Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Wed May 08, 2013 11:26 am  

saint at wire wrote:

I've mentioned his injury issues on another thread.
it doesn't help being put in thr U19's when 15 and being beat up all the time.

Do Wigan not promote players above their age group too?

Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Wed May 08, 2013 11:56 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

Do Wigan not promote players above their age group too?

I don't know. 15 years olds?

Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Wed May 08, 2013 12:37 pm  

I think Wheeler has at least one more year anyway, so it's not too much of an issue really.

If Brown does not want Lance at 6, then that is a good sign. It may seam like a waste paying all the money for a bench player, but bench and sub hooker is the best we can offer.

When Makinson got back into the team, after being left out, he was taking the ball in with a lot more Ade type running. I think he had picked up on the fact that to get a game, it was going to take more than talent and speed and that the returning of the ball as a winger was vital to our go forward. I would not say he was at the same level as Ade, in terms of running into a brick wall for the cause. But there was certainly more umff about his returning the ball.

But it was a short week or 2, then Lomax got injured and he was moved to FB.

I think so long as he keeps improving that part of the game returning the ball, Makinson will be a fine winger.

In which case it's really only 6 and 5 that are up for grabs.

Wheeler may get one last shot at 6.

Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Wed May 08, 2013 1:00 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

I've mentioned his injury issues on another thread.
it doesn't help being put in thr U19's when 15 and being beat up all the time.

Which 15 year olds have played in the U19's?

Wigan have had quite a few 16 year olds play in their U19's this year.

Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Wed May 08, 2013 1:15 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

I don't know. 15 years olds?

if you're good enough, you're old enough. Scott Moore hit the first team at 16 and has had no significant injury issues, and that was as a pack player

Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Wed May 08, 2013 6:19 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

if you're good enough, you're old enough. Scott Moore hit the first team at 16 and has had no significant injury issues, and that was as a pack player

He hit the first team as a halfback, a 7 iirc.

Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Wed May 08, 2013 7:29 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

He hit the first team as a halfback, a 7 iirc.

Correct. He was moved to hooker and then back row later on. Spent majority of his career at hooker though.

Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Wed May 08, 2013 11:04 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

if you're good enough, you're old enough. Scott Moore hit the first team at 16 and has had no significant injury issues, and that was as a pack player

Think he made his debut against Wigan at the JJB.

Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Thu May 09, 2013 5:52 am  

St. Rughead wrote:

Think he made his debut against Wigan at the JJB.

He did make his debut against Wigan. Basil gave him his debut.

Thought it was at home tho.

Re: Turner and Percival sign new deals : Thu May 09, 2013 6:09 am  

St pete wrote:

He did make his debut against Wigan. Basil gave him his debut.

Thought it was at home tho.

Definitely at DW. I remember him coming out for the warm-up and we didn't have a clue who he was.