Could anyone tell me why he's playing at centre?



Charnley finishes tries well he wont get any ball with glue hands inside him

I'd love to see him prove me wrong but unfortunately I don't think that Goulding is our answer to centre either and I'm not sure what Shaun Wane has seen to suggest otherwise other than U20 performances from four or five years ago.



Don't get me wrong, his commitment and work ethic is fantastic. He can skoot all day and make yards whilst he's at it but his creativity, vision, hands and skill for the centre position is lacking.



Goulding reminds me very much of Jamie Foster at Saints but without the boot. Both were superb centre's in the reserve comp but don't have what it takes to be an established centre at senior level. Like Foster, Goulding is excellent finisher with a good centre inside him but you'll rarely see him making break nor sprinting ball in hand more than 40 yards.



For me, Goulding's Wigan future will only be on the wing.

I can...... thats where your coach selected him to play





That's an easy one.

I will give it until Castleford away before he gets replaced by Gelling i reckon. I think its wishful thinking by the coaching staff that Goulding will be good enough at centre imo.

He has to be allowed to be given a fair crack IMO, certain things didn't work out yesterday but I thought both our centres made some mistakes with decision making and the timing, but maybe that's just down to rustiness. He probably knows himself this is his big chance as he has got Gelling wanting to prove himself as well. As ABP said you can't fault his enthusiasm but sometimes you need more than that.

Thing is he's had a shot there before he's a winger simple he doesn't know how too pass a ball

At last!!! Somebody that agree's with me!



Never a centre in the memory of man, 3 times he blew overlaps yesterday, his decision making is extremely poor and im yet to see him beat a man. If he has got a future it is on the wing, thats if Roberts doesnt re produce his form before his injury.

But what other options do we have? Gelling is nowhere ready yet. If we could get a top class centre then I'd agree but there's very few lacking. For the time being we have nobody else to put there.

What about Powell?



I know it's not his position but got to be better than Goulding it might come off like i'm giving him stick but i just dont think he should be were he is and he wont get on the wing with Paaaat and Charnley there

Wane has been bigging him up all winter and Lockers tipped him as the one to watch on his blog so he must have impressed in training. Blew a couple of overlaps yesterday and a couple of poor decisions in defence too but he wasn't the worst player. He'll get 6-8 matches minimum to prove himself IMO.