I don’t agree with this. Maybe just maybe falling gated and a lack of star quality that has affected the entertainment, affected gates and led to a general malaise has forced there hand.

Having said that this is absolutely not a thread for negativity.

Congratulations and thanks indeed are owed to IL and KR for getting this one over the line and the standard to recruitment for next year.

Massive signing for the club, and Super League.

One other real benefit of this is that I think it will put us firm favourites for if/when his brothers are looking for a couple of years back in SL, although I don’t expect we could fit all 3 under a salary cap.

That’s a secondary thought though at the moment the thought of having a real world class Prop still in his prime is a fantastic result for the club.

BOOOO Wane , IL and Rads out..... Rubbish, past his best, the worst of the Burgess brothers...... BOOO...


Blimey, thats a shock!

Now THAT signing is a genuine statement of intent ! We have been short of a fearsome front rower for too long now. Excellent.

Without a shadow of a doubt this is one of the biggest signings for both Wigan and SL in recent years.

Absolutely made up and I can't wait to actually see a proper prop in cherry and white. It's been far, far too long since we've been able to say that.

Fingers crossed the other two fancy it in a few years.

I'll admit me and a few of my mates have not bothered with a season tickets for a few seasons now because the mixture of poor boring rugby and crap signings, but me and a few of my mates are now considering getting new season tickets with these new signings, so credit to club about changing our minds and I imagine a lot of others too.

Hope SL pull their finger out and line Wigan v Wire up first game. Bumper crowd and get the season off to a big start, what with their recruitment for next year, too.

Same as this year but reverse venues, Wigan v Saints at the DW first game would be bumper in more ways than one?

For that to happen we would have to finish 4th this season

Great signing - if he comes across with the right attitude he can be the pack leader we've needed for years.

Flower, Bullock etc will benefit massively.

I expect us to finish second. Won’t that do, Brian?

Fantastic news.

Seems the pack issues are getting sorted.

General malaise whilst still being the joint most successful club over the last ten years. I’d hate to see the malaise if we’d had the same last ten years as Saints or Wire, who have made big name signings.

My point was that when we had a poor start to the season the pitchforks were out and everybody had an opinion. Usually when the club does something good, most of those go quiet.

I’ve commented on here that if Lenagan was either unwilling or unable to show some ambition with our signings then I hope he’d actively be looking for offers to come in from people who were (if they exist). My biggest fear about how things looked to be heading was that Ian Lenagan would have his legacy tainted because he should eventually sell this club and be chaired shoulder high around the DW field for what he’s done for this club.

As it looks to be turning out, he is able and is willing to put what looks an unbelievably exciting team out on the field for us next year and continue his work of the past decade and a bit. It’s now over to our support to repay him and turn out.