Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:05 pm  

Manu was linked with Catalans a month ago.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:13 pm  

at the tender age of only 33 next march you would think he was a shoe-in for Wire

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:23 pm  

pie.warrior wrote:

at the tender age of only 33 next march you would think he was a shoe-in for Wire

Too young for Wire.

Should be okay by 2015 for them.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:04 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

Manu is 33 next March.
So who would we drop for him? H or Gaz Hock?
They are both better than Manu.
So, no thanks!

Exactly. I do find it baffling the number of times that people on here wish for us to sign players that are often very average and arent as good as what we already have.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:17 pm  

Famous wrote:

Exactly. I do find it baffling the number of times that people on here wish for us to sign players that are often very average and arent as good as what we already have.

Although I wouldn't class Manu as average, I certainly agree with your point.

Hansen, Hock and Lockers are IMO the best back three in the league.

It's great sitting back watching Saints and Wire spend big in the back row. An area Wigan just don't need to be concerned with. It should mean we can compete better for positions we do need to strengthen - centre/halfback.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:21 pm  

Famous wrote:

Exactly. I do find it baffling the number of times that people on here wish for us to sign players that are often very average and arent as good as what we already have.

I think some of us are still brainwashed into thinking that each new season must be heralded by a clutch of 'name' signings, even if some of them appear to be made for the sake of it. Just because most other clubs do it doesn't mean that we should. In fact, we proved with Madge's first season, and thus far this season, that you don't need to splash big cash on names to make a decent fist of SL. Not that I don't advocate signing real stars if they're available, but bettering Hull's offer to a 33-year-old Willie Manu, which by their own admission would have made him the best paid player at the KC, would be a ridiculously pointless piece of business.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue May 01, 2012 1:10 am  

Cruncher wrote:

bettering Hull's offer to a 33-year-old Willie Manu, which by their own admission would have made him the best paid player at the KC, would be a ridiculously pointless piece of business.

When we have Faz, Tuson, Hock, H, Lockers, Flower and Hughes..........too f*ckin right it would!!!

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue May 01, 2012 1:32 am  

cadoo wrote:

Although I wouldn't class Manu as average, I certainly agree with your point.

Hansen, Hock and Lockers are IMO the best back three in the league.

It's great sitting back watching Saints and Wire spend big in the back row. An area Wigan just don't need to be concerned with. It should mean we can compete better for positions we do need to strengthen - centre/halfback.

Nah. Delaney and Ablett are better.

We do have a very deep backrow though, it will serve us for years to come. Add Greg Burke to that list, he will be a star!

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue May 01, 2012 6:21 am  

Still no new deal for Finch, whats going on IL!?

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue May 01, 2012 6:25 am  

Cruncher wrote:

I think some of us are still brainwashed into thinking that each new season must be heralded by a clutch of 'name' signings, even if some of them appear to be made for the sake of it. Just because most other clubs do it doesn't mean that we should. In fact, we proved with Madge's first season, and thus far this season, that you don't need to splash big cash on names to make a decent fist of SL. Not that I don't advocate signing real stars if they're available, but bettering Hull's offer to a 33-year-old Willie Manu, which by their own admission would have made him the best paid player at the KC, would be a ridiculously pointless piece of business.

Exactly.

We bided our time when Maguire first came in and waited for the right opportunities. In his second season we brought in Finch, Hoffman and Lima and were able to do that by not panicking previous to that and wasting our cash on any old player just to get bodies in.

In the last off season I think they realised players of that quality weren't available but we needed to thicken out the squad so they signed young, hungry players with a point to prove.

Our recruitment policy is spot on and that's why we wouldn't dream of going for Manu.