Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:49 am  

I've boon told from a decent source this morning that Hock will be going to the NRL and we will be getting Ben westwood as a replacement. Just another rumour I accept but the source is pretty hard to ignore. Not sure I can see it happen as I know wire have refused to deal with us regarding players in the last year or so and that was with a player with much less pedigree than Ben Westwood. Personally I wouldn't swap Hock for any SR in SL but Westwood is the only one close.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:50 am  

Hearing two rumours at the moment. The first one is Prescott to Hull (not sure which club) but this isn't very reliable and the second is from a very reliable source. Gaz Hock being chased by more than one NRL club with representatives trying to arrange personal talks. Unlikely to develop though from what I understand. He's happy here

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:52 am  

cherryandwhitedavid06 wrote:

Hearing two rumours at the moment. The first one is Prescott to Hull (not sure which club) but this isn't very reliable and the second is from a very reliable source. Gaz Hock being chased by more than one NRL club with representatives trying to arrange personal talks. Unlikely to develop though from what I understand. He's happy here

Was going to add that in my post that I know for a fact there have been strong links with Gaz and the NRL in years gone by and that he has turned it down as he is more than happy here and wanted to repay the club for giving him a second chance. He's a bit of a homebird.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:02 pm  

He also has a young family so I doubt he'd want to uproot them and drag them to oz

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:12 pm  

Vectrabeast wrote:

I've boon told from a decent source this morning that Hock will be going to the NRL and we will be getting Ben westwood as a replacement. Just another rumour I accept but the source is pretty hard to ignore. Not sure I can see it happen as I know wire have refused to deal with us regarding players in the last year or so and that was with a player with much less pedigree than Ben Westwood. Personally I wouldn't swap Hock for any SR in SL but Westwood is the only one close.

Ha Ha Ha Ha - deluded.

Did they tell this to the u20s players as well.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:19 pm  

Paul Youane wrote:

Ha Ha Ha Ha - deluded.

Did they tell this to the u20s players as well.

Entitled to believe what you want pal, Like I said I can't see it happening for several reasons but the source is hard to ignore.

Not quite sure what the U20's has to do with it as both players are a lot older than 20 but as far as the U20's goes I know exactly what is happening and I know Wigans stance on the matter (which happens to be the mirror opposite of what you believed to be the case)

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:48 pm  

There may be some truth in it. Why would we have been pro-actively trying to sign Ellis when we have an abundence of back row forwards. I dont think Ellis would push Hansen or Hock out of the starting line up and Ellis certainly wouldnt want to be a bench player. Cant see it happening if im honest and there is not a chance in hell Wire would allow Westwood to come to Wigan and to be honest, why would he want to. Hes in a title challenging team already and clearly loves being at Warrington

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:02 pm  

Vectrabeast wrote:

I know exactly what is happening and I know Wigans stance on the matter (which happens to be the mirror opposite of what you believed to be the case)

If that is what you are being told then you're being played for a fool by whoever it is.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:40 pm  

Paul Youane wrote:

Ha Ha Ha Ha - deluded.

Did they tell this to the u20s players as well.

Translates as: "Oh God I hope this doesn't happen! Who told you? Is he reliable? etc etc"

Maintaining a dignified is the best way to prove that you're not badly disturbed by a rumour.

: Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:05 pm  

I would be gutted if we replaced hock with Westwood, Westwood is more similar to the Hansen mould type player. Hock is just another level in attack to most second rowers I've seen.