they remind me of when Milward came to wigan

Agree 100%

Just said on a WhatsApp to another poster on here that the other boards response (75% of it) to this is just the usual glass half full, blame the club, blame IL,blame Sam Powell, we know better based on hypothetical assumptions and very little evidence or fact Rubbish
I also said I don't know why I do it to myself!

I went over thinking that maybe, just maybe, there may be some positivity- How wrong I was!

Assuming Wardle signs, and I know you are 100% confident of that, who plays right centre given they both play on the left?

All King`s salary for 2023 will be imposed on Wigan`s Salary Cap, not Warrington`s, even though Warrington will probably be making a significant contribution.

My only worry with King is that I’ve only seen his very best consistently when he wanted a new deal at Wire or a good deal elsewhere. There have been other flashes here and there but it was that season in 2021 that showed what he’s capable of but also asked questions as to why he’d not hit that level before.

On the upside, there’s clearly a really good centre there when motivated and hopefully he will be just that at a new club.

King is a right centre not a left, both can play both although Wardle much prefers the left.

King is a natural right side who is comfortable on the left.

John, can i ask you (without you disclosing your source) as to why you are so confident Wardle has signed. Iv'e never seen you so confident that a player has signed for us before but you seem adamant.

I’ve been told by several different sources all of whom are credible and all from different areas of his life.

Ones not Dan is it?haha

Why would you think that?
Surely he will just come back to Huddersfield- his parent club where he is still contracted for next season!!!!
The only reason he was loaned out in the first place is because leutele was the in form centre in the comp and Leroy and Jerry are such a good partnership together. Wardle wasn’t getting the game time he wanted in a World Cup season and so was loaned to wire to get game time. It wasn’t expected king would feature much at centre, perhaps cover at second row. Ironically the week the deal was struck leutele was injured in an off the ball incident, if wardle had hung on a week he’d have been playing in a top 3 side instead of a bottom three side.
Perhaps it’s taught him some patience.
If he has signed for you He’s shown poor form given how we looked after him when he was injured for two years.

I don't think the poster is on their own thinking that, maybe a rumour but folk think Wardle has a problem with the coaching staff at Huddersfield - if this is off the mark then fair point.

Wardle and Watson don’t see eye to eye on his position and the side of field he should play on.

The relationship has totally broken down.

If you are going to be a side that challenges, you will have to get used to that. Look at the players we lose to the NRL every season. We are just higher up the food chain than Huddersfield, the NRL uses Wigan as it's hunting ground.

The usual criticism of a signing before he even pulls on a shirt I see. Have we found our scapegoat for 2023? Nobody has any idea how he will go for us and there are plenty of examples in history where you think one thing will happen with a signing and it's the absolute opposite.

The loan deal is strange in that it's not done often, but if Wire want him out and we feel he may do well then why would we not be in for him? I don't see him playing for Wire again unless major changes happen there and I suspect we will have the first chance at signing him permanent after this loan. Clubs don't let players rot away in a SC sport.

Rather than look at why we would take a player from Warrington on loan and send him back a better player etc...why would they send a player on loan to Wigan and possibly improve Wigan? They thought highly enough of him to offer him a mega deal and suddenly he's off to the horrible club down the road on loan. More to that than some are seeing definitely.

*Removes cherry and white specs and changes out of WRL pyjamas.