: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:21 am
NickyKiss wrote:
They wouldn't have much of a say if Wigan can offer them more then they can(if they're off contract) and the players were willing to take the coin on offer.
Wigan should make a huge play for Eastmond imo. He's a quality young player and has the potential to be truely world class. It could help Wigans cause that he has an agent who will try and get him to go to the highest bidder.
It's a long shot but worth a go imo.
Unfortunately, I think this is the reason why he'll end up in Union at some point. Just suppose he plays really well on Saturday? The hotter the property he is, the more they'll be interested. As for Eastmond, he may at the present time be young and naive enough to want to stay and make his name in RL, but money will talk in the long run - as it did with Gasnier, SBW, Sailor, etc. No matter that they all ruined their careers, they also got very rich, which when they had families and mortgages to pay became the bottom line.
I think there's a bigger danger of Eastmond defecting at present than almost anyone else. He's got that 'running back' look about him, which seems to be nine points of the law where Union scouts are concerned.
I'd love us to get him - I'd love anyone to get him rather than see him go to Union. But I'll be amazed if it happens.