Hansen has never really set the world alight for me. Hes just an average joe. Nothing spectacular in defence or attack.



Joel Tomkins is a much much better forward as is Gaz Hock as is Hoffman. Thats before you even consider the frightening potential of Mossop and Farrell. H will be no real loss at all IMO.



As Alex said above its just slightly annoying that it looks like another club will benefit from all our hard work developing him into a very good SL player.



He just has not kicked on for me to turn into a real force like J Tomkins has. Wigan have some tough decisions to make regarding young players leaving the club and IMO they have this one spot on. He has had a chance to prove his worth and when you look at other young players around him, he has not really delivered. It is just unfortunate for him we have so many young quality forwards.

I don't see where this Hansen bashing has come from tbh. Taking away any "potential" any of the youngsters have (to a level that they may or may not finally achieve), he's been our 2nd best 2nd rower this season behind Joel who has been outstanding. I don't see how much more he could have done.

yup. we are better with him on the field. for all the potential guys like liam farrell have hansen is presently a better player, second best second row after joel who has been one of the best in the league.

Personally I dont see why everyone loves him so much on here. The truth as far as I can see is we lost Hansen to injury for a good few months yet our league position shows that he was not at all missed so not sure how you come to the conclusion he has been our 2nd best second rower.

Think H has come on leaps and bounds since coming back from injury.



That try against Leeds was like a knife through butter........great try!

I disagree - we lost Amos Roberts who was the best player in the league at the time and yet our league position shows that he wasnt missed at all either. H is an unsung hero of this team IMO. He does all the hard work, never misses a tackle, makes good metres, runs good angles and scores his own fair share of trys. So he doesnt do all the things that stand out like Joel does or like Hock did but that doesnt make him a bad player. I for one would like to see him stay at Wigan for the rest of his career & it would be a big mistake to let him go. He would walk into any Super League side.

My worry is he is beginning to become a little injury prone iirc



Has anyone got stats to show how many games he's been out with injuries in the last few years?

Hes a very good player. I did say that on my original post but the truth is we cannot keep them all.



Hansen wants more money and as a working man myself so do I so I do not question him for that. The club have obviously decided he is not worth the extra money and I can see why as he has not set himself apart to be invaluable to the club...like Joel for example.



Fortunatly we have a wealth of young british second rowers. Mossop is going to be a beast if tidys up a few errors in his game. Farrell is already as good, if not better than Hansen in my eyes. An excellent young forward. Hoffman, Hock and J Tomkins are another level from Hansen.





I agree he would walk into all of the other super league teams, but so would Farrell, Mossop, J Tomkins, Hock and Hoffman.

Missed 5 games last year, none in '08, 2 in '07.

hmmm....maybe not then





i could've sworn he has been injured more than that!

sorry H

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