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| Quote Catalancs="Catalancs"Why? To all three points.'"
They seem to think its their God given right to take players or staff from Wigan or any other RL club. If RU is so good then how come they can't bring their youth players through instead of trying to sign Richards.
If I was a youth winger at Sale I'd be bitterly disappointed in the lack of faith shown in me by the club.
And speaking from a football fan's point of view, what's happened to Stockport County since Sale moved into their ground is a disgrace. They've gone from a steady League One/League Two club to looking down the barrel of Non-League.
For those reasons I would not lose much sleep if Sale got a poor attendance at Bolton and then eventually got relegated from the Aviva Premiership. |
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| Quote Rogues Gallery="Rogues Gallery"Richards is out of contract at the end of this season, so there would be no big bucks to Wigan, apart from saving on his contract salary.
I do agree with what you say, in that Wigan need to be very careful and be sure that Richards is fully fit. It may sound a tad harsh, but it's a professional sport.'"
My thoughts exactly, what does seem apparent is that a number of fans want fans favourites around for ever but the time comes when we have to consider what is best for the team and the continued success of the club and if that means allowing players to leave who arent able to meet the standards being set by the current regime then unfortunately they must be let go.
As long as we avoid the David Vaeliki situation as he had the same injury and was quite clearly not able to perform at levels he had shown back in Aus and Uncle Mo didnt recognise this and was ripped off IMO
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| Quote Rogues Gallery="Rogues Gallery"Richards is out of contract at the end of this season, so there would be no big bucks to Wigan, apart from saving on his contract salary.
I do agree with what you say, in that Wigan need to be very careful and be sure that Richards is fully fit. It may sound a tad harsh, but it's a professional sport.'"
good post, when we signed DV he was classed as the best centre in the world and then got the same injury as Pat, look how he turned out. |
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Just to clarify. I really hope that Pat comes back to be the player we knew, but we have to be sure before offering him a new contract.
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Exactly - Hopefully Pat will recover fully and be back to the player he was and sign a new contract - after all stability is a big faxtor is coninuing success. But, good though Pat undoubtedly is it is not as though he is a player we would miss hugely, a goal kicking winger ..... Charnley seemed to fit that bill pretty well against Hudds.
Whichever way things pan out the team/club will manage.
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| Quote Pieman="Pieman"good post, when we signed DV he was classed as the best centre in the world '"
By whom??????? The Wigan Gazette. |
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There doesn't seem to be much point in Pat going to Sale RU for one simple reason: he's an Aussie. He'd get far more recognition going to play in the NRL when his Wigan career is over than playing club RU in England.
Both Ashton and Eastmond went for the glamour of playing for England RU, something not afforded to Pat.
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You wiganers keep telling me he's Irish! 
Quote Scouse Pie2="Scouse Pie2"Both Ashton and Eastmond went for the glamour of playing for England RU, something not afforded to Pat.'"
Have you ever heard of a bloke called Brian O'Driscoll? He does OK in the profile stakes for Ireland.
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I wish these union clubs would fook off personally every week theres a different story personally i think the game is a joke and stevo hit the nail on the head by saying the crowd touch the ball more than some players. Id offer pat a 2 yr deal with the option of 2 years if he doesnt come back as strong which i think he will we could put him at full back.
On the gleeson to salford rumour i hope we get nero in return he is a good player or a few quid.
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If theres any truth in it then theres some sense here.
If theres truth then maybe its because Wigan have decided that he has little to no chance of regaining his former quality and want to offload early pulling a fast one on Sale for the way they have taken our youngsters in the past.
The chances of this are very slim though as I doubt they can tell until he plays. Also this story has now been printed in the Sun and therefore what little validity it had has now been completely erased.
And my final thought the whole "getting match experience in first team in union over u20s" is rubbish because Union is much more dangerous with the way they stamp and dive onto the ruck etc.
Also just found this which was linked to in another thread:
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/ma ... -st-helens
"There is no chance of Richards making his comeback in rugby union with Sale, as had been reported, but a Sharks spokesman confirmed that they would be interested in signing him on a permanent basis if he fails to agree a new deal with Wigan beyond the end of this season." |
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If theres any truth in it then theres some sense here.
If theres truth then maybe its because Wigan have decided that he has little to no chance of regaining his former quality and want to offload early pulling a fast one on Sale for the way they have taken our youngsters in the past.
The chances of this are very slim though as I doubt they can tell until he plays. Also this story has now been printed in the Sun and therefore what little validity it had has now been completely erased.
And my final thought the whole "getting match experience in first team in union over u20s" is rubbish because Union is much more dangerous with the way they stamp and dive onto the ruck etc.
Also just found this which was linked to in another thread:
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/ma ... -st-helens
"There is no chance of Richards making his comeback in rugby union with Sale, as had been reported, but a Sharks spokesman confirmed that they would be interested in signing him on a permanent basis if he fails to agree a new deal with Wigan beyond the end of this season." | |
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