Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:33 am  

Powell I would be very wary of - can't seem to stay out of trouble ( )

Henson - no way, half the time doesn't want to play and another with a reputation way above his talent.

If these are the best we could do then I would be seriously worried, for the money they would demend there are numerous tried and tested RL players who would be much better.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:04 am  

Kite would be an excellent signing but I'd still go for O'Meley first as he's already established over here.

Let's face it if you can live in the ar$£ end of the world in Hull then Wigan would be easy.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:22 am  

thepriestman85 wrote:

Kite would be an excellent signing but I'd still go for O'Meley first as he's already established over here.

Let's face it if you can live in the ar$£ end of the world in Hull then Wigan would be easy.

And surely coming to work for IL and whoever ends up coaching us next year - literally, whoever it is - would be an improvement on working for Kath (I owe it all to you, Gary) Hetherington and Richard (the most out of his depth coach in the history of the game) Agar.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:09 am  

I think it's safe to say Pat's showing no ill effects from his injury, so let's sign him up. I know a few had reservations on how Richards would recover and rightfully so. But credit to Pat and the Wigan staff, the injury doesn't appear to have had any detrimental effect on his play. Deserving of a new contract for mine.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:24 am  

Anyone from Wigan think Wigan will try to poach the gun for hire. Tony Smith from Warrington as the new coach for next year. He has a reputation for being a bit of a traveller in coaching terms.

Warrington are an aging team so who knows maybe the youth at Wigan is something he would like to work with.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:30 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

Anyone from Wigan think Wigan will try to poach the gun for hire. Tony Smith from Warrington as the new coach for next year. He has a reputation for being a bit of a traveller in coaching terms.

Warrington are an aging team so who knows maybe the youth at Wigan is something he would like to work with.

Could be, but my feeling is that we will be looking for another up and coming Aussie with a point to prove. I feel that going forward we will be looking to Aus for coaching improvements.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:38 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Anyone from Wigan think Wigan will try to poach the gun for hire. Tony Smith from Warrington as the new coach for next year. He has a reputation for being a bit of a traveller in coaching terms.

Warrington are an aging team so who knows maybe the youth at Wigan is something he would like to work with.

Cant see it but would love it if we did

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:03 pm  

There's already a good system in place we don't need that muppet Tony smith. On another note I would look at a few players out of contract to bolster the side fir next year wakey ave a good young prop and ratchford is a possibility I'd also like a fullback matt Bowen

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:19 pm  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

I think it's safe to say Pat's showing no ill effects from his injury, so let's sign him up. I know a few had reservations on how Richards would recover and rightfully so. But credit to Pat and the Wigan staff, the injury doesn't appear to have had any detrimental effect on his play. Deserving of a new contract for mine.

He has recovered well. Looking like he has lost a bit of pace though and not running in as hard as he used to.
I think he will begin to run it back in harder with time though. Maybe he is struggling to recover as quickly between games, and again I think he will recover more quickly with time.

Re: Rumours and signings v6 (inc Maguire Rumours) : Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:11 pm  

Richards looks as good as ever, game time has improved him over the last three weeks. IL was hinting at Wane being front runner for the job next year, but he talked about a long term plan and another Aussie may be in place to oversea the next two years then handing over to Wane