He's come out and said he's happy and has no interest in going to union or NRL, give up with the bull the shiit stirrers where made to look like fools again. He is going nowhere and not making future plans either, he has made it clear and andi peter said the same the other week any other crap is in your heads.

I said the club should make it clear that our players should expect to see out their contracts - which in your world seems to mean that Tomkins, Mossop and Charnley (all players who came through our academy) would never have signed for the club in the first place if they were not granted an opt-out to go to the NRL whenever an offer came along.

That doesn't seem particularly realistic situation to me.

Just out of curiosity guys why do you all seem to agree that you will lose Green at the end of the season, is he out of contract?

Blake said on Wigan TV last season that he planned to return home at the end of this season, it was before we won anything so it's a possibility but nothing dodgy.

I wish it was.

Charnley has clearly had his head turned and is off to the NRL

It is strange why Wigan can't keep their star players whilst other SL clubs can though?

Last year Tomkins played the majority of the season knowing he was leaving, for Charnley it could be the whole season. Why didnt SW drop Sam? Sam had a few poor performances, especially under the bombs. Double standards perhaps? Who knows.
RU and NRL is ripping us apart and the management doesn't really know how to deal with it, although they are trying their damndest. I think we all appreciate the effort they are putting into a losing battle.
It just feels like league was put into administration 15 years ago and SKY are the administrators.

When a club gives a player a contract (2 years for Taylor) and pay a significant fee for him and the club has an option for another year it is obvious to me that it is the player who only asked for the two years.

The years option in the clubs favour is to safeguard the clubs interest and by having the option of an extension it allows the club the option of asking for a fee if the player decides he wants out.

If it had been an option for the player to choose to stay for the extra year it would signify to me that it was the player who wanted a longer contract.

Taylor isn't ready for the NRL and would be crazy to move IMO. Wigan are working hard on him, improving him and getting him fitter and I believe he'll be one of the worlds top props in time but he isn't there yet. He needs to keep working and he couldn't be in a better place.

He'd be wise to stay where he is for at least another season after this IMO.

Fair play, suppose theres only so much naff weather he can take no matter how good the pies are

If you think every time Sam didn't play for us last year was due to 'Injuries' then you're a bit naive.

Who has said whether Charnley being dropped was to do with the possibility of him leaving at the end of the year? Wane has dropped players for playing poorly in the past. Maybe he thought the 60 odd tries Sam either scored or set up last year justified his selection more so than dropping him for these so-called 'poor performances'.

Whether Charnley leaves at the end of the season or not, I genuinely believe he was dropped against Wakey becuase he wasn't up to his usual standards against the Roosters. Wane isn't afraid to throw a young kid in at the expense of someone with a bigger reputation. It was just the usual storm in a teacup rumour mill that spiralled out of control because of Wane's comments to the media and specifically using the word 'dropped'. Josh is back in the side on Sunday, if he has a blinder and scores a hatrick alls forgotten about.