Surely Tommy's alone would be attractive enough! Fair enough Lenegan said it was a bumper contract when he took over the club, (and subsequently made noises like it was getting reduced a bit) but he was still a Kiwi international when he signed his last renewal.

The Un*on season finishes next month. I wonder if anyone in that code fancies a bit of summer work

As I've said on the signings thread, Roberts leaving frees up quota space and salary cap We also have the transfer fee from Joel Tomkins so should a player become available we are in a very strong position to make a move.

you missed "should a Quality player become available who will be a benefit to Wigan "

Will a chunk of the cap be taken up by giving Lockers and Micky M their deserved improved contracts? I am hoping for a proven world class replacement for Tommy though preferably some one who can make of an impact than Lance Hohaia.

I think I'd be all-round wary of Chris Ashton these days.

Whether he'd be able to play league now is open to question, but his attitude doesn't seem to have improved much.

No sooner had he arrived at Sarries than he appeared to be talking about returning to League.

I can imagine that as soon as he re-signed with Wigan, he'd then be talking to someone like Bath.

Comes over as totally unreliable.

Am I right in thinking Lockers wage doesn't count on the salary cap? 50% for 10yrs and 50% for long-serving homegrown player or something like that.

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He's the definition of a career man, he seems to have very little loyalty to teams and who he plays with, every thing he does is to improve his own profile. We have better skilled and more passionate players filling his positions in Charnley, Richards and Sam.

their one and the same thing. and its 50% upto a maximum of 50k. so if o'loughlin is on 80 k then 40k doesnt count on cap. If hes on 130k then 50k wouldnt count on cap. And its one 50k allowance for the entire team so if you have other players that qualifiy the 50k allowance is shared between them as far as salary cap is concerned.

Its not 50% but £50k for each of the 10yr service and for being a homegrown player. The allowances can only be applied once across the whole squad. If O'Loughlin was the only player to qualify for both then his salary could be discounted by £100k for salary cap calculation purposes.

I see. I knew the number 50 was involved.

I see. I knew the number 50 was involved.