Saints fan weighing in so take it as you will
Wigan seem to be at using the same recruitment manual as Saints have in recent times up until the last season; projects mixed in with kids (and complete flops). Since Holbrook Saints have started to complement this strategy with a genuine NRL quality player (first Barba, the Naiqama). It gave our recruitment a complete different spin and has positivity flowing through the club, which feeds into and spurs on the kids - hence we’re on a bit of an upward spiral at the moment. Richardson’s running and stepping style is mimicking Barbas more and more with every passing game!
Warrington on the other hand are all about the here and now and forget the bringing players through and projects type signings
Oh, and I’ll sit on the fence about the wingers thing; Wigan and Saints use their wingers in incredibly different ways which makes comparisons very difficult. That being said, Makinsons defence is first class, a great finisher, solid under the high ball and his weakest area (returning the ball) has improved dramatically in recent years. There’s very few in SL I would trade him for.