Young player of the year. : Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:36 pm  

2 Wire lads nominated Thewils and Nicholson

Re: Young player of the year. : Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:31 pm  

Thewlis has been good. I'm a massive fan of Nicholson, but he's not shown that much yet. After watching the dally M awards this morning, the 3 nominees for this award just proves the MASSIVE gulf in the quality of players in the respective competitions.

Re: Young player of the year. : Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:07 pm  

Would be nice to see Thewlis get some recognition, but I doubt they'd look beyond a Wigan player this year.

Re: Young player of the year. : Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:05 pm  

easyWire wrote:

Would be nice to see Thewlis get some recognition, but I doubt they'd look beyond a Wigan player this year.

If Brad o Neill is that good(and I rate the lad), why have they signed kruise Leeming on a long term contract? It must be soul destroying to play in Wigans academy when all they do is bring players in.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Young player of the year. : Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:32 am  

And O'Neil has only played half the season

Re: Young player of the year. : Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:00 am  

Moe syslak wrote:

If Brad o Neill is that good(and I rate the lad), why have they signed kruise Leeming on a long term contract? It must be soul destroying to play in Wigans academy when all they do is bring players in.

Wigan have been claiming Siddal as an Eastern district of their town for quite a while now, so they probably just see Leeming as another pureblood Wiganer off the production line.

Re: Young player of the year. : Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:45 am  

Moe syslak wrote:

If Brad o Neill is that good(and I rate the lad), why have they signed kruise Leeming on a long term contract? It must be soul destroying to play in Wigans academy when all they do is bring players in.

I know that's tongue in cheek - but I think we're going to see them both on the pitch at the same time next season. We've recently been moving O'Neill to 13 for spells when Powell comes off the bench, and I think we'll be seeing something similar with Leeming. He's only 21 and already looks ahead of where Powell was at his best, so there's no way we're not seeing him as integral to us for the next few years at least.

Being biased I think O'Neill deserves it and will get it, but I've been impressed by Thewlis and like most Wiganers I wish Nicholson was still playing for us.

Re: Young player of the year. : Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:17 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

And O'Neil has only played half the season

He's played more than Thewliss or Nicholson.

Re: Young player of the year. : Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:19 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

And O'Neil has only played half the season

He's played more than Thewlis or Nicholson.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Young player of the year. : Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:44 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

He's played more than Thewliss or Nicholson.

how many games has he played?