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| Quote: Paul Youane "Are you seriously claiming Harrison Hansen and Gareth Hock are "every bit as good" as Gareth Ellis?'"
Well if you're asking whether they're better propositions for the next 3 years than the 32 year old Ellis, I'd say "most definitely". Why, do you think otherwise?
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| Quote: Paul Youane "Are you seriously claiming Harrison Hansen and Gareth Hock are "every bit as good" as Gareth Ellis?'"
agueably..yes
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| Quote: Paul Youane "Are you seriously claiming Harrison Hansen and Gareth Hock are "every bit as good" as Gareth Ellis?'"
Whatever you think, to lose both those players in order to acquire a 32-year-old would be a ridiculous piece of business.
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39110_1363272058.jpg Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
Celebrations muted from us, job done from them. Most fans who slag them off are jealous their own club's support is nowhere near that good
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sally cinnamon..Why not discuss Wigan? It's a rugby league message board. Wigan are the most famous brand in rugby league
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Tre Cool..Saints fans are hopeless unless it's a cup final or grand final. Wigan fans are so much more loyal and passionate
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the flying biscuit..Wires havent been massively succesful over the years, but I've spoke to Brian Bevan And he spoke to me and i wouldnt swap that for Wigans History, ever
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Ande..on the TV i could only hear the Wigan fans with about 10 to go
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Saint94..Every team is in your feckin shadow, we all know
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| Ellis is 30 and will be 31 at the start of any career with a super league club.
He will no doubt be class for whoever he signs for.
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| The accolades he receives for his performances in the NRL obviously signify he's a stand out over there but in the internationals of recent years he's been extremely disappointing - almost anonymous.
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| Quote: Bill Sonny "I don't understand this one bit. so what if we've got four main back rowers in Hansen, Hock, Farrell and Tuson. Are Wigan in the business of trying to please every player who comes through the system? Gareth Ellis, albeit 32, is better than the lot. Why shouldn't we be aiming to improve our squad? Very rarely does somebody of Gareth Ellis' talent come along as available'"
The question has already been raised: would you give him the three-year deal he is demanding?
I'm not sure how you misunderstood my post. See if this is any clearer: Does signing a player on a three-year deal who will be 31/32 when the season starts, will no doubt demand top wages as a former NRL player (high demand at other clubs, international forward etc), plays in a position you already have about 7 other options for, will eat away at the chunk of the salary cap needed for perhaps other positions (centre/halfback/hooker) and will push back players like Farrell, Hughes and Burke in the pecking order, strike you as good business?
We're in the business of trying to develop our own players from our academy and integrate them into the first team squad. Wigan have an abundance of back row forwards coming through, most who will probably go on to play international RL. Despite the loss of Hoffman and Tomkins we've still got around 7 or 8 lads who could play in the second row.
No doubting Ellis' talents (although perhaps they are over exaggerated by some) and he would improve the squad, but we don't need him. We need a replacement for Carmont and we need a replacement for Tommy. You sign Ellis, you push back our own lads and eat away at the pot used to replace the players mentioned.
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| Quote: cadoo "The question has already been raised
That sums it up pretty well.
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| more than sums it up well, we lose a world class player in Leuluai and Carmont, we need to replace at least 1 of them with an international in the correct position. Spending a high proportion of the cap on a 2nd row forward just does not make sense
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| I can see catalan being interested in him. The Beaver will likely retire at the end of the season so they will need to replace him.
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| Quote: cadoo "The question has already been raised
You put a lot of negative spin on signing one of the best second rowers in the world. He would be 31 next season, hardly ancient now, in fact I prefer older players in the pack personally. oh it puts one of the academy guys back a little bit? wow, big deal, happens and thats life unfortunately, not everybody is good enough for the Wigan team. I want to see the best Wigan team possible on the pitch. Bringing through our academy is a great thing, but then I didn't see many moaning once Ryan Hoffman arrived? Did he hinder our squad at all? I'm sure he wasn't on baby wages.
Tuson/Farrell/Burke/Hughes, future England internationals? Come on , take those cherry and white specs off, they are solid squad players, but sadly none will ever grace Englands 11/12 shirts.
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| If I where him and not insistent on returning home to Yorkshire I'd give Saints good consideration (on the presumption they'd be in for him).
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27588.gif "Games as big as a grand finals define individuals and clubs. Remember we are only renting these shirts, I had my time in Pat Richards shirt. Ellery and Faz had there time in Sean's, Hampo and Radders in Sam's. You have to make a mark in these shirts that's still there the day you hand it over to someone else. So be aware for 80 minutes you are not only playing but also writing history and creating a legacy. How many people get to actually write history, not many. A big stage demands big players, be inspired. You play for Wigan, now go do it. Good luck." - Martin Offiah, 2010.:27588.gif |
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| Stay well away. We don't need him. We have a great young pack already with Hughes, Burke, Spencer and Crosby all ready to step up and Ellis would be denying one of those a spot
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| Just to add. I'd have him over Tuson in an absolute heartbeat.
I can cope with loosing a workhorse but nothing special 2nd row from Wigan for a world class one.
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| Hes a great player but just not what we need. In the times of the salary cap we cant afford luxuries like that.
We need to get O'Loughlin signed on for the rest of his career never mind Gareth Ellis.
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| Quote: Bill Sonny "I don't understand this one bit. so what if we've got four main back rowers in Hansen, Hock, Farrell and Tuson. Are Wigan in the business of trying to please every player who comes through the system? Gareth Ellis, albeit 32, is better than the lot. Why shouldn't we be aiming to improve our squad? Very rarely does somebody of Gareth Ellis' talent come along as available'"
Because of that new invention called a salary cap..you may have heard of it? That cap space needs to go on positions that need filling, most notably both half-back slots, not on a position where we have our best strength in depth.
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