The question that made him lose his rag was why in the press has IL stated that he was looking for an enforcer prop & a halfback when at the forum he said that we had no money to spend on players for next season.

IMO Il was pretty poor tonight and he has lost credability for me

What right did he have to lose his rag then? He can't deny it. What was his reply?

I think its fair to say that some of the comments on the other websites are based on comments made without being there themselves... I think we are still suffering with the salary cap with Feka's and Fielden's wages.. it is a difficult time at present with currency rates to be able to attract the top stars as before they may have wanted £250,000 were now they £350-400,000 which means that we cannot afford them... Lenegan has said that all the players that he has been looking at... are either crook, coming over for the wrong reasons, wrong age, heads etc and he wasnt prepared to let 3-4 wigan lads with potential to leave to get one of these mercenaries... it does look as though we are going with the same squad next year.. and like IL said once both feka and fieldens wages are addressed we can maybe make some better moves... carmont will be here next year, as IL thinks he has 1 or maybe two years in him..

We were in the market for Brett finch.. but he wanted massive money and with Sam T coming on so well, it was a priority anymore... which is one of the reasons behind retaining phelps and coley and bailey aswell(assuming he signs).

???

cant be good!

It looks like my theory that everything's being planned for the 2011 season is coming true, just look at the things divulged about the Noble situation tonight as well as the fact that no players are coming in for next year, I just hope that what ever he has planned for 2011 is worth it.

Personally I'm happy. News that we won't be signing any over-inflated Australians this year is good news. Most of them are over-hyped in the whole league not just at Wigan. We should stick to kiwis!

Presumably he is talking about the year to 30.11.08. Given we made a £685k loss in the year to 30.11.07 (per the accounts filed at Co's House) its not as bad as it seems. Would indicate we are improving on the financial front.

didnt Feka sign a new deal last year?

IL stated that the Gleeson transfer fee was a factor in that, also the loss of shirt sales due to the sponsor being late and the pre-Christmas market not being available, another factor is the economic climate which obviously is the same for every club in Super League.

Economic Climate.
The signing of Gleeson.
The late signing of Mecca on the shirt (quoted we normally shift approx 16K shirts, but have only managed 50% of that).

I cant remeber to be honest... I think it was about signings or lack of... but the guy wouldnt let lenegan explain and he got mighty p*ssed and turned round to him and said ( will you let me answer the question!!!) worth the £2 alone