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Quote: Rogues Gallery "If he plays well enough he will get in the side, but I expect him to be used as cover in a position where realistically we don't have much strength in depth.'"


So our centre options next year will be

Carmont
Joel Tomkins
Thomas
Marsh
Goulding

the year after could be interesting when we will lose carmont and thomas (Move Charnley to centre and get Ryan King on the wing please)

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Quote: Rogues Gallery "If he plays well enough he will get in the side, but I expect him to be used as cover in a position where realistically we don't have much strength in depth.'"


Surely this means Stefan Marsh will be leaving? He's supposed to be a target for Widnes and I can't see him sticking around if Gareth Thomas signs and ends up taking any opportunities when a regular is missing.

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I'd rather keep Karl Pryce to be honest.

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Quote: Cherry.Pie "Surely this means Stefan Marsh will be leaving? He's supposed to be a target for Widnes and I can't see him sticking around if Gareth Thomas signs and ends up taking any opportunities when a regular is missing.'"


Season long loan to widnes would be perfect for Marsh.prove his class and then come back and take his starting place.

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Quote: Rogues Gallery "I explained the reasoning the other night, but it is a little "left field"'"


Be interesting to hear your view on this Rogues given the stick you gave out over us signing Hodgson

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Quote: Wire_85 "Be interesting to hear your view on this Rogues given the stick you gave out over us signing Hodgson'"


That was different icon_wink.gif

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suppose having to pay hodgsons wages and counting on the salary doesn't compare to getting thomas for free and cashing in on the publicity angle

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Who's next? Jason Robinson?

Born in the same month and year as Thomas so why not!

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Terrible decision with the likes of Ryan King, Stefan Marsh and Darrell Goulding at the club why on earth have we gone for Gareth Thomas. I respect the guy for his past ability and achievements and but at 37 I'm seriously questioning the ambition of this signing.

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Surely nobody actually thinks we've signed Thomas for his playing ability?

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Quote: TrentBarrett "Terrible decision with the likes of Ryan King, Stefan Marsh and Darrell Goulding at the club why on earth have we gone for Gareth Thomas. I respect the guy for his past ability and achievements and but at 37 I'm seriously questioning the ambition of this signing.'"


If Gareth Thomas is better next season than Stefan Marsh or especially Goulding then they are simply not good enough for us. Reason for going for him is that he does not count on the quota and can cover 3 positions. If Sam Tomkins gets injured Thomas was a very good union full back. But from a PR situation its a clever signing. I dont think you will see much of him playing for us and if he costs nothing then why not have the added cover.

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Quote: wigan_knight "Wigan are going to make a nice little earner from this especially next year.'"


How? Wigan fans are not going to rush to see him play and neither is anyone else so who in their right mind would want to sponsor him?

Quote: wigan_knight "couple of games covering injuries thats all he'll do'"


No it won't. He is not good enough and is past it and so its not worth the risk.

If he has been signed this will not be at the behest of any Wigan coach and it must have come from IL which is the wrong way around. It's OK for chairman to have the final say in signings a coach may want (the chairman always does) but to impose a 37 year old player on any coach is not on.

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Well it says on the SSN ticker that he's signed and has done for the last hour or so, but nowt on the Sky Sports website, BBC or our offical site as yet.

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1.Carmont
2.Joel Tomkins
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He wont play more than 80 minutes for us garauntee. He is simply nowere near good enough.

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