Wigan Warriors • Re: Team For Friday
MattyB wrote:
I've seen Hanley play quite a few times for the around 6 of the last 8 years . I hope he goes on to have a great career at Wigan. The club have definitely promoted his face as part of 'The Hanley Brand' as a PR exercise maybe to bring in some lost support perhaps?
However.....(and I say this quietly).....
He ain't his dad, so don't expect a replica. Not even remotely.
From what I saw with his time at Shevvy, and clips in the Scholarships he's about as much of his dad as Lewis Tierney was to his dad. Half decent players compared to two world class superstars, of which one was arguably the best player that's ever lived.
Now he may have come on leaps and bounds over the last two years, hope I'm wrong and someone on here fills me with more confidence but I just can't see it.
I'm aware he could come up with the odd flash of brilliance aged 14,15,16 by the way. Obviously I'm not expecting anything like his dad but even do, I'm just not that convinced.
Happy to be proven wrong.
Don’t get me wrong, my expectations aren’t anything like thinking he’ll turn out like his father (who has?) but I certainly think he’s more of a natural talent than a young Lewis Tierney when I’ve seen him. He’s naturally more skilful but at this stage he’s loads to work on and loads to prove before he can forge a first team career. So many things need to drop in to place for him to nail a first team superleague career but he’ll have a good chance to lay a marker down in these next couple of weeks. I thought he showed good character in that Saints game and in a stronger side I hope he takes confidence from that game safe in the knowledge that he’s unlikely to get peppered like that again. We’ll hopefully get to see more of him with the ball rather than without it.
Statistics: Posted by NickyKiss — Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:52 pm