Joined his brother at dire, good move for him?

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Decent player, but down the pecking order at Wigan with Farrell, Tuson, Hughes, Burke, Crowe etc. Not forgetting that Hansen, Hock and Joel Tomkins are not exactly 30 odd year olds.

Looking forward to seeing Burke play. Someone at the CCQF was telling me how Greg reminds them of Paul Gallen.

I know we can't keep them all but I predict that this one will come back to haunt us.

Do wire produce any home grown . Every time I read they've signed some 1 else . They have just signed rachford too plus him from Leigh next yr

They've always signed Wigan rejects

Just read on official site that Wigan didn't release him , he wanted to be released and Warrington have to pay a compensation package

me too........shaun wayne was bigging him up 2 years ago.......so he must be good

warringtons youth policy is shocking.

Look at their fully fit starting 17 compared to ours:

Sam - Hodgson 1-0
Charnley - Monaghan 2-0
Joel - Bridge 3-0
Carmont - Atkins 3-0
Richards - King 3-0
Finch - Briers 3-0
Deacon - Myler 3-0
Mossop - Morley 4-0
Leuluai - Monaghan 4-0
Lima - Carvell 4-0
Hoffman - Westwood 4-0
Hansen - Anderson 5-0
O'Loughlin - Harrison 5-1

McIlorum - Higham 6-1
Fielden - Wood 6-1
Hock - Solomona 7-1
Prescott - Cooper 8-2

I think I've got that right? That is absolutely shocking and in their squad they have 12 compared to our 23.

For a big club it just isnt good enough. I hope it effects them when their big name stars retire.

Wire do have quite a few older players especially in terms of their big players but you can tell already they're trying to build for the future. They've signed Chris Hill and Steffan Ratchford who look like sigings they hope can develop and replace guys like Morley and Briers. They also have a very good youth set up now and are investing heavily in that and whilst Moran is at the helm they'll always have the money to compete when it comes to signing the best foreign talent.

As much as we'd all love them to fade away and leave the path clear for us I can see us having some great battle with Wire over the next 5 years +.

good post... i also think that warrington have not had a really good youth setup for a while..but over the last few years it has improved, as the club has got more professional and employed the right sort of people. this current crop of young players is where we could possibly benefit like you have done over the last few seasons...

wigan also have an excellent setup of young players....were looking at some good battles between us over the next 5 years thats for sure.

i was about to post that

Good post, your opinions are worth listening too on here, ive notice you post similar fair posts on our board.

Some of your fans are questioning what we produce from our own youth system as if we produce nothing, the answer is pretty straight forward.

Paul Wood
Ben Harrison
Chris Riley
Rhys Williams
Rhys Evans
Matty Blythe
Gareth O'Brien
Mike Cooper
Tyrone McCarthy
Lee Mitchell
Simon Grix (signed from Fax as a youngster but developed by us)

Some are better than others and some have more potential than others but they have all come through our youth system and played at SL level.

Good Lower Ince lad Paul Wood