: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:11 pm  

Random Male wrote:

Shane Tronc is heading to Wigan, or so Ive heard from a current SL player

Looks to be Wakefield bound, they were certainly in the driving seat and close to signing him last i heard, also since then it also seems to be a bit of an open secret he has signed on the Trinity forum, the only slight doubt i have is the gagging clause he has in place with his new club.

: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:24 pm  

jonh wrote:

Looks to be Wakefield bound, they were certainly in the driving seat and close to signing him last i heard, also since then it also seems to be a bit of an open secret he has signed on the Trinity forum, the only slight doubt i have is the gagging clause he has in place with his new club.

I would be extremely disappointed if we were beaten to the signing of Tronc by Wakefield. As far as i can see there isn't really anyone of better quality readily available from there clubs or even willing to come over.

: Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:05 pm  

jonh wrote:

Looks to be Wakefield bound, they were certainly in the driving seat and close to signing him last i heard, also since then it also seems to be a bit of an open secret he has signed on the Trinity forum, the only slight doubt i have is the gagging clause he has in place with his new club.

Hold on there, Jonh. Matt King was definitely Wigan-bound - but then an angel intervened and it didn't happen.

You never know, lightning could strike to our benefit twice.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:24 am  

Cruncher wrote:

Hold on there, Jonh. Matt King was definitely Wigan-bound - but then an angel intervened and it didn't happen.

You never know, lightning could strike to our benefit twice.

Matt King declined many offers from Wigan.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:01 am  

odemwingie wrote:

Matt King declined many offers from Wigan.

Good.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:23 am  

inside_man wrote:

I would be extremely disappointed if we were beaten to the signing of Tronc by Wakefield. As far as i can see there isn't really anyone of better quality readily available from there clubs or even willing to come over.

The only way Wakey would beat us to his signing is if we weren't in for him in the first place and have missed the boat.

Hopefully Lenagan saw something in him whilst watching Webb and moved to get him in. His stats this season have been superb for the NRL.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:48 am  

odemwingie wrote:

Matt King declined many offers from Wigan.

Only angelic intervention on our behalf could have made Warrington table that ludicrous last-minute offer.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:38 am  

Cruncher wrote:

Hold on there, Jonh. Matt King was definitely Wigan-bound - but then an angel intervened and it didn't happen.

You never know, lightning could strike to our benefit twice.

While i understand where you are coming from if Wigan were to hijack the signing it would be at a very very last minute stage.

I am also of the opinion that we are not in for him, IL has been over to see the Cowboys and must have been aware of Tronc's availability for a while now, my opinion is that we were not in for him and have in fact made our frontrow signings for 2010, and hopefully the other signings too, they simply will not be released into the public domain until we have a coach in place for 2010.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:39 am  

Cruncher wrote:

Only angelic intervention on our behalf could have made Warrington table that ludicrous last-minute offer.

He's not the only player Warrington have "out bid" us for in the last 2 years.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:49 am  

cadoo wrote:

He's not the only player Warrington have "out bid" us for in the last 2 years.

In the age of the salary cap, with most teams operating at or around the cap level, that's always going to happen. It's not a reason to commit hari-kari.