Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:32 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

Shelford gone to Swinton, official. These forwards don't seem to be given a long time to prove themselves. He was captaining the academy in 2016 and being bigged up that pre-season. Suppose it's difficult for him if Wells, Field and Hamlin are now ahead of him though. Do we know if Davies is still with us?

Shelford was always going to be one of those forwards not quite big enough for their position,in the modern game. He has got heart and bags of skill but would never have the time to mature in SL. Did I see that the average age of debut in the NRL is about 25? By that time in Super League if you do not have a starting gig you are surplus to requirements.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:39 pm  

Murdoch-Masila confirmed to Warrington Holy brown stuff, we are falling a long way behind here. Hope to god there are some rather hot irons in the proverbial fire.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:32 pm  

Cherry_Warrior wrote:

Murdoch-Masila confirmed to Warrington Holy brown stuff, we are falling a long way behind here. Hope to god there are some rather hot irons in the proverbial fire.

I'd go with you if he'd gone to Cas/Hull/Leeds but Wire finished near the foot of the table and ended up in the middle 8's.

They'll clearly be much improved but 'a long way behind' them I very much doubt.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:39 pm  

Murdoch-Masila, Roberts, Goodwin and Akauola so far to add to players like Hill, Ratchford, Clark and Brown. Make no mistake, they are finishing nowhere near the bottom next season. I have heard a couple of rumours. One is a ridiculous imminent no.7 to arrive but have been told not to say owt. If it's true though it will be worth the wait. That excites me a lot more than what we may have planned at right centre if what else i have heard is true

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:08 pm  

Like Gale?? I can’t see this happening if I’m being honest however a Cas supporting friend of mine has mentioned that we are in for him a few times in the last week or so. Also mentioned below http://www.seriousaboutrl.com/potential ... ker-10525/

Like Gale?? I can’t see this happening if I’m being honest however a Cas supporting friend of mine has mentioned that we are in for him a few times in the last week or so. Also mentioned below http://www.seriousaboutrl.com/potential ... ker-10525/

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:16 pm  

Do you get the feeling that we are headed for one of those rebuilding years? Even worse it could be a year that causes us to need a rebuilding year.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:26 pm  

Cherry_Warrior wrote:

Murdoch-Masila, Roberts, Goodwin and Akauola so far to add to players like Hill, Ratchford, Clark and Brown. Make no mistake, they are finishing nowhere near the bottom next season. I have heard a couple of rumours. One is a ridiculous imminent no.7 to arrive but have been told not to say owt. If it's true though it will be worth the wait. That excites me a lot more than what we may have planned at right centre if what else i have heard is true

PM please!!!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:21 pm  

Cherry_Warrior wrote:

Murdoch-Masila, Roberts, Goodwin and Akauola so far to add to players like Hill, Ratchford, Clark and Brown. Make no mistake, they are finishing nowhere near the bottom next season. I have heard a couple of rumours. One is a ridiculous imminent no.7 to arrive but have been told not to say owt. If it's true though it will be worth the wait. That excites me a lot more than what we may have planned at right centre if what else i have heard is true

They won't you're right but they won't be light years ahead of us either. There are still some big holes in that Wire side and weaknesses (much like we have some holes) they'll want to fix up.

When you talk about a seven, do you mean us or Wire? You'd think Wires halfback pairing is settled now with Brown and Roberts but who knows. Rugby league looks to be going back to the old days at the minute with business being conducted in the off season rather then mid way through the previous year. It's making the off season far more exciting.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:24 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

They won't you're right but they won't be light years ahead of us either. There are still some big holes in that Wire side and weaknesses (much like we have some holes) they'll want to fix up.

When you talk about a seven, do you mean us or Wire? You'd think Wires halfback pairing is settled now with Brown and Roberts but who knows. Rugby league looks to be going back to the old days at the minute with business being conducted in the off season rather then mid way through the previous year. It's making the off season far more exciting.

Going to be a mighty scrap for top 4 next year, that is for sure...if Wakey improve at all on last year we will be seriously battling with Huddersfield, Salford, Catalans and Hull KR to stay out of the bottom four and will Toulouse, Toronto and Leigh all looking good, the qualifiers will be tough. Could be a real defining season for Wigan, a true marker for how compare. I don't believe we have done ourselves any favours flying across the world to kick start the season either but hey-ho, commercial exposure is all that matters.

As much as I enjoy rumours, there has got to be little truth in the Luke Gale arrival, it just makes zero sense without either Williams, Leuluai, Powell, McIllorum, Shorrocks or even Ganson leaving...there is little space on the cap as it is and we have limited options with OOC players so logic just makes it a non-starter. Trading Escare or Tomkins (S), which is all that Cas would really want from us, makes no sense as it leaves us short a full back and overloads us on "halves/hookers".

I said it before and I will stand by it now, our starting 6, 7 and 9 will be GW, TL and MM. Get used to the idea now and it hopefully won't mickey you off so much come February

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:04 am  

Todd Carney would appear to be the most viable option given that he is out of contract, Salford probably don't have the money to pay him, and previous indiscretions may damage his NRL options. I still seriously doubt we would have the cap space though with no high earners leaving.