I guess in a round about way, it might be three out (Silva, Hill and Eckersley) and four in (Raiwalui, Waine, Miski and Jones). Takes some arguing mind.

Yes I think Henry will play. Doubt Wayne will.

Miski not in the 21 for Thunder.

Yup so all 4 Wigan loanees gone, one new loanee from Leigh and all four players we have recruited now in match day 21. Or to put it another way we are down to the bare bones again. On the plus side it’s a decent 21- unless any are carrying knocks.

Anyone else noticed since we signed the dual reg with Wigan the loanees stopped coming. What’s that about?

You're looking at it the wrong way around BT. Hughes & Lenagan have it on a month by month rotation. This month Wigan have decided they don't need our players.

Quote BigTime="BigTime"Anyone else noticed since we signed the dual reg with Wigan the loanees stopped coming. What’s that about?'" I think Peet said they were looking for development opportunities for some of their fringe first team a couple of weeks ago. Leigh and Wakey have already taken some on short term loans, so my guess is they are maybe waiting for other SL opportunities to open up before they make any available to us. Harvie Hill has joined Toulouse today however, speaks volumes of how seriously our partnership is playing out. https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/03/ ... e-on-loan/

Quote BigTime="BigTime"Anyone else noticed since we signed the dual reg with Wigan the loanees stopped coming. What’s that about?'" I think Peet said they were looking for development opportunities for some of their fringe first team a couple of weeks ago. Leigh and Wakey have already taken some on short term loans, so my guess is they are maybe waiting for other SL opportunities to open up before they make any available to us. Harvie Hill has joined Toulouse today however, speaks volumes of how seriously our partnership is playing out. https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/03/ ... e-on-loan/

Ahh like last years DR with Skolars they loan us players, some time we loan them back. That worked well on all sides.

Quote Knocker_White="Knocker_White"I think Peet said they were looking for development opportunities for some of their fringe first team a couple of weeks ago. Leigh and Wakey have already taken some on short term loans, so my guess is they are maybe waiting for other SL opportunities to open up before they make any available to us. Harvie Hill has joined Toulouse today however, speaks volumes of how seriously our partnership is playing out. https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/03/ ... e-on-loan/'" Now Eckersley to Widnes on a month’s loan! Are there any Champ clubs they aren’t in DR with? At least they’re even handed but will be interesting to see if this DR bares any more fruit or if it’s simply a way of saying ‘we’ve loaned you Silva for the season’ which is gratefully received by the way but if we aren’t signing anyone then a few more loanees might be useful especially if all the other clubs are getting in on the act.

Quote Knocker_White="Knocker_White"I think Peet said they were looking for development opportunities for some of their fringe first team a couple of weeks ago. Leigh and Wakey have already taken some on short term loans, so my guess is they are maybe waiting for other SL opportunities to open up before they make any available to us. Harvie Hill has joined Toulouse today however, speaks volumes of how seriously our partnership is playing out. https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/03/ ... e-on-loan/'" Now Eckersley to Widnes on a month’s loan! Are there any Champ clubs they aren’t in DR with? At least they’re even handed but will be interesting to see if this DR bares any more fruit or if it’s simply a way of saying ‘we’ve loaned you Silva for the season’ which is gratefully received by the way but if we aren’t signing anyone then a few more loanees might be useful especially if all the other clubs are getting in on the act.

It's strange and bit concerning that we appear to be getting overlooked. On current evidence I'm not sure how reliant upon Wigan we can be, if we suddenly find ourselves in need of some emergency cover, as will no doubt happen at some point. Silva and Hill aside, the majority of the players Wigan look to have available are outside backs and hookers/half backs, not positions that we are really in great need of currently. I would be happy if we were able to keep Silva for the remainder of the season as you say. I doubt we will see much more of Miski now that Jai Field is out for a couple of months and he's played well for them when called upon.

I wonder how much geography is playing into some of the decision making and whether we have the same issue in attracting DR players as we do permanent signings from up north i.e. are players willing to take themselves away from home to come down for a part time spell and how attractive a proposition are we making it? If we can't offer a full time environment, then what else do we really have?

To all intents and purposes this season looks like a bit of a write off off field wise. It’s not easy to see quite where they can have a push to get interest going again. I wonder if they should make efforts to advertise the July2 game against Newcastle together with some work on the ground in the immediate environs of PL. if I’m right Football will not have started yet, the schools/scouts etc will still be on and available for free tickets and holiday season not started. Maybe that is the opportunity to make some noise. On the plus side there is a game at home the next week to gather momentum. On the negative it’s Toulouse and on a Saturday breaking the Sunday afternoon slot vibe. Neither side will bring many supporters with them but if we don’t make a push then there is only realistically the run of 3 home games in Sept to grow an audience and encourage sponsors of the value of supporting the team although I would have thought late in the season is a bad time to advertise the club.