I'd take a sneaky punt on Sammut, could be a superb player with a top team surrounding him

Do water carriers count towards the cap/quota?

No thanks

You gotta be kidding me?

Sammut and Ah Van in, get rid of Hock and McIlorum. You really do want us to succeed don't you

If I was Joe Mellor and they signed Jarrud Sammut I'd quit the game haha

I would agree if Catalans We're the same team of years ago but they are now very competitive and with a genuine shout of winning things. I agree nowhere as big as Wigan but it is likely to come down to money at the end of the day. We need to offer more that what Catalan will pay.

I'd literally be devastated if we signed Sammut. He's a lesser version of Dennis Moran and is exactly the sort of player UK clubs should be steering clear of i.e second raters.

Sign Brough, Dureau, Soward etc and I have no problem with Mellor and Powell biding their time for a shot but sign Sammut and they may as well walk out. Those 2 lads will get chances even if we sign a quality half but sign a no hoper like Sammut to play infront of them and that'd be a total kick in the teeth for them.

I understand they're better but for me still Wigan is a much bigger lure to a professional rugby player. If we matched or upped his money slightly he should wanna come to be honest. He's a young bloke who I don't think has children so that won't affect things

The ideal for me is to keep Finch and then recruit from within maybe with the option of moving Sam back to 6 if the others need more time. We have to develop a team that is based around a settled half back pairing. During Wigan's success of the 80's, 90's we had the Edwards/Gregory era. Saints has success built around Long. Bradford had the Paul brothers then Leeds had Mcguire and Burrows. If we have to go with another non-local lad then I wouldn't object to Dureau given that he is young and could be with the club for a few years. I am not keen on another two year quick fix from Australia no matter how good they are.

Get Finchy to stay, first and foremost. To paraphrase Stevo, he's been controlling things out there for us all season and really is key to making us tick in attack. Signing him for at least another year really is vital. Once that's sorted, which it hopefully will be soon, then we can look at who his half-back partner will be. Personally I would love to get Scott Dureau

Speaking of poaching from Catalans, Daryl Millard to replace Carmont anyone? That is assuming Bilko's One More year campaign fails

Mellor isnt good enough, he hasnt looked good enough in any spell at Widnes, and certainly hasnt looked good enough for Wigan.

Harsh, but he needs to be moved on, not every youngster we produce is going to be good enough for us, Mellor is an example of that.

Completely unfair IMO. I can count on my fingers the number of games for us and Widnes in the first team

Tim Smith?

We havn't seen enough of him in the first team at Wigan.