[quote="Mark_P1973":m8phqwwl]:) If its true, Wigan must have seen something in them that they havent currently got in our academy / reserve setup which is also testament to the Saints academy i also get the annoyance from Saints fans with it being Wigan. But as i said to my mate, it indicative almost of how the clubs are currently run, and how we've almost flipped from you being on top / making excellent signings with us retaining past it players etc, to us now doing it right and you making the bad decisions[/quote:m8phqwwl] I think as good as Wigan's Academy has been (and obviously still is) then that particular age group- and by that I mean Vaughan's age group- wasn't the best of ones before and after it, and there are probably less players coming through from that cohort than of different Academy intakes So given the number of back rowers you have sold then they have looked at Vaughan. They've done nothing wrong, they've been proactive. It just feels different as players rarely transfer between the clubs.

[quote="Stu M":3kh4sx34]Really? Because you don't like him as a person or feel he is over-rated?[/quote:3kh4sx34] Great player but there comes a point where someone is so associated with a rival club that I wouldn't want us to go there. Goading the Wigan fans doesn't offend me one bit (in fact good for him) but I wouldn't want to see him in a Wigan shirt now he is essentially the pantomime villain.

[quote="MadDogg":y4b3uabr]Great player but there comes a point where someone is so associated with a rival club that I wouldn't want us to go there. Goading the Wigan fans doesn't offend me one bit (in fact good for him) but I wouldn't want to see him in a Wigan shirt now he is essentially the pantomime villain.[/quote:y4b3uabr] Similar from me, but I also dont think his best years are in front of him and we would only get a few goods years out of him

[quote="MadDogg":3ktsahyn]Great player but there comes a point where someone is so associated with a rival club that I wouldn't want us to go there. Goading the Wigan fans doesn't offend me one bit (in fact good for him) but I wouldn't want to see him in a Wigan shirt now he is essentially the pantomime villain.[/quote:3ktsahyn] Super League would be much better without this kind of tribal thinking. It prevents top players moving around (and improving) other clubs. The NRL has a great market which betters its league every year by spreading around talent.

It would almost be like cheering for Sean Long

[quote="[Gareth]":1n1n8abw]It would almost be like cheering for Sean Long[/quote:1n1n8abw] It's not like you're going to be hugging him in the showers after the game. It's just a player for the team you support.