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| Quote: jonh "He strikes me as a player that would really go well in SL, not a superstar but a great work ethic and attitude, good pace hands and footwork and excellent defence. Would be the perfect player to step straight into Carmonts shoes.
I would love one of the top names to come over but realistically I think he would be an excellent signing, anything better than him would be a real bonus.'"
Totally agree. Would be the ideal signing at this stage. I hope he's on IL radar. Currently, apart from King, I have no idea where the signing is coming from. |
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| Quote: Catalancs "www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/article-1394142/EXCLUSIVE-Sculthorpe-ready-cross-divide-join-Wigan.html'"
In his guise as a Saint I couldn't stand the bloke but in his capacity as a RL player I've got a lot of respect for Scully, IMO he has a lot to give the team. I suppose that if there is any foundation in the rumour it is a decision that hasn't been taken lightly and that a lot of thought has been put into it.
If you look at Lowes who left Bradford to go to Warrington and is now at Leeds, I don't think there is necessarily room for sentiment in RL nowadays when you're trying to earn a living and at the end of the day Scully is from Oldham and played for Warrington as well.
I'd rather have the best set up possible at Wigan next season and if Sculthorpe is part of that then so be it! IL hasn't let us down so far! |
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Stefan Ratchford scored a hat-trick yesterday. Apparently he has racked up 10 tries for the season, but SLstats reckon he's on 7 (perhaps it hasn't updated). news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 501244.stm
Looking at his stats compared to George Carmont:
www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2011
He comes up very well considering how good George is, the difference in the two sides and the serious age gap between them. At 22, with the right conditioning (preferably he could bulk up in the off-season) would he not be worth signing next season? Two year deal to see how this lad progresses?
He's capable of playing right across the backline, but seems to be moulding into a capable centre. With Karl Pryce set to join Gleeson, Carmont and Deacon leaving Wigan he could just bolster our strength in depth so our backline isn't depleted. We have shown the patience to see how players develop - like Karl Pryce for example. Why not give it a shot with Ratchford? Other clubs are doing it - Hull FC have just signed a young English halfback from Leigh. A trend I think will continue with clubs taking a chance in developing young English talent. I realise some people may argue that we're a club that doesn't need to, but are we? When should this club not be investing in young English talent? It doesn't always have to come from our academy and it wont all come from our academy either.
We're heading into a period where English talent will be at the fulcrum of every single club with it becoming increasingly difficult to bring overseas players over with the NRL salary cap rising and the quota coming down. With a serious lack of options to recruit a centre/halfback next year - Ratchford could prove to be a very shrewd signing. |
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Stefan Ratchford scored a hat-trick yesterday. Apparently he has racked up 10 tries for the season, but SLstats reckon he's on 7 (perhaps it hasn't updated). news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 501244.stm
Looking at his stats compared to George Carmont:
www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2011
He comes up very well considering how good George is, the difference in the two sides and the serious age gap between them. At 22, with the right conditioning (preferably he could bulk up in the off-season) would he not be worth signing next season? Two year deal to see how this lad progresses?
He's capable of playing right across the backline, but seems to be moulding into a capable centre. With Karl Pryce set to join Gleeson, Carmont and Deacon leaving Wigan he could just bolster our strength in depth so our backline isn't depleted. We have shown the patience to see how players develop - like Karl Pryce for example. Why not give it a shot with Ratchford? Other clubs are doing it - Hull FC have just signed a young English halfback from Leigh. A trend I think will continue with clubs taking a chance in developing young English talent. I realise some people may argue that we're a club that doesn't need to, but are we? When should this club not be investing in young English talent? It doesn't always have to come from our academy and it wont all come from our academy either.
We're heading into a period where English talent will be at the fulcrum of every single club with it becoming increasingly difficult to bring overseas players over with the NRL salary cap rising and the quota coming down. With a serious lack of options to recruit a centre/halfback next year - Ratchford could prove to be a very shrewd signing. | |
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| Quote: cadoo "Stefan Ratchford scored a hat-trick yesterday. Apparently he has racked up 10 tries for the season, but SLstats reckon he's on 7 (perhaps it hasn't updated).
Hes a decent attacking player but his stats for errors, penalties and missed tackles are worrying.
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| Quote: cadoo "Stefan Ratchford scored a hat-trick yesterday. Apparently he has racked up 10 tries for the season, but SLstats reckon he's on 7 (perhaps it hasn't updated).
Look at Charnleys stats compared to joel monaghan, stats are very misleading IMO.
