Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:09 am  

Rather than paying large amounts I wonder if the club will bring in centre Zach Eckersley next season. He's doing rather well on loan at Widnes at the moment. His profile states he's 'a keen goalkicker too'. Could be worth his weight in gold, albeit he will only be about 20 years old. https://www.wiganwarriors.com/teams/fir ... -eckersley

Rather than paying large amounts I wonder if the club will bring in centre Zach Eckersley next season. He's doing rather well on loan at Widnes at the moment. His profile states he's 'a keen goalkicker too'. Could be worth his weight in gold, albeit he will only be about 20 years old. https://www.wiganwarriors.com/teams/fir ... -eckersley

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:28 am  

He certainly seems to be going well but i feel it would be naive to go into next season with just Eckersley. We need some experience in the side.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:54 pm  

1872_WiganRLFC wrote:

He certainly seems to be going well but i feel it would be naive to go into next season with just Eckersley. We need some experience in the side.

I can’t see us starting with Eckersley after letting Sam Halsall go to Huddersfield. Sam seemed to be making decent progress and I was surprised (and disappointed) to see him go.

Kierghan would be a good signing but replacing King with a proven centre is essential. We have too many average or young players in too many key positions already.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:23 pm  

MattyB wrote: Rather than paying large amounts I wonder if the club will bring in centre Zach Eckersley next season. He's doing rather well on loan at Widnes at the moment. His profile states he's 'a keen goalkicker too'. Could be worth his weight in gold, albeit he will only be about 20 years old. https://www.wiganwarriors.com/teams/fir ... -eckersley If King is going back then the tactic must be to replace him with an on quota centre who can give us 2 good years using Eckersley as backup with a view to him taking over in 2026 should he keep developing.

MattyB wrote: Rather than paying large amounts I wonder if the club will bring in centre Zach Eckersley next season. He's doing rather well on loan at Widnes at the moment. His profile states he's 'a keen goalkicker too'. Could be worth his weight in gold, albeit he will only be about 20 years old. https://www.wiganwarriors.com/teams/fir ... -eckersley If King is going back then the tactic must be to replace him with an on quota centre who can give us 2 good years using Eckersley as backup with a view to him taking over in 2026 should he keep developing.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:37 pm  

Is it just me that’s gets the vibe that Wire don’t want King back it’s just Firtzpatrick is obsessed with “getting one over” Wigan.

His comments when they signed Gelling were absolutely embarrassing.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:38 pm  

NSW wrote:

Is it just me that’s gets the vibe that Wire don’t want King back it’s just Firtzpatrick is obsessed with “getting one over” Wigan.

His comments when they signed Gelling were absolutely embarrassing.

Sad isn't it.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:53 pm  

NSW wrote:

Is it just me that’s gets the vibe that Wire don’t want King back it’s just Firtzpatrick is obsessed with “getting one over” Wigan.

His comments when they signed Gelling were absolutely embarrassing.

He had a massive flex about the Matty Ashton signing on a podcast he did earlier this year as well…seems to thrive on trying to ‘get one over’ us doesn’t he.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:07 pm  

dh13 wrote:

He had a massive flex about the Matty Ashton signing on a podcast he did earlier this year as well…seems to thrive on trying to ‘get one over’ us doesn’t he.

That was the other one I was thinking of.

Sure he made something of Charnley signing for them instead of us despite us having 4 quality wingers at the time.

Obviously Nicholson and particularly Williams have been great signings but he really needs to stop obsessing over us.

Small club mentality all the time with that lot.

Edit - I must say Ashton is turning into a brilliant player too.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:11 pm  

His comment that their squad was better than ours was a good one. Didn't they finish in the middle 8s that year?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:11 pm  

You won't find many Warrington fans(well, the sensible ones!)who actually like fitzpatrick. The phrase 'out of his depth' has never been more relevant!!