Quote: NickyKiss "Something like “I was brought up in Wigan, went to school in Wigan and I have my house in Wigan”.
I think Stu was hoping it would go something like-
Reporter “so how does it feel to be a Wigan player, considering you used to play for St Helens?”
Thompson “I’m only here coz I forgot put my nans address down, COYS” before breaking out in to when the Saints go marching in and exiting the training ground on a one way trip to the TWS.
Thompson basically said what you’d expect any new player to say when starting at a new club.'"
Ha ha. I did allude to the fact he was trying to curry favour with fans in my earlier post. I just thought that bearing in mind how long he was at Saints and that he is still best mates with the likes of Makinson etc that he would have referenced something like "I still have some great mates at Saints and enjoyed my time there however I am a professional and now play for Wigan etc etc"
Matty Smith said similar when he signed back for Saints after his spell at Wigan. Even if Welsby went to the NRL and then signed for Wigan I would understand those comments more. He is a Wigan lad and his family are genuinely Wigan fans. I was just a bit surprised.
Having said that to be fair to Thompson he probably would've signed for Wigan and they wanted him but it was his Dad that wouldn't let him. He was best mates with Gildart at the time and wanted to sign with him.