Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri May 25, 2012 1:08 pm  

Wigan Peer wrote:

I am loving it all. Much as i would like us to win everything, have all the best players, and just the best team in the world, all the unfolding plot of what happens is why i love sport. Watching who comes and goes, watching the team balance ebb and flow. I love to just sit back and enjoy the roller coaster ride that is Wigan RLFC.....
When you are not happy about things, worried about the team, feel there should be an announcement, just think..... You could be a Warrington fan

Exactly, the unpredictability of sport is what makes it exciting, over the years of watching our great club I've witnessed the highs of Challenge Cup wins, Grand Final victories, WCC glory AND also, relegation, poor teams, awful players and worse coaches, its been a hell of a ride, but I love it !!!, you need the lows to enjoy the highs, always remember that no one is bigger than the club, players/coaches/owners will come and go but the club will still be there, sometimes your on top of the mountain looking down, sometimes your at the bottom looking up, accept it, that's sport, but most of all, enjoy it !!!.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri May 25, 2012 9:25 pm  

Wonder if there is any truth in this? viewtopic.php?f=62&t=528122&tsmp=1337980924

Wonder if there is any truth in this? viewtopic.php?f=62&t=528122&tsmp=1337980924

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri May 25, 2012 9:59 pm  

centralparkforever wrote: Wonder if there is any truth in this? viewtopic.php?f=62&t=528122&tsmp=1337980924 Who knows. Normally i'd want there to be but like I posted earlier i'm unsure if I want us to keep bringing in overseas players because we seem to be getting treated one of two ways by NRL players over the past decade- 1- They rip it up here but that gets them a big offer to go back to the NRL so they basically just walk out on their contracts in the knowledge that Wigan won't hold an unhappy player taking up cap space and an overseas spot. 2- They're dreadful but as much as Wigan would like to rip up their contract they sadly can't. Even though players can just walk out on us we can't do the opposite and we just have to grin and bear it for a couple of years minimum. Keep developing the kids and start to compete more aggressively for the British players that become available ratherhen just standing aside for Warrington.

centralparkforever wrote: Wonder if there is any truth in this? viewtopic.php?f=62&t=528122&tsmp=1337980924 Who knows. Normally i'd want there to be but like I posted earlier i'm unsure if I want us to keep bringing in overseas players because we seem to be getting treated one of two ways by NRL players over the past decade- 1- They rip it up here but that gets them a big offer to go back to the NRL so they basically just walk out on their contracts in the knowledge that Wigan won't hold an unhappy player taking up cap space and an overseas spot. 2- They're dreadful but as much as Wigan would like to rip up their contract they sadly can't. Even though players can just walk out on us we can't do the opposite and we just have to grin and bear it for a couple of years minimum. Keep developing the kids and start to compete more aggressively for the British players that become available ratherhen just standing aside for Warrington.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Fri May 25, 2012 10:08 pm  

Maguire wants Finch according to this although the article does sound like his agent fishing for a long term deal down under or else he'll accept whats on the table from a club in superleague- http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1za5z.html

Maguire wants Finch according to this although the article does sound like his agent fishing for a long term deal down under or else he'll accept whats on the table from a club in superleague- http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 1za5z.html

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Sat May 26, 2012 8:40 am  

maybe IL should devise some sort of contract where you only get 75% of the money while you are playing and the other 25% when you have completed your contract, don't know how legal it would be or if it would work or how it could be worked around the salary cap issues but how many Aussies would end up leaving early if they were going to lose £15-20k, i reckon we would see a higher percentage of them stay for the full length of their contracts

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Sat May 26, 2012 11:36 am  

Paul Clough and Andrew Dixon out of contract at Saints. Worth an interest?

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Sat May 26, 2012 12:00 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Paul Clough and Andrew Dixon out of contract at Saints. Worth an interest?

No, we have better players already.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Sat May 26, 2012 12:05 pm  

all is forgiven if we sign soward lol. he is a player what would go fantastic at wigan.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Sat May 26, 2012 12:53 pm  

dubairl wrote:

all is forgiven if we sign soward lol. he is a player what would go fantastic at wigan.

Id be happy with Soward and Gaskell (should BF choose to leave).

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Sat May 26, 2012 2:51 pm  

Kevin Brown off to Widnes next season.