Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 12:50 pm  

Pemps wrote:

He's claimed the 2 props

he has

with the quote from a couple of weeks ago that Wigan are looking at OOC players. He has also posted the MEN link on every post he has ever created just to make it more believable

i'm sure i have just seen that one of them is contracted?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:04 pm  

Pemps wrote:

He's claimed the 2 props

It’s simply brilliant.

‘We’re looking at players’ he may as well put and claim anyone we get. We’ve now signed four players according to strong rumour and he’s not named a single one pre it hitting the press.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:10 pm  

Hopefully they’ll turn out like Tanginoa at Wakey. Looking at his career, he’d been a fringe player in the NRL and made 33 appearances in the NRL prior to coming here at 24/25. These two seem in a very similar boat.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:20 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Hopefully they’ll turn out like Tanginoa at Wakey. Looking at his career, he’d been a fringe player in the NRL and made 33 appearances in the NRL prior to coming here at 24/25. These two seem in a very similar boat.

There's certainly been more "hits" going after these types of players Vs established NRL props.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:24 pm  

Don’t know an awful lot about the two inbound for 2022 but here’s hoping they’re a marked improvement on Clark, Clubb and Bullock

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:36 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I can’t give him that, I read he had somewhere a few weeks ago, along with Powell.

Surprisingly he made no mention of Mago or Ellis.

I've put something on these lines on the Bibby thread

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:04 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

If that's true, then it proves a point many have been saying on here - you can't judge the club's recruitment until it's all finalised and announced.

I wouldn't be so sure on the Iain Thornley one either - I have it on good authority (from someone who has no interest in rugby whatsoever) that he'd been in the pub having a beer on the back of extending at Leigh for 3 years - this was a good few weeks back. I did query the lad (brother-in-law) saying I'd heard he'd signed at Wigan, but he was adamant that they were saying he was staying at Leigh...allegedly in the company of a couple of other players.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:14 pm  

JIMMY MAGNETS wrote:

I've put something on these lines on the Bibby thread

I’d actually be quite happy with Thornley on a fair wage, pretty pleased we’re not going for Mason though.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:03 pm  

CobraCraig wrote:

I’d actually be quite happy with Thornley on a fair wage, pretty pleased we’re not going for Mason though.

yeah he's certainly as good if not better than our current centres at the moment!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:17 pm  

JIMMY MAGNETS wrote:

yeah he's certainly as good if not better than our current centres at the moment!

Yeah, I don’t expect him to pull up trees and push for an England spot but he’s a big unit of a bloke with a decent eye for scoring a try and for a modest wage I’d be happy enough.