Lee coming back to Wigan on a 3 year contract. Apparently there's a clause in there to protect the club from re-occurrence of his shoulder injuries too. When he's on top of his game he's a force to be reckoned with. I just hope he plays better than he played in his last year with us.

He looks the obvious choice at the moment.

He along with Ben Currie are my big hopes to add some depth and quality to the England backrow. I think a little too much was made of how weak we were there in the Four Nations because it's not a vintage time for the Kiwi's or Aussie's in that department either but we can improve for sure.

TBF we have just come out the other side of a good period for 2nd rows. Ellis, Hock, Burgess, Lockers, Westwood and Sinfield were all quality players.

That's British RL for you. One moment you have an abundance in one position and then you don't.

Well thanks for the reasoned response. I think people are just being a bit naive about it and that IL is milking it as if he were a politician.

An argument when players leave that is often put forward is that this is a short career and sentiment doesn't come into it. That is, while we as fans have a loyalty to the club players have a loyalty to their career first and foremost. It's going to work that way if any of them come back here. When a player leaves all IL can do is keep his fingers crossed if they come back to the UK the offer he puts on the table is good enough regardless of what he said about any possible future return.

It also helps Wigan are a top side which is kind of stating the obvious but you would not expect any of the Burgess bros to return to Bradford right now would you?

DaveO, it's the only way we can make things work at this time... We just can't compete financially with the other code, or the NRL... Smell the coffee for goodness sake.

Some people would argue this is down to IL as well. They certainly weren't a top side before he took over.