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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:36 pm  
Absolutely fantastic news, there's no doubt about that.

Quality young team, mostly tied down on long term deals. A real crop or exciting talent on the edges of the squad.

Best young coach in the sport tied down for 7 years.

Billionaire owner.

Now a truly elite centre tied down for, what will probably be the rest of his career.

Can't remember the last time we had it so good.
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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:41 pm  
Mark_P1973 wrote:
just posted similar on warriors fans

great piece of work

Coaching team tied down long terms

Field, Smith and Miski all resigned on long term deals, Thompson and Leeming on 4 year deals

just need to look at Havard, Byrne, Hill, Dupree, Nsemba, Walters, O'Neill (& or Forber) etc now and if we can get those guys on extended contracts the squad is looking set and hopefully settled for the next few years

with the natural retirements of Cooper, Farrell, Isa too, then that gives pathway into the 1st team if they are ready to take it


Havard, Nsemba and O’Neill are tied down until the end of 2027 from pretty recent deals. Walters is tied in until the end of 2026 and Dupree is either 2026 or 2027.

It’s just Byrne and Hill I think might be up soon, so hopefully they’ll be locked in before long.
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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:57 pm  
All these long contracts could cause us some problems down the line, mark my words
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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:03 pm  
The Whiffy Kipper wrote:
All these long contracts could cause us some problems down the line, mark my words


I think there has to be some sacrifices, obviously cap management is the key and use of the marquee spots to maximise value against the additional dispensations.

Keighran I think will only do the 2 years, Isa, Cooper, Farrell possibly returning in the not too distant it’s a real juggling act.
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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:12 pm  
If I was a Huddersfield fan (god forbid), I'd be asking serious questions of Watson.

He literally didn't select a generational talent and happily let him go to the leagues biggest side. MOM in the GF for Wigan, but yet he couldn't even get in their CC Final team? One of the very few superstars they've ever produced etc. The list goes on and on.

Letting JW go, whilst under contract, has to go down in history as one of the dumbest decisions in the last 20+ years.
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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:29 pm  
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If I was a Huddersfield fan (god forbid), I'd be asking serious questions of Watson.

He literally didn't select a generational talent and happily let him go to the leagues biggest side. MOM in the GF for Wigan, but yet he couldn't even get in their CC Final team? One of the very few superstars they've ever produced etc. The list goes on and on.

Letting JW go, whilst under contract, has to go down in history as one of the dumbest decisions in the last 20+ years.


Watson had an issue to deal with he wanted Jake to play one side of the field, Jake wanted to play the other side.

Could argue Jake tested the coaches authority too with how he behaved.

Very difficult to cave in in front of the wider squad and back down if you are a head coach and hope maintain a level of authority over the rest of the club.

I do think he was always destined to play for Wigan but that fall out probably accelerated the process by a couple of years.
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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:26 pm  
Great news that Jake has re-signed.
Again, very good business by the club. Well done!
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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:57 pm  
Great to get this lad tied down on a long term deal. He's been nowt but class since he joined us, makes very few errors, and comes up with some really important plays.

Centre is often an under valued position and I don't get why. Having a classy centre with a good understanding of his winger is a licence to rack up points.
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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:09 am  
Almost for as long as I can remember, we've had two recurring bugbears about the composition of the squad - two proper centres and size in the pack. Fair to say that those two issues seem to have been resolved for the foreseeable future.
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Re: Jake Wardle 5 Year deal : Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:59 am  
Genuinely a top 5 centre in the world IMO.

We all love our academy but flexing our muscles and securing top tier talent from other clubs who have shown great potential but can improve in the Wigan system (Dupree and Wardle), has taken the squad to the next level.

Last time we signed like that was Sarginson and Bateman in 2014.
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