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| Quote: CobraCraig "Due to the amount of people posting about OF and some with good track records and reputations on this site I can only presume there was some truth behind it and a meeting was had with Wigan and OF, looking at the article posted maybe OF and his agent thought he would be the one who would get pushed out of the marquee spot and offered £400k to which Wigan could compete with? Maybe a deal was close to being agreed which made Saracens counter with a marquee offer which Wigan couldn’t compete with?'"
Wasn’t he already on 800k at saracens though that’d have to be some climb down wage wise to even come close to what he’s currently earning and yes I understand he will be on less as the next contract won’t be anywhere near the one he’s on it’ll still be a fair slice of pie far more than league can realistically offer.
I’d say this union as a sport is coming to a big reckoning sooner rather than later you can’t keep shelling wages out like this without huge deals in place to cover it.
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| Quote: Stranger "Wasn’t he already on 800k at saracens though that’d have to be some climb down wage wise to even come close to what he’s currently earning and yes I understand he will be on less as the next contract won’t be anywhere near the one he’s on it’ll still be a fair slice of pie far more than league can realistically offer.
I’d say this union as a sport is coming to a big reckoning sooner rather than later you can’t keep shelling wages out like this without huge deals in place to cover it.'"
I don’t believe under our current ownership that the wage is more than our new owner could realistically offer. It’s probably not sustainable but it would be as a 1 off statement signing.
Another Union club is reported to have struggled to make payments to its players last week so after losing 2 clubs in the last few years I’d say you are bang on with your second paragraph.
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| Quote: jonh "I don’t believe under our current ownership that the wage is more than our new owner could realistically offer. It’s probably not sustainable but it would be as a 1 off statement signing.
Another Union club is reported to have struggled to make payments to its players last week so after losing 2 clubs in the last few years I’d say you are bang on with your second paragraph.'"
I certainly respect what you say in regards to a statement signing but I'd counter Danson has made a statement signing in Thompson he will be on few Bob for sure,I agree the Farrell story refuses to go away but to me the all it ever was just rumours and nothing more,I'll say it again Billionaires tend to stay that not by chucking money about,who knows is this agent talk using Wigan as leverage to secure his marquee deal who knows but for me and I make no claim to any knowledge at all I think it's just that rumours.
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| Quote: Stranger "I certainly respect what you say in regards to a statement signing but I'd counter Danson has made a statement signing in Thompson he will be on few Bob for sure,I agree the Farrell story refuses to go away but to me the all it ever was just rumours and nothing more,I'll say it again Billionaires tend to stay that not by chucking money about,who knows is this agent talk using Wigan as leverage to secure his marquee deal who knows but for me and I make no claim to any knowledge at all I think it's just that rumours.'"
I think there was a point where contact has been made but I’m not sure it’s gone beyond that.
With Itoje confirming he is due to leave I’d say it’s virtually impossible that Farrell will leave as well in the same season given their leadership roles at Saracens.
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| Quote: Zig "We will have three marquee players but we will nominate those players that give us the greatest financial benefit against the SC. We didn’t need to let Powell go to balance the books and if we allow Shorrocks to leave we will have more than £150k to spend which would, in theory, allow us to sign a marquee player. As Jon says, OF wouldn’t count against the cap and Field, dependant on his salary (he wasn’t marquee last season) could also be accommodated as well.'"
We might have £150k but that may include 3 players budgeted as marquee, either way the market for marquee or even players at £150k a year that are non quota must be slim to none this late in the off season?
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| Quote: Stranger "I certainly respect what you say in regards to a statement signing but I'd counter Danson has made a statement signing in Thompson he will be on few Bob for sure,I agree the Farrell story refuses to go away but to me the all it ever was just rumours and nothing more,I'll say it again Billionaires tend to stay that not by chucking money about,who knows is this agent talk using Wigan as leverage to secure his marquee deal who knows but for me and I make no claim to any knowledge at all I think it's just that rumours.'"
If he didn’t want to lose/chuck money away being involved in a sports team and taking one over as the main shareholder is the last thing you would do so maybe this is a late in life venture to spend some of the money he has made in his life?
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| Quote: CobraCraig "We might have £150k but that may include 3 players budgeted as marquee, either way the market for marquee or even players at £150k a year that are non quota must be slim to none this late in the off season?'"
i don't disagree with you, I am just pointing out that we do have the money to do some business if we want.
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| Quote: Zig "i don't disagree with you, I am just pointing out that we do have the money to do some business if we want.'"
Probably best to be left in the kitty for a potential mid-season signing, might be able to bring someone non-quota in a few months earlier or you never know there might be a case (due to injuries or just not playing) that maybe Miski, Isa or Mago get released early so we can sign someone from the NRL.
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| Quote: CobraCraig "Probably best to be left in the kitty for a potential mid-season signing, might be able to bring someone non-quota in a few months earlier or you never know there might be a case (due to injuries or just not playing) that maybe Miski, Isa or Mago get released early so we can sign someone from the NRL.'"
Agree, look at last season's late boost in the pack where Dupree with Singleton going the other way.
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| Quote: MattyB "Agree, look at last season's late boost in the pack where Dupree with Singleton going the other way.'"
Assuming that Dupree was on a bigger salary than Singleton...
Seperately, as a minimum we will have Powell and Shorrocks salary available which should be a decent amount, the question is where do you use it and when?
I think we could be potentially light in the backs if we get an injury. What cover do we have apart from Douglas, Eckersley and Hampshire should our 1-7 get injured?
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| Yes we look a little short obviously the utility value of Hampshire with French and Keigrhan covers a lot of stuff add Eckersley and Douglas for centre and wings At a push Leaming in halves and Isa centre
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| Eckersley looks a decent prospect to me and decent back up at centre or wing, Hampshire is a decent enough back up for halves and full back, Keighran can cover in the halves as can Leeming and we have Farrimond also coming through who lots have high hopes for. It would be tough to add someone much better without the promise of being in the 13 when everyone is fit. Think we can get away with the depth in the forwards as it’s easier and beneficial to rotate.
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| I think we need a season without too much experienced depth in the backs because opportunities need to start opening up for Eckersley and Douglas. That wouldn’t have necessarily happened with Thornley/Cust still here (I know Cust is a halfback but he gave us that option of moving French to the wing if Miski/Marshall went down). I really like the look of both of those lads and hope to see them get some opportunities before long.
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Wire_91 wrote:its your first final in about 8 years and now you ravin and rantin about it F**k off, and ill be going old trafford tomoz cheering on the saints and ill be writing on this forum givin you loads of shi* when your drying you eyes and the wire fan will be here handing out the tissues in the thousands, thats if you do take that many fans cause now it looks like its your fans who have jumped on the band wagon now your in a final, this time last year there was only 1000 people in the jjb and now its fillin up cause youve won the league hahaha proper true supporters you are:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_27542.jpg |
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| No squad numbers yet despite the shirt being out.
Is it case Peet wants to see everyone in preseason before dishing out the numbers or are we awaiting a signing ?
Last years came out in late December, 2022 in late November
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| Well the Farrell story seems dead in the water,indeed if it was ever realistically alive of course,he's bigging up him playing in the next world cup at 36 he was speaking the launch of some cup or other,funnily enough if anyone can still be fit for union at 36 it's him.
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