Trent has been named in the NSW side for Origin II next Wednesday. Seems to me they need something! (as do we....)

Thats great news for him and i hope he does well.

Ive not actually seen him play for Cronulla but looking at their early season results didnt make pleasent reading from a Cronulla perspective although in the match reports it seemed that Barrett was playing well.

I was watching the Bradford/Wigan playy-off match last night when we came back to win the game when it looked like Bradford had the game won. Barrett was outstanding that night and his pass to Calderwood for the try in the corner was as sweet as they come and some of the hits he would put in when we were trailing reflected his will to win.

A true Wigan great.

Just about to post the same thing, definitely needed for the blues! Abit more direction in attack. Abit light on the forwards though for the 2nd game which is abit worrying, will miss Luke Bailey big time.

no he isn't

lets not start all that again girls - I not you shyed away from the 'legend' tag though

Really? One good season, one disappointing one, then asking to leave early in his contract?

Fantastic news for Trent, will be great to see how he gets on and best of luck to him.

If only he was still at Wigan mentoring Sam

The Blues are still going to get pasted.

The 'disappointing' season still saw him take us to the GF semi.

He was at least as effective for us, if not more so, than Jamie Lyon was for you. And there are probably more Saints fans who cream themselves about Lyon than they do about the holiday Meninga spent in your town, and that's really saying something.

How's he got in the team at the start of the season they were slating him saying he was past it, and now he's in the Origin squad. Good luck to him, probably wont make a scrap of difference but here's hoping for a series leveller.

Probably because Lyon won trophies with us, including MoS (Roby didn't deserve it yadda yadda) and didn't decide he'd had enough and go home early.

Barrett was very good in his first year, but even this board was criticising him in his second (" if he can't be bothered he should go home now" etc). I'm probably also swayed by the fact he was pap against Saints for 2 years.

Good player, but a Wigan great? He's up against some stern competition there and doesn't come close for me.

Good luck to him in Origin though.

Lyon was hardly great against Wigan, DV owned him more often than not.