He is not even that good a centre. Certainly not as good as he thinks he is. I wouldnt lose any sleep if he went.

He`s about the same speed as Ratchford, who is dead slow nowadays and selecting Ratch solves the goal kicking issue for now.



It`s make your mind up time for King now, most of the fans accepted him back but they will all jump on his back if he s in the nest again.

Exactly! I wouldn't want a player with his attitude here even if he was world class. The fact that Wigan fans say he was the ultimate professional whilst he was there makes it even worse. He has shown a massive lack of respect for the club that is paying his over inflated wages. I hope Middleton pays up his contract and sends him on his way.

There is no way that Middleton will give King a pay-off.

I think we might be reading too much into a slightly odd presser with Sam. It looked to me that it was just an attempt at humour at King's expense which came across a little awkward.

Unless anyone knows differently of course.

Valid points but I wonder if Williams not playing gave Dufty more freedom? Certainly they need more game time together as the timing was just a bit off onFriday.

On the King thing, I’m coming round to the view that SB was teasing him (and us).

That’s certainly how I read it - a little surprised at the response tbh. Players pick up injuries, Burgess saying he’ll see what King says in the week is probably more a nod to Burgess trusting his senior players to let him know if they feel fit enough to play.

Not a chance. If King is that desperate to go, then HE and he alone should fork out the money to cover the rest of his contract. Then we can get rid of him, he can go to wherever the **** he is desperate to go, and we can get someone who actually wants to play for the club.

I reckon Sam Burgess will smile & reflect on how easy it is to be misunderstood.

Could be right, it was just Burgess's cryptic comment about King being like ( I'm paraphrasing here ) one of the old-school, strange type of personalities that you used to get back in the 80s and earlier. That doesn't sound like a Burgess type 'next man up' kind of guy. I've not nothing against King personally, and hopefully it's all taken out of context, but I want a 'Hayes' type personality in that back line.

It was "he should have been a player in the 80s". I bet he didnt Wigan or Peet around.