Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon May 15, 2017 6:34 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Williams and Leuluai are due back next week so probably not.

Carney has been a waste of time in superleague in truth.

Leuluais back next week? I cant believe that - he only 'broke his jaw' on ~25th April. Why are we rushing him back after 2 breaks in 6 months?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon May 15, 2017 6:51 am  

Kernel wrote:

Leuluais back next week? I cant believe that - he only 'broke his jaw' on ~25th April. Why are we rushing him back after 2 breaks in 6 months?

It's amazingly quick but I doubt they'd it him at risk. They should have a few options next week so they may decide to leave it.

Fingers crossed he is back and fit though.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon May 15, 2017 7:20 am  

100% Warrior wrote:

Disregarding Sutcliffe for a second, its long been an opinion of mine that this season may well be the last for McIlorum at Wigan. Escare (prior to his injury) was going excellent at FB and for me it would, and still could be, a good reason to move Sam back into the halves alongside Williams. This leaves TL without a position in the halves which means he pushes to hooker. At hooker we've got a very good developed hooker in Powell and for me TL is a decent back up from the bench.

This then leaves McIlorum in the cold. As good as he is/has been, I genuinely think his best days are gone and we've better options available to us.

I wonder if the people who think this, think the same about Sam Tomkins. Same scenario really. FWIW if they are happy and can afford it on the cap why not keep both, good to have different options, instead of having a decent back up on the bench, how about a very good back up.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon May 15, 2017 9:10 am  

Chris_H wrote:

I wonder if the people who think this, think the same about Sam Tomkins. Same scenario really. FWIW if they are happy and can afford it on the cap why not keep both, good to have different options, instead of having a decent back up on the bench, how about a very good back up.

It's a fascinating salary cap juggling game for IL and Rads, accommodating increased deals for the youngsters like Davies and Marshall, and presumably plenty of others to come, alongside keeping our more established starters. The extra marquee rule will help, with both Sam and George only counting for £75k each.

There's also the under-reported change of young players now not counting on the cap if they're on £20k or less. That's hardly mentioned in the press, but will make a massive difference to us.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue May 16, 2017 10:06 am  

I have been told we have as good as signed Alex Gerrard.
Has anyone heard the same? He is a Wigan lad apparently.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue May 16, 2017 12:07 pm  

Smalls wrote:

I have been told we have as good as signed Alex Gerrard.
Has anyone heard the same? He is a Wigan lad apparently.

I don't see why we would want to. he's no better than our youngsters.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue May 16, 2017 12:20 pm  

Great player Gerrard, who with our coaching could kick onto the next level e.g flower.

A Wigan fan aswell would be a dream come true

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue May 16, 2017 2:04 pm  

Chris_H wrote:

I wonder if the people who think this, think the same about Sam Tomkins. Same scenario really. FWIW if they are happy and can afford it on the cap why not keep both, good to have different options, instead of having a decent back up on the bench, how about a very good back up.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating MM is moved on I can simply see the logic in it and I get the feeling it's a distinct possibility. With regards to Sam, as MM it's been a difficult few seasons with injury. He just hasn't got going but it's entirely feasible and plausible that he moves back to HB leaving Escare as starting FB.

Should that occur that means either TL or MM are left without a position. Likelihood is TL retires into backroom coaching but the other option is to let go of MM. We have Powell and Ganson now coming through the ranks and it's true neither hits as hard or strike as much fear into the opposition like MM but it may well be the way SW goes.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue May 16, 2017 4:12 pm  

Smalls wrote:

I have been told we have as good as signed Alex Gerrard.
Has anyone heard the same? He is a Wigan lad apparently.

Not heard anything but I put his name forward as a player we may target from the out of contract list last week. I didn't realise he was a Wigan lad. He looks a good prospect but hasn't he been held back by a few injuries?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue May 16, 2017 4:49 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Not heard anything but I put his name forward as a player we may target from the out of contract list last week. I didn't realise he was a Wigan lad. He looks a good prospect but hasn't he been held back by a few injuries?

Yep, missed almost all of last season following knee surgery. Don't know how well he's been playing this year, he didn't play against us in Feb.