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Thanks for your thoughts on Byrne. He seems similar to Oledzki as far as the fans are concerned. Solid yet not spectacular, some like him some don`t but homegrown and steady isn`t a bad thing to have in a salary capped sport. Think our hard yards might be coming from our wingers this year with Hall and most likely Sivo doing the hard graft!
Rogues Gallery wrote:I'd like to see a six man bench with substitutions ( no interchange) once you're off you're off. You could maybe have an eight man bench but with the proviso that two of those players had to be under twenty one on the opening day of the season.
Isn’t that similar to what Sam Tomkins was suggesting?
RockNRolla wrote:Byrne is signing for us (Hull FC) According to his wikipedia page anyway
Wigan have been approached about Byrne but don’t want to let him go.
Under contract and played big minutes in the Grand Final.
Already lost Cooper and props are hard to come by.
I think he’ll be staying.
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chapylad wrote:Thanks for your thoughts on Byrne. He seems similar to Oledzki as far as the fans are concerned. Solid yet not spectacular, some like him some don`t but homegrown and steady isn`t a bad thing to have in a salary capped sport. Think our hard yards might be coming from our wingers this year with Hall and most likely Sivo doing the hard graft!
Not sure about Sivo doing the hard yards. I’m sure he will initially but the reason he fell out of favour at Parra and is being moved on is because of his low work rate and willingness to carry early out of his own half.
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3/4's through the season I thought Bryne was finished at the club and on his way out especially when he was sub but didn't come on. He was either not getting selected after missing a number of games through poor tackle technique and when he did play he would come up with soft errors, usually dropping the ball in tackle or sloppy ptb.
The last few games of the season though he played more minutes and I can't remember a mistake or poor tackle. I think he's obviously put alot of work into his technique at bending his back more in the tackle - and i suspect Wigan have been working hard in the background with him on this.
I think he still has a lot to offer and if he puts the work in I think he can mature now into a very good prop for Wigan. and he's a very big body who can take alot out of the opposition. He won't do the spectacular stuff, but he's the sort of prop every team needs to take some sting out of the opposition forwards.
Big Steve wrote:3/4's through the season I thought Bryne was finished at the club and on his way out especially when he was sub but didn't come on. He was either not getting selected after missing a number of games through poor tackle technique and when he did play he would come up with soft errors, usually dropping the ball in tackle or sloppy ptb.
The last few games of the season though he played more minutes and I can't remember a mistake or poor tackle. I think he's obviously put alot of work into his technique at bending his back more in the tackle - and i suspect Wigan have been working hard in the background with him on this.
I think he still has a lot to offer and if he puts the work in I think he can mature now into a very good prop for Wigan. and he's a very big body who can take alot out of the opposition. He won't do the spectacular stuff, but he's the sort of prop every team needs to take some sting out of the opposition forwards.
A lot will come down to what he is happy with I guess. He is at best 4th choice behind Ellis, Havard and Thompson and he's not as good an impact prop as Mago. I think Dupree has more potential but Byrne had moved past him by the end of the season.
He's up the pecking order with Cooper gone but could be under pressure from Hill.
This year showed it's good for us to have depth at prop but if he wants more than 10 minutes here and there he will probably be looking elsewhere.
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Choc Ice wrote:A lot will come down to what he is happy with I guess. He is at best 4th choice behind Ellis, Havard and Thompson and he's not as good an impact prop as Mago. I think Dupree has more potential but Byrne had moved past him by the end of the season.
He's up the pecking order with Cooper gone but could be under pressure from Hill.
This year showed it's good for us to have depth at prop but if he wants more than 10 minutes here and there he will probably be looking elsewhere.
Sam Eseh is a bit of a forgotten man at the moment. I hope he has an injury free offseason as if he does he could make a massive impact next year.
The lad has bags of potential, just hope he realises it at Wigan.
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