: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:29 pm  

post wrote:

Would love us to sign Morley even if it were only for one season.

You heard anything ?

: Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:13 pm  

wigan_knight wrote:

You heard anything ?

Nah but if I were IL I would enquire about if Wire would release him as they are supposed to be signing Myler (who has been offered a contract at Salford to become their highest ever paid player and turned it down so he mustn't be on buttons at Wire) and Morley is getting on a bit and wil be on a fortune and maybe would leave wire to another club if he was offered a 2 year deal and I reckon we could get 2 years out of him, best prop in the league this year.

Always liked Morley and I remember in about 2003 he said he would give Wigan first refusal when his contract ran out at Sydney Roosters.

Wish we would have signed him!

: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:45 am  

post wrote:

Nah but if I were IL I would enquire about if Wire would release him as they are supposed to be signing Myler (who has been offered a contract at Salford to become their highest ever paid player and turned it down so he mustn't be on buttons at Wire) and Morley is getting on a bit and wil be on a fortune and maybe would leave wire to another club if he was offered a 2 year deal and I reckon we could get 2 years out of him, best prop in the league this year.

Always liked Morley and I remember in about 2003 he said he would give Wigan first refusal when his contract ran out at Sydney Roosters.

Wish we would have signed him!

but Westwood mis going the other way to Salford

: Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:11 pm  

post wrote:

Nah but if I were IL I would enquire about if Wire would release him as they are supposed to be signing Myler (who has been offered a contract at Salford to become their highest ever paid player and turned it down so he mustn't be on buttons at Wire) and Morley is getting on a bit and wil be on a fortune and maybe would leave wire to another club if he was offered a 2 year deal and I reckon we could get 2 years out of him, best prop in the league this year.

Always liked Morley and I remember in about 2003 he said he would give Wigan first refusal when his contract ran out at Sydney Roosters.

Wish we would have signed him!

We tried but couldnt complete with the mega bucks wire were prepared to pay.

: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:32 pm  

Tricky Dicky wrote:

We tried but couldnt complete with the
mega bucks wire were prepared to pay.

I remember Mo stating that we put a contract in front of him but we couldn't afford the money he eventually went for.

You have to remember tho that we signed Fielden at the same time which would disrupt anyone’s budget.

At the end of the day we’d all love Morley over Fielden now but we made what we thought was the right decision at the time and you have to also remember we signed Fielden mid Season where Morley came in the off season.

: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:26 pm  

thepriestman85 wrote:

I remember Mo stating that we put a contract in front of him but we couldn't afford the money he eventually went for.

You have to remember tho that we signed Fielden at the same time which would disrupt anyone’s budget.

At the end of the day we’d all love Morley over Fielden now but we made what we thought was the right decision at the time and you have to also remember we signed Fielden mid Season where Morley came in the off season.

Got to admit I was over the moon when we signed Fielden and wasn't bothered about Morley at the time we got Fielden but in hindsight obviously would have had Morley.

Looking into the future for signings I think there are only a few players I would take from other clubs them young players being (as its better to sign them up young therefore costing less) :-

Cas- Shenton, Westerman and Owen.
Bradford- Burgess
Catalans- Pelo
Celtic- ?
Huddersfield- ?
Harlequins- LMS
Hull FC- ?
Hull KR- Wheeldon
Salford- Myler
Saints- Wheeler, Eastmond
Wakefield- ?
Warrington- Cooper, Riley

: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:27 pm  

thepriestman85 wrote:

I remember Mo stating that we put a contract in front of him but we couldn't afford the money he eventually went for.

You have to remember tho that we signed Fielden at the same time which would disrupt anyone’s budget.

At the end of the day we’d all love Morley over Fielden now but we made what we thought was the right decision at the time and you have to also remember we signed Fielden mid Season where Morley came in the off season.

At the time Fielden was better and younger than Morley

: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:29 pm  

post wrote:

Looking into the future for signings I think there are only a few players I would take from other clubs them young players being (as its better to sign them up young therefore costing less) :-

Bradford- Burgess

If you had watched a few more games then I think you'd consider Whitehead, Donaldson and Halley. There are plenty at Wigan that other clubs would take though, that probably means that you don't need to go looking as much as some clubs.

: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:50 pm  

pedro17 wrote:

At the time Fielden was better and younger than Morley

Im sure Fielden will also still be younger than Morley at this moment.

: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:02 pm  

Said he was better at the time and younger..period