Can't complain, he's a decent player who strengthens loose forward and second row. Will do a decent job, and with Nicholson, Williams, Ashton, Thewlis and Wrench back it's looking much better for us.

I don't get irate as such (certainly not to the levels of this forum when we get beat), it just saddens me that so many of our fans are so retarded....

I suspect there are halliwell Jones era fans and wilderspool era fans... The second group of which have fewer preconceptions of signings and aren't as deeply affected by the hype that recent years marketing has had in generating unreasonable expectations for signings... in reality More often the ones without the hype on them deliver more

Signing a player who the bottom club in super league are happy to let go. Who is going to the second bottom team in super league next year.

IMO Lucas Green looked to be doing a decent job. He’d only get better with game time.

Him along with the other young guys must feel so alienated.

Lucas Green is a prop who should be ahead of Dudson in the pecking order so it's like comparing apples and pears. Whitehead and Holroyd are just not there yet and will get their time next year, but I see this as an OK signing. It gives second row cover takes the pressure off Nicholson to come back gradually, or even get some time at his preferred position at Loose, which will give us the chance to use Clark as an impact hooker. If we had signed him instead of Fitzgibbon for next year i wouldn't have been impressed but he can come here and do a job. I see it similar to Russell in terms of a signing.

Green is only 18, he can’t be playing every week. Holroyd and Whitehead are both edge back rowers, so not really replaced with Crowther. Thomas hasn’t played much, not sure why he isn’t getting a shot atm, either they don’t think he’s ready ability wise or physically.

Not sure there are any other youngsters waiting to come through forwards wise this year.

He’s coming into the squad for 10 games max. Our pack has been noticeably tired of late and this can only bolster them.

Is this any more alienating than handing a third rate Aussie prop a 3 year contract?

They probably feel the same as the young forwards at Wigan when they signed a 34 year old from the team second bottom of SL.

Wish him well. I've got full faith in the recruitment decisions.

Quite ironic that you compare the move for an at the time international prop who was mismanaged by your club when now you are signing the likes of Jordan Crowther because you are desperate for forwards.

Clearly you don't understand the meaning of irony.

If you'd bothered to stop trying to get the pie dribble out of your Ellgren jacket long enough to read the rest of the thread you'd have seen that yet another one of your lot had come on here BORING ON about how great your youth policy is and how bad ours is - even suggesting that our youth players are becoming alienated.

When in actual fact actions like signing a 34 year old prop who'd thrown his toys out of the pram and giving a 3 year contract to an Aussie prop who wouldn't get into most teams in Super League show that your lot are capable of recruitment decisions which might 'alienate' the youngsters just like the rest of us.

Once again ironic you choose to criticise Wigan’s policy for overseas prop recruitment.