I see your point, but to ask whether it's acceptable for Wigan seems (to me) to betray a pre-SC Lindsay mentality.

Personally what acceptable for me as paying fan of Wigan RLFC is that we are either winning trophies or challenging for trophies. We're not doing too badly on that front at the moment, surely the fact we've been to Wembley and are 80min away from the Grand Final is more important than how many new players have joined the squad.

It is ......but then imagine how good we could be if we had spent the money on players IN ADDITION to what we have now.

Sam has achieved everything he can with Wigan over 5 seasons. It's not like he's buggering off after one or two years is it? Why shouldn't he play in a higher standard and earn more money?

It is unrealistic for fans to expect players to stay with one club all their lives. For them it is a career. The contract suited both parties as Wigan have been able to get a world record fee. If a good enouh player comes available maybe they'll buy him - if not, continue to invest in youth that is the envy of the Rugby League world.

Maybe you can come up with similar situations when the club held a player to their contract. Sam is a once in a generation player. The closest I can think of is Jason Robinson. I suppose you think that he should have been told to stay?

Maybe so...but back in the real world. Who should IL have signed over Bowen?

why keep a player who does not want to play for us.look at his input over the last few months,next to nothing and don't bring up the last minute try in the cup final,it was won a long time before that.he as been carrying an injury or just can't be d,the latter is my guess.

Possibly about to go bust and having to sell our ground to Tesco - if we had one

Unbelievable!!!

Did you not go to Huddersfield then? He caught everything, tackled everything and put Josh's second try on a plate with a brilliant cut-out pass.

in ref to others posters who say this hence the rather sarcastic

I'm a happy clapper and proud of it.

If your not happy with signing one of the best fb in the world call 08457 90 90 90
and they would be happy to listen to your problems.

I think it is the word marquee is the problem with the usual miserable gits. If it was Billy Slater it would be Hall knackered his shoulder, Baba his head is not right, Inglis is a centre not a full back.

This is a separate thread. My gripe with the Matt Bowen signing is the use of the word 'marquee'

Is that easy enough to understand?

Please keep up dear Crunchie.

The only person who had a tantrum yesterday was you because I questioned your beloved Mr Lenegan.

You would be right if it wasn't such a well known thing that his knees are dodgy.

A high profile name this is, a marquee signing it isn't. Trent Barrett was a marquee signing, a great player in his prime.

It comes across like the club hyped this signing up just because of the Tomkins departure hoping fans would see it as a master stroke that they had managed to fight off the whole RL world to get Matt Bowens signature.

At least you've learned your lesson from yesterday.

Dummy-spitting about questionable terminology (questionable in the minds of you and about two others!) is much safer ground than dummy-spitting over scurrilous accusations.

Stick to whingeing about words, bud. Much less likely to drop you in the sh**.

Out of interest say if MAtty Smith was going to Oz instead of Sam, and we moved Sam into the halves and bought in Bowen and the term 'MArquee signing@ was used what would your opinion be?