Paul Deacon who played the majority of his career behind a huge pack of forwards and often played in a dinner jacket given Bradford’s dominance up front, not to mention the quality of the backs he played with.

Has Sammutt ever had that kind of luxury?

You've seen the finances then?

Attendances are also down quite substantially - that's our biggest revenue source.

We clearly can't keep asking Lenagan to put his hand in his pocket - either he doesn't have the money anymore, or he's lost the will to do so.

great signing for you guys

Wane out!!

Lets try to be positive guys. At least he cant be any worse then Denis Moran...... or can he??

My God, i never thought id see the day when Wigan signed Jam Butty to direct operations in the middle.

Id put this on par with the signing of Gavin Clinch.

I've always liked watching Sammut play but something has to be amiss with him if hasn't consistently played in Super league.

He had a blinder when I watched him play for Workington against Swinton a couple of seasons ago

Sydney Roosters will be shi itting themselves !!

2002 Top try scorer in SL with 22 for the 8th placed side
2003 Top try scorer in SL with 24 for the 5th placed side
2004 6th top try scorer in with 19 for the 10th placed side

77 tries in 105 appearances in an average London side is pretty bloody good.

In 2005 he was the top try scorer at Wigan.....he does seem to be used as a scapegoat for a couple of seasons where you were a mid-table side and in 2006 he had his "wings clipped" by the coach and the result was dire....not his fault though!

Sammut is mercurial.....coach him well and he'll do fine, but if he sulks, you've just wasted a wage and a quota spot!

Think Lenegan has not so much lost the will but is shaping the club for the future,I don’t see his family in love with the sport as much as he is,and he is to be fair,the days of him propping the club are at an end it seems

Hasn't JS been brought in as a squad player? We've George at 6 and Tommy at 7 so Sammut isn't perhaps in our starting 17. He is experienced cover should Tommy call it quits end of 2019.
So what will happen to Woods and Shorrocks and their efforts to claim a half back spot? This signing suggests that they are further back in the pecking order than previously.
Whether Sammut turns out to be a good signing time will tell but I wish him well and hope he succeeds like I do with all players who pull on our shirt.

I wouldn't be shocked to see one of Woods/Shorrocks head out on a season long loan to someone like Leigh or London.

That could be a good point - the comments about us having a marquee slot available might be technically true but paying for it is a totally different matter. The club has lost money consistently for the last few seasons - with the chairman putting his own money in we would be in trouble. The major investments recently have been in long term infrastructure.

Sammut will be a decent signing, never seemed to find his best over here, just earned a living.

If Wane was the coach this would be an awful choice but with Lam and then Edwards he may even get an extension after two years.

Lenners always said he was trying to shape the club so it was self-sufficient, it's his true goal before he goes.

He has ploughed millions into off-field projects and tried many other avenues of revenue.

4 SL Titles, 2 CC 2 LL 1 WCC under Lenners command isn't bad, is it?

Compared to the decade before he took over.

Trust in Lenners!!