This is a joke right? We won't offer the current man of steel two years, yet we offer a thirty year old with "chronic back problems" that same position for three years? Give me a break! He's an inferior player to the one we had, he's never played any rep footy and has been in Hodgson's shadow his entire NRL career! We had a full back who was desperate to stay for two years, who was settled here and committed to the club for the long haul. Instead we get rid of him to try to PERSUADE Patten to play for us for three years. Problem is, he's worried "he won't be able to handle the punishment until the end of 2013" due to his back problems. This makes absolutely no sense to me.

Danril, Luke Patten's agent, George Mimis, has released that information to try and get other clubs to look at him and possibly get a better deal for Luke. Nathan Brown is continuing to assist the club in the squad selection for next season. I for one am quite happy with this as he only wants to see the team do well. Along with Richard Thewlis, I'm sure they know which players would be best for the team

anwar1983huddersfield, Pat Richards is a player that was nearly signed by the Huddersfield Giants before he penned his contract with Wigan. A last minute turnaround decision which was probably accompanied with a large brown envelope and a deal which could not be matched

Yea, well Wigan's gain and all that....I definately think we are going to see some huge changes in playing personnel next season and would be shocked if Kevin Brown is still at the the club this time next year. As I posted on the pies board, a deal involving Kevin Brown and Wigan's Goulding would be very tempting IMO.

Does anyone but me think all this rumour mongering is not only useless but actually getting to a counterproductive stage?

Why speculate negatively? It's like the antithesis of Wire fans this season, or Hull KR fans a couple of seasons ago.

I dont know Danril, it baffles me completely.

I heard that cos Thurston is always getting into trouble with the NRL we are going to sign him