Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:23 pm  

Itchy Arsenal wrote:

Some clubs build a statue of a player who has been caught out taking a banned substance. Hard to believe that such an upstanding club with faultless values could do such a thing.

That is pretty shocking

Right up there with employing an assistant coach that had previously bet his own cash on his own team (and current employers) losing a game....

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:17 pm  

I think the phrase the youth of today would use is 'owned'

[Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy]

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:22 pm  

[Gareth] wrote:

I think the phrase the youth of today would use is 'owned'

Pffftt.

Get with the program Grandad, the youth of today would say they got burned!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:46 am  

Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy wrote:

Pffftt.

Get with the program Grandad, the youth of today would say they got burned!

thats so 1970's!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:01 am  

Ok...bit on the vague side but I can't be alone in my thinking....

What sort of salary will Hiku be on at Warrington? I am so out of touch with the NRL, I am not sure if he was a big signing or not?!

He looks like a superb purchase, I know we are sorted in the centres if Gells & Gildart are 100% but i was singing his praises last night for Warrington, he genuinely didn't put a foot wrong and was solid as a rock..he also He gave us hell the week before...can't help feel like just one or even two incomings like this for us would be all we need.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:04 pm  

I'm pretty sure Hiku will be on a big wage,he's been a regular in the NRL and is a New Zealand international with his best years ahead of him,I would be shocked if he's not one of wires top 5 earners.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:39 pm  

Brad Dwyer has signed for Leeds on a 2 year deal. Good signing that, he's quick and would have offered us something different to MM and Powell with his scoot.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:28 pm  

Josh Ganson needs to be given more game time micky could have a crack at loose forward

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Jul 21, 2017 2:30 pm  

warrior1872 wrote:

Josh Ganson needs to be given more game time micky could have a crack at loose forward

I know McIlorum has done a job for us at loose a couple of times previously but I don’t think there is any merit in moving him there. We already have a small back row in Bateman and Farrell, do we really want to add in a small loose forward who will offer nothing in terms of hard yards? Why would he be a better option there than J.Tomkins, Isa or even Wells? IMO neither of them are good enough to warrant dropping a proper second rower to keep both in.

Leuluai to hooker, then McIlorum and Powell to battle it out for the second hooker spot. Ganson should be loaned to a Championship club next season, then come back and fight for a Wigan spot in 2019 when Leuluai calls it a day.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:49 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

I know McIlorum has done a job for us at loose a couple of times previously but I don’t think there is any merit in moving him there. We already have a small back row in Bateman and Farrell, do we really want to add in a small loose forward who will offer nothing in terms of hard yards? Why would he be a better option there than J.Tomkins, Isa or even Wells? IMO neither of them are good enough to warrant dropping a proper second rower to keep both in.

Leuluai to hooker, then McIlorum and Powell to battle it out for the second hooker spot. Ganson should be loaned to a Championship club next season, then come back and fight for a Wigan spot in 2019 when Leuluai calls it a day.

Spot on Grimmy.
As much as I like LF and JB it does leave us a little lightweight in the backrow plus what has MM done to even consider playing in the backrow?
Ideally I'd like Sutton or wells getting sometime in the backrow before the season is out.