I don't like to think we should sign "overage" centres, but George Carmont was the best centre on the pitch tonight, way above Bridge and Shenton.

Give George another years contract.

Why do you care?

How good was George tonight! He was the best outside back on the field and again proved his worth.

He simply has to stay. We can't let him leave.

Good. He is very over-rated.

Reminds me heavily of Richie Myler.

ha ha its got to be a windup? wigan querying any other team staying in salary cap? ffs.

Absolutely nothing like him imo. A while back Ratchford looked like he could develop into a decent organising stand off, Myler was only ever a good support player. Signing Ratchford at centre is a waste as far as I can see though, no idea why Salford are playing him there, he should have carried on in the middle.

One could also ask how Wigan managed to fit in 3 players from was at the time the best team in the NRL.

Lucky that I have a brain.

NickyKiss talks sense.

because we released 3 players, 2 of who were reported to be very high earners.

Which is similar to what Wire are doing, although Ratchford wouldn't cost them much. Not hard to see to be honest.

And for us it was a 4-3 switch, which is (I assume) why we could afford 3 players from the best NRL team short and medium term.

I dint say otherwise, just answering his question

If Ratchford moves to Warrington it will be as a full-back to take over the "third" half-back role that Hodgson has played this season.

Interesting.

Would see 2 of the better teams in the league going for a Full Back with a greater attacking impetus than a defensive one.

It is exactly what Hodgson is doing at Warrington already and no doubt one of the reasons that Hodgson was brought in to replace Mathers. I know that Wigan fans will slate Mathers full-stop but that just seems a bad mix as he was a great signing for the Wire. However Hodgson has took our attack to another level this year with his link play and better choice and quality of pass than Mathers offered.

The number of tries that Warrington have scored via the combination of Monaghan at acting half to Myler as first receiver on to Briers who feeds Hodgson chiming into the line for Hodgson to either run through the gap or feed the outside backs for them to score is un-real. Ratchford will slip seemlessly into that role.

Still means that we will need to replace Briers at stand-off at some stage in the next couple of years and as things currently stand I'd imagine we would move for Chase before his contract is up at Castleford (he'll want to move to a club that can win things if his form continues) and therefore pay a transfer fee which no other club will be willing to match.

I should of explained a little more. Reminds me of Myler because of his being built up by the muppets at Sky into something he simply isn't - Quality.