it that we are crying out for at the moment?(Slightly different with Sutty in that he could have gone to NRL in 2016 but was persuaded to stay for 3 years before going - so he always had has sights set on trying it).
But just never understood the criticism.
I’ve always liked Sutton and as you’ve pointed out, he always held his own against more experienced forwards but I think he’s showing now that he’s always had even more in the tank then he gave us. It’s not to say he wasn’t good for us because he certainly was. My main issue with him now is why has it taken a move to the NRL to get himself in prime physical shape? That improved fitness/physique is certainly helping him but it would also have helped him give even more to us then he did.
It’s not a criticism of his overall ability or even what he brought to this Wigan side to say he could’ve given even more. It’s actually a compliment of what I believe he’s capable of.
Statistics: Posted by NickyKiss — Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:26 am