Quote: "Leeming was not available though. Do you not think he had already sorted his move to Australia before he asked to be released.
Yes Watson really does have a track record of signing poor players like
Levi
Jones
Hill
Rushton
Halsall
Greenwood
Ikahhfho
Naiquama
Marsters
Yates
Fages
Yes things have been tough the last few weeks but the squad is more than capable of turning things around,'"
I never said Leeming was available, i made the point that Watson said we didn't need a hooker at that time, but suddenly now we do. It is now rumoured that he will be a Catalan player next year btw, doubt we even tried to get him here he's not Watsons boring style. Out of those signings all the good ones are forwards and most of those he already knew from Salford. Marsters is not a good signing, he looks impressive but he has scored one try so far and doesn't seem to have a pass in him to be able to create them for his winger either. Naiqama is a very short term signing as he is already 34 and Fages is always injured. Halsall is ok, but i would much rather have had Miski if we were going for fringe Wigan players rather than him and Bibby.
If you look at the time Watson has been here Wardle, Leutele, Levi, Cesar have all left, they have been replaced with far inferior players and we now have a real lack of pace and ability in the backs. The worst thing is that he keeps signing more of the same players, it feels like the period during which we started signing Bradford players and transitioning into a championship side all over again.
Milner has now signed on a deal that may lumber him with us until 2024, having already signing Peets for 3 years. This is not how you build a side for the future signing deadwood that then encumbers you going forward. I am close to stopping watching until Watson goes as i hate the way we play and he is making us slower and more boring to watch all the time.
As regards to turning things around, lets see how we do in the next 5 games after Cas, we now have our first choice 'settled' spine to choose from, the only injury is Russell, who isn't even superleague standard. No more excuses available.