There were whispers a few years ago that Wigan wanted him when they had their little "Full Back Crisis" but he turned them down, Apparently they couldn't offer him the same money as he was on in South Wales...

They are still slap bang in the middle of it

Source?

I cant remember, It was a few years ago. Though I think it was an Ex Oldham Player and Assistant Coach who still had a lot of connections in the game who told me. but can't be 100%

He'd have no reason to lie, and most of what he said (upcoming transfers and the like) usually turned out to be so.

& bear in mind wigan would have had to take the salary cap into consideration...

He looked fairly decent. I cant see him being anything really special though.

I think it a little early yet to make statements like that. I mean his last 3 seasons have been 2 years in NL2 and 1 year in NL1 followed by 1 SL game. I think he looks a very good player, but then again Wellens looks class a lot of the time when he's in a winning team. Over the past 2 years Celtic have probably won 80% of their games. 1st game in the big time and he makes a serious blunder. There's no doubt he can run and comes into the attack very well, but if after 10 games he's made 10 blunders, people might start to say he's a luxury player a la Kevin Penny.

From what I've seen he probably will go very well, but as I said its far too early to tell. The moves that people have been talking about that didn't work against Leeds were working in NL and the amount of times Widnes were cut to shreads by Van Dijks inside balls was ridiculous. Very much wait and see IMO.

Tony Duggan's brilliance ---two tries in three minutes against Salford --- shows that he is every bit the great player that I have been saying.

If this post was an episode of QI, you would have just lost several points.....

He took that high ball well early doors

didn't realise he was 30, not exactly one for the future.

He will last this franchise series... and more than likely retire around the second batch in my eyes