The important point about taking a British option with Brown is that you get a half back partnership which could last five years or more if as expected Deacon retires at the end of the season. Thus far, no club has won a Superleague grand final with an Aussie halfback, (I don't count the NZ halfs who won like the Pauls because they spent their careers over here) and wigan remain the only team to a fielded an Aussie half in a final. Strong and stable base is what Brown Tomkins would give you for many a year. With Tommy Lou looking more and more like a hooker in the long term this is a further element of that stability. Whatever Brown's problems in the past, he's a great player now. He'll get no-where at Hudds as long as the gravity field that is brough is at hudds.

Dave Parker said on the radio last night that Brown's agent was touting him around here and in the NRL. He thought the player may be more interested in going with Nathan Brown to an NRL club.

More interested in going the NRL than Wigan? Not a chance

I'd believe this if anyone other than Dave Parker had said it. During his Rugby Leaguer days, I never knew any columnist put pen to as many rumours that turned out to be nonsense.

Brown has been after a move to NRL for some time now, I guess alot depends on how keen Nathan Brown is on taking him with him to Cronulla. Should that not come about, I still feel he will not be at the Galpharm next season and it would seem quite likely that he would return to Wigan, a club which along with Stephen Wild he probably feels he has unfinished business at. The main difference being that it would appear that unfortunately Wildy's career is reaching it's conclusion whereas Brown's is going from strength to strength. As he is in contract for a further three years a deal involving a small fee and Goulding coming the other way should see that it happens, I would be delighted to see Goulding in the Claret and Gold....have been a fan for years.

Don't blame you he has been playing really well for us and still can't fathom out why he didn't get the nod last Saturday. KP has scored a few tries recently but doesn't offer what Goulding does for my money.
Always felt sorry about Kevin Brown leaving and he did get some stick off some on here but think that was as much to do with him being a gangly kid with a long neck at the time and a lot of un-necessary and personal remarks were made that clearly didn't do a lot for his confidence - you only need to read his bit in the book Match of My Life to know this. Obviously he has filled out now and looks more the finished product than he did and I for one would be happy to see him back at Wigan