Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Tue May 25, 2021 6:56 am  

Expect a big miss and a GH statement reminding fans about stadium rebuild and covid costs, then we will sign a 30+ year old and be told it’s the best signing we’ve made ever

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Tue May 25, 2021 7:18 am  

We will have the cap space. But I doubt we have made a play for him. I can just tell with what we are like. He perfect for what we need but yet that won’t come to mind. He’s already back at Wigan.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Tue May 25, 2021 7:24 am  

sharky64 wrote:

We will have the cap space. But I doubt we have made a play for him. I can just tell with what we are like. He perfect for what we need but yet that won’t come to mind. He’s already back at Wigan.

Know what you mean. Infuriating if it develops that way

Re: George Williams : Tue May 25, 2021 7:46 am  

Trebor1 wrote: Reports from Australia this morning that he’s been released effective immediately! https://twitter.com/bulldogritchie/stat ... 23884?s=12 Surely Wigan haven’t the cap space this season?? Don’t ask me how, but Wigan will find the cap space, they always do and will find cap space. Don’t worry lads it seems we just missed out again. Wigan must have a great accounting process.

Trebor1 wrote: Reports from Australia this morning that he’s been released effective immediately! https://twitter.com/bulldogritchie/stat ... 23884?s=12 Surely Wigan haven’t the cap space this season?? Don’t ask me how, but Wigan will find the cap space, they always do and will find cap space. Don’t worry lads it seems we just missed out again. Wigan must have a great accounting process.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Tue May 25, 2021 7:56 am  

Just been on the Wigan’s web site, they already seem confident that he’s joining them. Some are commentating that they have lots of cap space available to buy him,
HOW DO THEY DO IT.

Arguably best squad in the league 7 wins out of 7 games, they never have to rebuild a team, have first choice on most of the best NRL players that come over here yet it seems they pay their players very well always plenty of cap space available. Am I missing something here

Re: George Williams : Tue May 25, 2021 7:57 am  

Brodie123 wrote:

Don’t ask me how, but Wigan will find the cap space, they always do and will find cap space. Don’t worry lads it seems we just missed out again.
Wigan must have a great accounting process.

They do don’t they... they’ve consistently out done us in that regard for the last 6 years.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Tue May 25, 2021 7:59 am  

Brodie123 wrote:

Just been on the Wigan’s web site, they already seem confident that he’s joining them. Some are commentating that they have lots of cap space available to buy him,
HOW DO THEY DO IT.

Arguably best squad in the league 7 wins out of 7 games, they never have to rebuild a team, have first choice on most of the best NRL players that come over here yet it seems they pay their players very well always plenty of cap space available. Am I missing something here

It’s quite laughable when you compare the two squads (Leeds and Wigan). We should be nowhere near the full cap even if Eastmond had been here

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Tue May 25, 2021 8:09 am  

Too expensive for us, we should go for Danny Brough instead. Two year contract then waste another two more years in our transition period.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Tue May 25, 2021 8:27 am  

Trebor1 wrote:

It’s quite laughable when you compare the two squads (Leeds and Wigan). We should be nowhere near the full cap even if Eastmond had been here

Wonder whether Hastings will be released to join Wests ahead of schedule? Also got to factor in that since Williams is a Wigan academy product they get a lot more dispensation on their salary cap, in the same way that we do with Gale.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Tue May 25, 2021 8:40 am  

Wigan get 1st refusal as part of the contract he signed when he left for Canberra. Would be very surprised if he went anywhere else tbh.