As a Wigan fan I would be gutted if this deal went through if it does mean us losing Goulding. You can have Mathers for nothing though

Gleeson is nearly 29 and only has 2 or 3 good years left in him. The entire deal just sounds like Noble's short term desperation to keep his job. Gleeson is a player that has underperformed for years and has very few good games and lots of very average ones. He has built a big reputation on very little, largely because we are so short of decent English centres. In addition we all know about his off field antics and we have too many of these types of players as it is and we should be looking at reducing the number of players like this that are at the club, not doing the opposite. In will also be on a big wage, a wage that could be much better spent on 2 good forwards or a stand off. With the team that we have Gleeson will make absolutely no difference at all.

Goulding is a very promising player and and could be the Wigan centre for the next decade and is a player who I believe has the potential to be one of the England centre's in the future. I actually believe that Smith tried to sign Goulding whilst at Leeds a few years ago and I guess that is where the interest comes from. He has been made a scapegoat by Noble and I guess that is why he wants to leave, as is rumoured. Indeed he should be playing now at the expense of an overpaid and very average import in Bailey but despite him scoring tries for fun in the academy and being the stand out player in the last few weeks but he still doesnt get picked. It will be a big mistake from the club if Wigan do let him go.

If we recoup half of the initial £200k then we have had a good deal out of the old MG.

I didnt want this to begin with (him going), but if this is true afterall, i'll be quite glad he's gone. He's a great player, but never really wanted to play for Warrington and I think that has shone through, particularly in the last year.

ALSO... Reardon [sizeMAY[/sizeget sacked if found guilty too, so I should imagine if both happen we will have a large chunk of capital remaining for TS.

Martin Gleeson was our only real attacking threat in my opinion, his footwork and strength in tight spaces was impressive.

Tony Smith is obviously using this season as part of the rebuilding phase because by getting rid of our best player when the season has only just started says to me the restructuring of the 1st team has officially started.

He wouldn`t have done that if he thought this current squad had any realistic chances in the play-offs as you don`t get rid of your best strike weapon, any faint hopes that people may have had of wembley can also be waved goodbye once Gleeson officially leaves.

I wouldnt go as far to say our best player,martin gleeson is a great attacking threat,great footwork,great step.
I still remember the press confrence when we first sighned him how unimpressed with the whole thing he looked,like he just didnt want to be here......................but he still went on to have 4 great seasons with us and his many assists and trys prove this..

And the future is bright at the DW Stadium and he want's to be part of it.

Plus he won't have to travel as far for training in the morning when he has a hangover....

the future might be bright for the latics mate , but i reckon whelan will have you lot out at the first opportunity