Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:50 pm  

grovelane wrote:

I agree 100% with the highlighted section but not regarding Charnley. For me he's an out and out winger, hence the need for a new starting centre.

It would have to come from overseas as there are very few centres from over here who I'd want, even not OOC. If we stumped up some cash, Briscoe would be awesome.

Don't know how you could see Briscoe as a potential centre but not Charnley tbh. Charnley has a huge size advantage and although limited a recent-ish history of playing at centre for HKR (and he was superb in that time).

I'm not sure of the last time Briscoe played a game at centre and of the 2 he seems the more permanent winger. He's a fantastic winger mind and him on the outside of Charnley would be sensational.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:57 pm  

If i may be objectionable for a second.

Why do people think that Charnley is a shoe in for a centre berth?. Apart from a few games at HKR last year does anyone have a real argument as to why he would be a success

Currently he may have the physique and the pace, but i have not really seen enough to say he could make the switch. He is certainly a little rusty in defense although granted he can throw a ball around when he wants.

For me he is an out and out winger and he continues to improve week in week out in that position.

I am not adverse to giving him a run out to see what he can do, and i will save my final judgment until then

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:06 pm  

tugglesf78 wrote:

If i may be objectionable for a second.

Why do people think that Charnley is a shoe in for a centre berth?. Apart from a few games at HKR last year does anyone have a real argument as to why he would be a success

Currently he may have the physique and the pace, but i have not really seen enough to say he could make the switch. He is certainly a little rusty in defense although granted he can throw a ball around when he wants.

For me he is an out and out winger and he continues to improve week in week out in that position.

I am not adverse to giving him a run out to see what he can do, and i will save my final judgment until then

Well said

Michael Maguire sees him as a winger, so that's where he's best. He'll stay there, rubbish to this centre malarky

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:30 pm  

Bill Sonny wrote:

Well said

Michael Maguire sees him as a winger, so that's where he's best. He'll stay there, rubbish to this centre malarky

I am not saying rubbish to it. I am skeptical though until i see him play there for a sustained period of time.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:17 pm  

tugglesf78 wrote:

I am not saying rubbish to it. I am skeptical though until i see him play there for a sustained period of time.

We won't know till we give it a whirl and to me we need to weigh up our options on that side. IMO Joel isn't improving at centre, Marsh isn't ready and is probably a winger the same as Goulding and Roberts.

As for signing a centre I'm stumped as to who we could get that's of the right quality.

Lenagan will come up with something though.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:22 pm  

Tom Burgess please

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:51 pm  

With Leon Pryce going to Les Cats does this mean that Dureau is available? I guess that depends on the whole Todd Carney tale coming to fruition, or not. Plus, what does it mean for Thomas Bosc? Are his injury problems that bad? He's only 27 I think

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:52 pm  

inside_man wrote:

If we aren't going to play Roberts, can we just do what Wire did with Hicks and buy him out of his contract. If you do it before the season starts then it doesn't count on the cap at all and enables you to get a replacement in.

I don't think you can do that; I believe it has to be the first year of the contract. Hicks had just renewed his deal with Warrington.

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:48 pm  

Paul Youane wrote:

I don't think you can do that; I believe it has to be the first year of the contract. Hicks had just renewed his deal with Warrington.

I can't see how that would make a difference. If we wanted to then we could just get Amos to sign a new 1 year deal with like £1 difference in wage - then subsequently release him from that?

[Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy]

Re: Rumours and signings v8 : Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:54 pm  

Any contract termination payment will count on the club's cap in the year it is made.