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A half time signing of a new contract on the pitch ( as Joel did last June) - either on Sunday - or even better to do it in front of the Warrington fans and live on Sky next Thursday!'"
I'm loving your idea about the Thursday - what a brilliant idea although if things went pear shaped and Sam did sign for Wire we could see the biggest "Wigan walk" in living memory  |
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| Quote Rogues Gallery="Rogues Gallery"Tomkins last season at Wigan 23 tries, 21 try assists, 24 missed tackles and 32 errors
Hardaker last year at Leeds 8 tries, 13 try assists, 27 missed tackles and 30 errors.
We'll stick with Sam thanks.'"
Zak (as you imply you are on first name terms) says he's not really interested in your silly stats. He'll stick with his CC medal. Thanks. |
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I remember the time we where all on tender hooks waiting of the white smoke coming from Jackie Edwards chimney to see if Shaun had signed for Wigan on the eve of his 17th birthday, it's a bit like that with Sam but the odds are swinging to Wire according to their board.
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Well if the pre-release contract clause from 2013 allowing Sam to go to NZ with 3 years left on his contract is legally binding then on his return if he wants to play in Superleague he would be contracted to Wigan as long as we can:-
a) Fit him in under the salary cap
b) Pay him the pre-agreed salary that was negotiated
If Wigan can do that then Sam should be a Wigan Player for 2016, the only fly in the ointment is If Sam doesn't want to play for Wigan under those terms and signs for someone else, If this is against Wigan's wishes then we could end up with "Harrisgate" all over again and another club goes the way of Bradford
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| Quote Rogues Gallery="Rogues Gallery"Tomkins last season at Wigan 23 tries, 21 try assists, 24 missed tackles and 32 errors
Hardaker last year at Leeds 8 tries, 13 try assists, 27 missed tackles and 30 errors.
We'll stick with Sam thanks.'"
But he drops bombs (or more to the point just doesn't attempt to catch them).
It cost us about 2 try's in 4 seasons from memory.
He's also never beat up a student, got lashed on international duty or levelled homophobic abuse at another player.
Hardaker all day for me. |
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It's amazing how many wire fans now say that Sam is the perfect player and how much they're looking forward to signing him when all the time he played at Wigan he was the biggest cheat in super league!
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| Quote NickyKiss="NickyKiss"But he drops bombs (or more to the point just doesn't attempt to catch them).
It cost us about 2 try's in 4 seasons from memory.
He's also never beat up a student, got lashed on international duty or levelled homophobic abuse at another player.
Hardaker all day for me.'"
And if Sam only had a cup winners medal and a few International caps.  |
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| Quote NickyKiss="NickyKiss"But he drops bombs (or more to the point just doesn't attempt to catch them).
It cost us about 2 try's in 4 seasons from memory.
He's also never beat up a student, got lashed on international duty or levelled homophobic abuse at another player.
Hardaker all day for me.'"
So many people jump on Sam's supposed weaknesses in defence, and they were hardly ever mentioned until the 2012 CC semi. The whole team got off to a shocking start and Tomkins got caught out by a couple of decent bombs by Sinfield. After that this whole "liability" tag started getting thrown about. He saved a lot more than he cost us, plus he was good for 30+ tries and 30+ assists every season. |
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| Quote pie.warrior="pie.warrior"Well if the pre-release contract clause from 2013 allowing Sam to go to NZ with 3 years left on his contract is legally binding then on his return if he wants to play in Superleague he would be contracted to Wigan as long as we can:-
a) [uFit him in under the salary cap[/u
b) [uPay him the pre-agreed salary that was negotiated[/u
If Wigan can do that then Sam should be a Wigan Player for 2016, the only fly in the ointment is [uIf Sam doesn't want to play for Wigan under those terms[/u and signs for someone else, If this is against Wigan's wishes then we could end up with "Harrisgate" all over again and another club goes the way of Bradford'"
The sad reality is all these things I've underlined are not by any means guaranteed.
I'm not sure how a long a contract in New Zealand Sam signed for, but he's coming back earlier than expected. It can't be a given that Wigan will have prepared for that. If we can't fit him under the cap, then that's it. |
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| Quote Cruncher="Cruncher"The sad reality is all these things I've underlined are not by any means guaranteed.
I'm not sure how a long a contract in New Zealand Sam signed for, but he's coming back earlier than expected. It can't be a given that Wigan will have prepared for that. If we can't fit him under the cap, then that's it.'"
In IL I trust when it comes to returning prodigals. |
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| Quote Cruncher="Cruncher"The sad reality is all these things I've underlined are not by any means guaranteed.
I'm not sure how a long a contract in New Zealand Sam signed for, but he's coming back earlier than expected. It can't be a given that Wigan will have prepared for that. If we can't fit him under the cap, then that's it.'"
In IL I trust when it comes to returning prodigals. |
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