Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:18 am  

Stu M wrote:

Counting props like they do subs at Academy level......

Props win pots. Our recruitment smacks of a Wane influence.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:20 am  

Zig wrote:

£100k I believe. It would be an opportunity to send Harvie Hill out on loan for a season and then bring him back when Cooper and Mago's contract expire at the end of next season.

Yeah, Let him go and get a full season into him. I wouldn't be against a full season at Wakefield at the top of the Championship where he wont have his confidence knocked from losing every week at somewhere like Cas/Fev (if they come up)

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:24 am  

Stu M wrote:

Really good post. I just think though that you have made some really smart business decisions on and off the field. Peet has been brillliant and now tied to a long term deal. You are now cash rich due to Danson and although you've always had a conveyor belt of talent coming through, you've now seemed to go to another level with signing the best junior talent. That said, in our defence we are hardly short of talented lads coming through and we definitely will see at least 5 or 6 from that Academy team yesterday playing first team over the next couple of years.

I think we are going to buck the trend with Welsby though, I think the NRL will be too much of an attractive proposition for him.

You are correct Stu, Mike Danson is not in the race to come second. I know for a fact that he told Rads to sign who he wants as money isn't the deciding factor. It is all about Wigan managing their salary cap well. In theory, we could easily replace Field and French with Tedesco and Cleary.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:33 am  

Zig wrote:

In theory, we could easily replace Field and French with Tedesco and Cleary.

Yes you could but realistically you won't. No Australian playing SOO with years left will come to any SL club. You still have to fit players under a cap and overseas ones won't count as homegrown.

Warrington have shown with Moran that having lots of money doesn't guarantee trophies but to be fair to Wigan they are recruiting smartly. They've identified forwards was a real Achilles heel and they've reacted accordingly.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 12:06 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Sounds promising and as though Wigan are working really hard to identify these lads.

Thanks for the info

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 12:06 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Sounds promising and as though Wigan are working really hard to identify these lads.

Thanks for the info

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 12:15 pm  

Stu M wrote:

No worries. Interestingly enough though it seems like the rivalry between Saints and Wigan at recruting at junior level is as strong as ever....!!

It goes deeper than that as, by all accounts, it was Saints who kicked up the stink around the academy GF. Wire knew they had zero chance and didn't want to play, but Saints pushed for Wigan to be kicked out.

Hollow/meaningless victory for Saints, but makes sense when you factor in them trying to push their development systems as the best in the country. Doesn't have the same ring when it's second best to Wigan.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 12:26 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

It goes deeper than that as, by all accounts, it was Saints who kicked up the stink around the academy GF. Wire knew they had zero chance and didn't want to play, but Saints pushed for Wigan to be kicked out.

Hollow/meaningless victory for Saints, but makes sense when you factor in them trying to push their development systems as the best in the country. Doesn't have the same ring when it's second best to Wigan.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 1:23 pm  

Zig wrote:

£100k I believe. It would be an opportunity to send Harvie Hill out on loan for a season and then bring him back when Cooper and Mago's contract expire at the end of next season.

Wouldn`t mind Hill at Leeds for a year.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:03 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

It goes deeper than that as, by all accounts, it was Saints who kicked up the stink around the academy GF. Wire knew they had zero chance and didn't want to play, but Saints pushed for Wigan to be kicked out.

Hollow/meaningless victory for Saints, but makes sense when you factor in them trying to push their development systems as the best in the country. Doesn't have the same ring when it's second best to Wigan.

This is completely untrue. Nobody "kicked up a stink" first and foremost. The RFL picked up on it themselves; it wasn't reported to them.

Secondly saints had absolutely no involvement whatsoever in the decision to disqualify Wigan. The entire thing was started by the RFL, investigated by them and the end decision made by them.