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| The whole thing is totally disgusting.
Wigan - a selling club. Who would have thought it?
Still you can't blame IL- there are plenty of idiots who can't see what's happening it would appear.
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| Quote DaveO="DaveO"Not good enough if true.
The whole article is pretty depressing and IL's usual platitudes such as it being flattering are worn out.'"
Fancy that, your using George "slit my wrists" Riley as a basis to have a go at Lenagan.
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| So what about it, Chris Hill? Surely any Wigan fan would love to see him in cherry and white and we have the money available?
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| Quote The_Enforcer="The_Enforcer"So what about it, Chris Hill? Surely any Wigan fan would love to see him in cherry and white and we have the money available?'"
Break the bank for Chris Hill?? I doubt that very much, decent player but no better than Scott Taylor, Wire would demand ridiculous money that wouldn't be worth it
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| Atkins or Watkins
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| Quote bazdev="bazdev"Break the bank for Chris Hill?? I doubt that very much, decent player but no better than Scott Taylor, Wire would demand ridiculous money that wouldn't be worth it'"
You don't think Chris Hill would strengthen our pack? IMO he is one of the best young British forwards in the game.
Chris Hill has been Warringtons top metre maker this year and only 3rd behind Peacock and Crabtree as far as Props/Metres go.
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| Quote The_Enforcer="The_Enforcer"So what about it, Chris Hill? Surely any Wigan fan would love to see him in cherry and white and we have the money available?'"
Warrington don't need the money, and won't want to have to replace Hill as well as their older leaving/retiring players.
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| Signings like Lomax, Hill, Watkins etc just aren't realistic. They would require huge transfer fees which we simply won't pay and they wouldn't come here as they're playing for comparable clubs already and like Tomkins, probably see their next step as the NRL.
Signings like Clark, Kirmond, Bateman, Briscoe, Collis (just throwing random names of decent players around) and so on should certainly be within our reach though. If they're out of budget then you have to worry where things are heading.
I'm all for the majority of things Lenagan has done and continues to do but he needs to get the balance right. We look like we want to be a top of the table club spending mid table teams money at the moment.
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| Quote NickyKiss="NickyKiss"Signings like Lomax, Hill, Watkins etc just aren't realistic. They would require huge transfer fees which we simply won't pay .'"
And here lies the difference. We are a selling club willing to swap our best players for money whilst most of the other top teams are not.
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| Would it be possible to secure the services for someone like Robbie Farah for 2015? Now would be nice but not likely, however there are always other options. There has been a trend for teams to sign players/coaches mid-season for the following season, perhaps we could start a new trend
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| Quote The_Enforcer="The_Enforcer"And here lies the difference. We are a selling club willing to swap our best players for money whilst most of the other top teams are not.'"
I'm not sure I'd want us to pay it though. How much would Saints want for Lomax, for example?
If we got 700k for Sam they'll know we've got the cash and would ask for an absolute fortune. He's good but he's no Sam and probably no Bowen. Give me 700k and I'd gladly take on Bowen and strengthen other areas of the team with realistic options, players we could improve but already have a good base to build from.
I'm not in the camp that thinks Lenagan can't do no wrong but he'd be wrong to throw big money at players no better then ones he could get for free and at players that would hold our own juniors back. I see a gap at hooker behind McIlorum because I don't rate Tomkins so therefore I'd be willing to pay for Clark. We have an excellent young centre in Gildart but he's a kid so I'd be willing to pay for somebody like Collis to step in for a few seasons. They're just two examples of players we could look at to fill holes.
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