Tomkins to stand off for me.

Pointless playing him on the fringes against good teams, they can read "The Move" and this leaves him with no space. That's why he's seemed so anonymous.

He's the best player we have, surely he should be getting the ball as much as possible? He's not just a "runner", he's the most complete stand off at the club, if not the league. People seemed to have forgotten this, including Wane.

This isn't some knee-jerk reaction either, our predictable attack has been plodding along for months, and this seems to me a great way to shake it up. Hampshire can cover fullback, although hopefully he won't be seen as a long term fullback solution given the fact he too is a very complete stand off.

Tomkins is the best player in the league, let's use him!

Non of what you say, on both issues, comes as any surprise.....

Not being funny but there were those of us who could see this happening a mile off.

DeanoG and I posted years ago that the effect of the CC (effectively a year on year pay CUT) coupled with the richer pickings offered elsewhere (contrary to the delusions of RL chairman, the sport does not exist in a bubble) would mean at the very least a "player drain". I remember the posts "Don't worry there will be someone else on the production line", "Don't be daft, not all people are driven by money", "it's only because Wigan are not winning anything" etc etc

I only wish I could feel smug about it.


Now those same people (presumably now accepting they were wrong but obviously not admiting it) lash out at other sports like little children who have been proven wrong. "RU wants to kill the game" LOL

Why on earth would RU want to kill off it's feeder sport? Do you really think it sees RL as a threat thesedays? Rather than kill the chicken, it would much rather keep it alive and eat the best eggs every now and again.

I don't pretend to know all the answers, but I do know one thing. Wigan RL have a fantastic brand, an amazing history and a very loyal and widespread fan base. However, we do not have a god-given right to be at the top of the sport. I remember when years of under investment and average signings led to the fan base drifting away and the club being relegated.

What turned this around? The "gang of 4" and their ambitious plans to sign marquee players, to attract the crowds and put Wigan back on top, i.e. the exact opposite of what seems to be happening at the moment.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Brett, if you look back you will find that i agreed with many of your posts when you were getting criticism with regard to your statements about the CC from others. Not all, but many.

Doesn't look as if anyone has posted this but apologies if so.

From Twitter yesterday@RugbyLeagueNews