Wigan Warriors • Rumours and signings v9
dany1979 wrote:
The difference with Deacon for me is that he was completely protected at Bradford and despite his age still looked relatively fresh at Wigan.
Against the top sides, Hill just looks completely faded to me, going through the motions and no sign of the grit he showed consistently a few years ago. I just think he’s burned out now although overall he’s been a very good player for them.
I’m not completely against signing ageing players but Hill looks done to me.
I thought he did look spent last year but he’s going well this season. It would be a punt for sure. You’re going in to it hoping he grows an extra leg because he’s playing for a new club and a new club that happens to be his hometown but you couldn’t guarantee performances. I would point at those last three league games though against Hull KR, Catalans and Hull and he’s made 120m, 136m and 150m respectively. I can’t remember a Wigan prop making ground like that in donkeys years, so if he’s washed up and ready for the knackers yard, we’ve got big problems with what we have currently and what we’ve had for the last 5/10 years.
I’d put two years down for him personally and see if we can tempt him. A 33/34 year old Chris Hill helping bring through 20 year olds like Havard and Byrne is fine by me.
Statistics: Posted by NickyKiss — Sat May 15, 2021 11:08 pm — Replies 19819 — Views 3876448