Re: Wigan away next : Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:01 pm  

little wayne69 wrote:

As far as you know which is virtually nothing I'm afraid, of course he wanted it albeit on slightly different terms which was refused point blank with an ultimatum delivered, Carter has before going on holiday put the contract back on the table if he wants to sign it, he was dropped for this weeks game as he was last week but because MCB is unavailable he's now playing this week apparently, something else you didn't know either fwiw he was told that if he wanted to he could go to shudds this morning for the rest of the season with Roberts coming this way, which is a bit silly really as there was no mention of a contract there as well, one other thing I'll say is that Hampshire has been treated very shabbily and been bullied by the club so it's no surprise about the rumours regarding discontent in the camp if others are getting the same treatment.

Why the hell would Chester even entertain swapping Rocky for Roberts? Roberts looked promising a couple of years ago but has been uuter tripe since. He can't even get into a poor Huddersfield team! If this is/was correct (and i'm not doubting you by the way) then Chester has lost the plot.

Re: Wigan away next : Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:06 pm  

The Roberts thing is daft but we do know CC likes his back rowers.

Re: Wigan away next : Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:11 pm  

Thinking logically why would we look to strengthen a fellow struggler and weaken ourselves. Huddersfield have no reason to give us one of their players, they only need to wait a few weeks and he is a free agent.

Re: Wigan away next : Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:39 pm  

Know he did not want as much as Fafita,but with medical bills and bringing in players for injured players the club could not meet is demand.Could be come a all time great not there yet .We have kept a lot of good players at the club ,so Mr Carter must be doing something right.I am olso concerned about bringing players who are reaching the end of there S L life in on 2 or 3 year contracts if report s are true

Re: Wigan away next : Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:48 pm  

Sacred Cow wrote:

Why the hell would Chester even entertain swapping Rocky for Roberts? Roberts looked promising a couple of years ago but has been uuter tripe since. He can't even get into a poor Huddersfield team! If this is/was correct (and i'm not doubting you by the way) then Chester has lost the plot.

I don't have a clue mate but on that point you could say what has Chester got against Jowitt? shudds have been after hamsh for ages and wanted him early, maybe Roberts was just make weight, It's not really my business I'm just sick of the unjust stick Ryan has received from certain quarters on here what believe it must be his fault.

Re: Wigan away next : Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:03 pm  

The problem with Hampshire and his contract and its value basically boils down to where does he fit into the structure?

1. Walker or Jowitt
6. Miller
7. Brough

Looks to be the preferred option for the club. So how much money do you spend on a utility back?

Personally i hope he signs a long contract and goes on to be a trinity halfback for years to come, but for next season i can see the clubs point.

Back on topic. I think he will go well on the wing. Did CC say he was playing on the right? . Switching or dropping BJB and having Arundel/Tupou on the left??

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Re: Wigan away next : Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:57 pm  

I think we are only looking at Walker because Hampshire didn't sign.
We couldn't wait.

Re: Wigan away next : Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:36 am  

I think the Walker story/interest broke before the offer to Rocky lapsed? Maybe wrong though.

Jowitt is a solid fullback, Walker seems a good player too. But with the utility value of knowing he can do a solid job in the halves and the goal kicking I would rather we kept Rocky and then we wouldn't have needed Walker. We also have Hooley for cover, if he's contracted next year.

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Re: Wigan away next : Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:45 am  

RWB wrote:

I think the Walker story/interest broke before the offer to Rocky lapsed? Maybe wrong though.

Jowitt is a solid fullback, Walker seems a good player too. But with the utility value of knowing he can do a solid job in the halves and the goal kicking I would rather we kept Rocky and then we wouldn't have needed Walker. We also have Hooley for cover, if he's contracted next year.

DC said on here that we had to look elsewhere as he hadn't signed yet and once deadline passes you have limited options to bring people in.

Re: Wigan away next : Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:50 am  

As far as I can see its pretty simple - club offered hampshire the best deal they could afford, set a deadline so that if he says yes or no its another part of the plan for the following year, he either said no or nothing waiting to see if he could do better. Board then started recruiting on basis that he wasn't coming. We wouldn't have signed walker if hampshire had said yes - lifted budget - we have cover in halves with reynolds , full back with Jowitt centres with arundel.