I know it's par for the course but most of this is delusional or made up.

Great news if Olam is on the shopping list can we have Addo Carr as his winger aswell

Think he got the young championship player of the year award the other year when he was on loan at Fev

Eseh would be a good replacement for Walters.

But we must replace Tetevano with a big bopper.

His a big raw thing. Impressed at feath on loan last year and I think was nominated for championship young player.

Looks big and aggressive would tick the box for me as another prop on rotation if he can hold the ball and has decent skill.

Can’t see a Wigan thread anyone braving the heat to go?

Yes. Think we might get hammered today given the personnel missing. Just hope we can compete.

Will be a big turnout i think, looking forward to it, theres no pressure on us, just hope we give it a good go

Glad you’re both going; my lad is riddled with chicken pox so we’re in quarantine unfortunately. Enjoy the day boys - hope we don’t get battered and can make a game of it.

I think you had the better end of the deal watching at home with the chicken pox





I really miss the days when I was a season ticket holder but living miles away (and age, possibly) mean that the Leeds performance doesn't make or break my weekend anymore.

There needs to be some massive signings for me to consider renewing our season tickets.

I imagine we will have at least 2 additional signings maybe more

You'd hope so, on the face of it Miller, Goudemand and Frawley close the gap today by 20pts at most. In my head of course.



We've not actually got many out injured, they've just left!

a sharky update wouldnt go amiss right now

He's got some of you lot on strings hasn't he

Myler, Sezer, Bentley, Tetavano and Sangare missing along with Austin leaving and MacDonald awol.

That`s a fair slice of our first team squad missing today.

Having said that the liklihood is Myler, Bentley and Sangare will be the only ones in the squad for next season.

Our signings so far are never going to get us in the top 4 and if we do not recruit at least 6 or 7 more with at least 3 of quality we are going to be where we are now.

I`m still waiting for Johnson to develop into the class hooker everyone says he is going to be.

I doubt we are going to sign a hooker of the Buderus ilk and I know many Wigan fans do not rate Powell.

But I think he could do a job for us next season only on the basis we are unlikely to get anyone of class coming in.

By the time we’ve paid Miller and Frawley and Goudemand and retained Bentley, we might be able to get a centre and a 7 but there won’t be much more room? You can want 7 signings all you want but not going to happen: we can’t retain everyone including stacking up six back rowers and have room left for other positions.

Give over… we must have a tonne of cap space left. We’ve lost some big earners. Leeming Tetevano Austin Sezer. Lost Walters. Then likely to lose macdonald. The signings so far won’t be on mega bucks

I doubt we will have increased Bentleys salary, so that won't increase our cap from this season. We should have plenty of space for more signings.

Regardless of bentleys salary being increased or not, we'r dedicating a portion of our cap on an absolute plodder, who has many more negatives to his game than positives, and is type of player that we'v already got too many of



Awful re-signing which is in keeping with our long line of head scratching squad management decisions in recent history

Leeming,Tetevano, Austin,Sezar,Walters, MacDonald gone.



Miller,Frawley and Goudemand in.



Bentley and Fus can't be getting paid more.



Should still have enough for a top class player or two and a few good uns.



No reason to keep Donaldson and Bentley and sign Goudemand when we have Martin,McDonnell,Gannon already

We already have squad and academy players. We need first graders who will really add impact and we are not going to be able to add so many.

Agreed.



However when we couldn't afford/ match Leighs offer for Hardaker alot was made about us signing Olpherts / Roberts / etc .



Now,if we can't match offers for the class of 7 / Centre/ prop we need (despite losing lots of players) and can't keep Walters but sign Goudmand, extend Donaldson,Bentley (despite having three- four good backrowers ) and fus ( who only plays 50%) then those some questions + conclusions will likely off a lot of people...even if they aren't connected.

I’m not sure who it is…but Christ, this club needs the sort of ‘statement’ signing that we made when bringing Iestyn Harris to the club