Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 22, 2013 1:58 pm  

Fylde_Warrior wrote:

We have made an offer to Paea, so have Salford. Their offer is much bigger.

I am pleased we are in for him - very good player. An Andy Coley type of prop forward. If he takes the money at Salford - so be it. Hopefully he will see the success his former team mates are having at Wigan and follows their example.

If we landed him and Briscoe I would be chuffed - two potentially excellent signings.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 23, 2013 11:23 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

The other board reckons Matty Russell has tweeted he's rejoining Wigan for next year.

Hope so.

Yet again its a case of Wigan fans putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5. He tweeted that he couldn't wait to get back to Wigan at the end of the year as he's missed his mates. Nowhere in that sentence does it say I am returning to Wigan permanently or I am signing for Wigan for next season. The lad is probably just visiting home as most Englishmen do in the offs eason. Sick of people jumping to conclusions

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 23, 2013 12:46 pm  

cherryandwhitedavid06 wrote:

Yet again its a case of Wigan fans putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5. He tweeted that he couldn't wait to get back to Wigan at the end of the year as he's missed his mates. Nowhere in that sentence does it say I am returning to Wigan permanently or I am signing for Wigan for next season. The lad is probably just visiting home as most Englishmen do in the offs eason. Sick of people jumping to conclusions

Doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Ive not seen his tweet personally with not being on it.

I'm still waiting for this Kiwi player to sign....

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 23, 2013 1:35 pm  

Anyone heard anything about Hansen to Salford. B Goulding been dropping hints on twitter about this but was the first id heard.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 23, 2013 3:50 pm  

lothlorian wrote:

Anyone heard anything about Hansen to Salford. B Goulding been dropping hints on twitter about this but was the first id heard.

They could build a forwards pack around Hanson, I'd hope Wigan are doing all they can to keep him here. I think he would offer a lot better value for money than Morley would, but both know what it takes to win silverware within a good club culture and have an abundance of experience, Koucash could do a lot worse than getting those two.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 23, 2013 6:40 pm  

Salford are probably throwing out offers to every OOC SL player with loads of Kash if taken up.
If they put out 20 offers to OOC forwards they'll be looking to pull at least 6-9 players in and that will be the new pack Lowe and Noble will be after.
Hansen being a local lad will be under pressure I'm sure as there'd be nothing better to start them off with a Salford lad as a senior member of the pack.
Morley ever more so.
It will be up to IL to keep him. I'd be very disappointed if IL didn't keep him.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 23, 2013 7:57 pm  

AJ wrote:

Don't worry, IL will give us another back slapping mass statement on the website that actually says nothing about these loans/hock going but then vanish till such time as we might win something.

I can't believe how much the squad has changed since we won the GF.

And all for the better in the style of play and also team spirit, especially with the latter since the departure of the four letter word.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 23, 2013 9:02 pm  

Gurney Slade wrote:

And all for the better in the style of play and also team spirit, especially with the latter since the departure of the four letter word.

I was going to say ... I don't agree with everything IL has done, but surely to Heaven we're not regretting the self-imposed departure of Gareth Hock?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Thu May 23, 2013 9:35 pm  

RL Mole on Twitter saying Hock might not go to Eels as he had a massive offer from Salford? I thought it was a done deal but the mile us usually spot on. Oh well, we'll see.......

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri May 24, 2013 6:09 am  

AJ wrote:

Don't worry, IL will give us another back slapping mass statement on the website that actually says nothing about these loans/hock going but then vanish till such time as we might win something.

I can't believe how much the squad has changed since we won the GF.

And for the better both in the style of play and also team spirit since we got rid of the 'four letter word'.

As for IL, who would want Whelan back in control ?