rachford signs for warrington i believe wigan offered him a contract but chose warrington instead were do they get there money from

Speculation or have you got any firm evidence of him going anywhere?

Bloody hell Ratchford!

beleive me

I would love it if they got Ratchford to replace King and we signed King...

I wouldn't. He's 30 years old and a stop gap. We need to be looking at picking up a young lad who'll be with us for many years and not command £200k per year

Wigan couldn't afford Ratchford never mind King because you don't have the cap exemption.

We did have a few years ago but we didn't win owt.

So they resigned their three forwards today, t'Dog Whisperer a few months ago and now Ratchford?

Surely somebody must be leaving. Not just King.

I am happy to have 2 years of top class stop gap to give the younger lads time to develop rather than a career of mediocrity that Ratchford will produce...in my opinion.

But if we can't find one of sufficient quality in time for next year, would King not be a good replacement as a 'stop gap'?

We know IL won't pay him silly money, so I'd be more than happy to see King line up for us whilst it served a purpose to the club.

Don't forget Waterhouse is also on the way.

Yep.

Wouldnt a class stop gap player be better if we are looking to bring one of our own through though? Matt King for a few years while Joel Learns the tricks of the trade, and Marsh/Acton/Crow/Russell/Ryan King/Goulding/whoever else we have fights it out to replace him?

Jon Clarke is OOC for them but he cant be on much because hes crap. I know people joke about Wire and the Salary Cap but I really dont know how they do it. They have very little of their own compared to the other big clubs and just buy their main players from other clubs, surely someone in the RFL must have raised eyebrows about it.