Rumours and signings v9

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:12 pm

sergeant pepper wrote:

I'm not sure on his contract length and, whilst i won't argue that moving him on will be easy, we're in that grey area of him being a bit of a numpty if he won't leave.

I know that he's got x amount of time to run, but players don't seem to look at the bigger picture of what happens after that deal.

Escare Vs Davies is a great example.

Whilst Escare has bagged himself a deal at Salford, how long has been out of the game? Will he still be able to do it? Has it cost him money in the long too? I can't imagine Salford paying big bucks for a guy who hasn't played in 12 months. You only need to look at Hardaker, who had a period out of the game and it fundamentally changed him as an athlete.

Davies on the other hand saw the writing was on the wall and backed himself (even tho he had a contract & a bad injury) to leave and make it somewhere else. He's done that and I'm sure that when his contract is up, he'll be set for a pay increase and there'll be plenty of suitors too.

Clark might sit on his ar$£ and collect a cheque, but who's gonna sign him after 2 years out of the game? What does he do then?

Depends on his options doesn't it? If he can get a bit less than what he's getting here to be a regular at another SL club then I'm sure he'll go, but I can see Clark possibly staring down the barrell of being semi-pro if he leaves Wigan right now. SL teams have most/all of their cap space committed by late November, and I can't see any SL team bending over backwards to bring in a guy in his late 20s who hasn't ever really got it done at this level except whoever the 12th team to come in is. Even then he's potentially part time in 2022 when the 12th team almost certainly gets relegated. Part time is, of course, particularly bad now given Championship could be cancelled/have less games next year for all we know, and all Championship clubs will be hurting from losing so many fixtures due to COVID.

If I was him I'd only being leaving for a 2+ year contract at an SL club (not including whoever comes up for 2021 as cannon fodder). Otherwise, stay at Wigan and push for a loan. That gives him time to find a place at an SL side for 2022 before they make all their cap decisions. It also gives him the chance to improve his stock, either with a view to getting back into the Wigan side or getting a spot elsewhere.