Fully wrote:
Yes, but how many of those are going to be shipped out again. Not all youngsters will make it but the point is, Wigan have let so many good players from their own academy go in the past for Aussies and they seem to be doing it again.
I'm not having a go at Wigan - they're well within the rights to fully use the rules/loopholes just as other clubs. But it just smacks of doing it for the sake of it, especially for a club that has just seen the likes of Mossop, Tuson and Sam Tomkins come through the ranks.
Not a huge amount. The positions that the new players have come in all play in positions where we haven't got a youngster ready to step up to, with the exception of Hoffman (whom i get the feeling was just a "he's too good to miss out on" type signing)
The young players on the fringes at the moment are:
Davies > Out on loan next year, replacing Fielden or Coley in 2012.
Farrell/Tuson > Replacing Hoffman in a years time
Josh Charnley will take Carmonts spot in a years time ideally.
Stefan Marsh will take Gleeson spot in 2 years time.
At the end of this season we are releasing 4 overseas players, and only have 3 incoming. That surely frees up a space for another yooungster in the squad. So many wigan-produced players make up our team now I have no worries about us making the same mistake again.