Saying that though, I do think Ratchford has potential. I would be pleased if we signed him but each way I wouldnt be that bothered if he signed for St Helens or Warrington.
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Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
Celebrations muted from us, job done from them. Most fans who slag them off are jealous their own club's support is nowhere near that good
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sally cinnamon..Why not discuss Wigan? It's a rugby league message board. Wigan are the most famous brand in rugby league
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Tre Cool..Saints fans are hopeless unless it's a cup final or grand final. Wigan fans are so much more loyal and passionate
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the flying biscuit..Wires havent been massively succesful over the years, but I've spoke to Brian Bevan And he spoke to me and i wouldnt swap that for Wigans History, ever
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Ande..on the TV i could only hear the Wigan fans with about 10 to go
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Saint94..Every team is in your feckin shadow, we all know
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| Quote: cadoo "Stefan Ratchford scored a hat-trick yesterday. Apparently he has racked up 10 tries for the season, but SLstats reckon he's on 7 (perhaps it hasn't updated).
I currently don't see a better option and I love the fact he can play anywhere in the backline.
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Whatever happened to Billy McGinty's pineapple?
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"I'm done. Brown out. If LMS, Turner or Walker get in any match day squad i will not be attending from now on in." LFC Saint:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_41943.jpg |
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rlhttps://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/rabbitohs-keen-to-sign-fien-20110604-1fm4s.htmlrl
"The Sun-Herald can reveal that incoming Rabbitohs coach Michael Maguire had initially sounded out his Wigan playmaker, Thomas Leuluai, to replace Chris Sandow next year. Leuluai is keen to return to the NRL for the first time since 2004 and sought permission to leave the Warriors before his contract expired. However, the Super League powerhouse wasn't prepared to grant him an early release."
This is not good from Madge if true.
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Dan Sarginson: "This is a fantastic opportunity for me to join the biggest name in the competition" 18/10/2013
Tony Clubb: "This is a new exciting chapter of my life signing for Wigan and I couldn't be happier" 18/10/2013
Romain Navarrete: “I’m very happy to have signed for Wigan Warriors. As soon I knew that Wigan were interested, they were the only team that I wanted to sign for. To me, Wigan is the biggest Club in Rugby League and it will be an honour to pull on the famous Cherry-and-White jersey next year. I look forward to working with Shaun Wane and the players at Wigan.”:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_10172.jpg |
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| Quote: EastStandFaithful "
This is not good from Madge if true.'"
This has been said before. Not good if Maguire is tapping up our players.
[size MAGUIRE OUT![/size |
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| Quote: Smooth Stu "This has been said before. Not good if Maguire is tapping up our players.
[sizeMAGUIRE OUT![/size'"
Is it even true? |
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| Quote: Smooth Stu "This has been said before. Not good if Maguire is tapping up our players.
[sizeMAGUIRE OUT
This has to one some sort of award for idiotic post of the week, month or year?? |
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| Quote: EastStandFaithful "rlhttps://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/rabbitohs-keen-to-sign-fien-20110604-1fm4s.htmlrl
"The Sun-Herald can reveal that incoming Rabbitohs coach Michael Maguire had initially sounded out his Wigan playmaker, Thomas Leuluai, to replace Chris Sandow next year. Leuluai is keen to return to the NRL for the first time since 2004 and sought permission to leave the Warriors before his contract expired. However, the Super League powerhouse wasn't prepared to grant him an early release."
This is not good from Madge if true.'"
The underlined word is the most relevant one for me |
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Whatever happened to Billy McGinty's pineapple?
"unless you hit it directly at Paul Wellens, it's several minutes before he'll arrive at the ball." Saddened
"I'm done. Brown out. If LMS, Turner or Walker get in any match day squad i will not be attending from now on in." LFC Saint:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_41943.jpg |
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| Quote: dirtbag83 "The underlined word is the most relevant one for me'"
Dirtbag - I agree, after the great year we had last year I dont want to give Madge a bad rap but I think the club needs to comment on this and refute it.
If they dont deny it we can only assume it is true. If it is true, the club needs to seriously question whether our current coach should continue. |
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I heard direct from The Insider that Leluai and Richards were the players Maguire wanted to go to Souths with him. I guess he saw them as realistic targets to make the move to the NRL.
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| Quote: EastStandFaithful "Dirtbag - I agree, after the great year we had last year I dont want to give Madge a bad rap but I think the club needs to comment on this and refute it.
If they dont deny it we can only assume it is true. If it is true, the club needs to seriously question whether our current coach should continue.'"
Even if it were true, why would sacking him stop him from asking current Wigan players to move to Souths next year? |
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