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!!

I'll have a pint of this stuff please.

To quote myself during his 1st season at Wigan...

Dennis Moran, out on the full

Cant wait for the Sammut picture of the day thread........

Nothing can be as bad as that

I wonder how much input Shaun Edwards had in this decision? When all is said and done he will have Sammut in his squad for his first season. Living, as he does down south he may have seen a few London Bronco's matches and liked what he saw of Wigan's new signing, Just a thought.

After the euphoria of getting Lam and Edwards in as coaches, the one thing we needed was to announce the signing of a genuinely top class player. I’m confident that had we done that we would have seen a big boost in season ticket sales. The signing of Sammut will do absolutely nothing to sell season tickets before January.
It’s a vicious circle I suppose. To invest in a top player will cost marquee money but is likely to boost attendances meaning more money coming into the club. To spend less on players like Sammut will not boost attendances and will result in less money coming into the club. I’d say we needed to speculate to accumulate. I’m disappointed.

Think Woods is almost certainly coming to Leigh on a season long loan - looks a very good prospect from the bits I've seen

Bulk him up a bit for us, just my opinion but I don't think he's got the pace to make it as a half back but I reckon he could become a cracking ball handling 13.

Exactly my thoughts.

I'd like to see a top-class as much as the next man, but I'm not really convinced as to the existence in large numbers of this mythical group of people who aren't current ST holders, and the thought of watching the champions under a new coach in 2019 is not enough to entice them, they need a superstar scrum half too...

As I've argued before, how much did Ben Barba increase Saints' gates? Cas have been praised in recent seasons for their attacking footy, but is the Jungle packed to the rafters? Hardly. Attracting new customers (or even getting back old ones) is not easy.

Hardaker?
Greenwood? (I appreciate we got him a few months earlier than expected)