For those concerned about our "own" players not getting a chance. The major points to note are:

1. This year is about being competitive and not being relegated. If that requires a short term solution to deliver this goal - then so be it
2. If you look at the squad against Featherstone - there are plenty of home grown players in the squad. More encouraging is the fact that two new and very exciting products of our academy are named - Max Jowitt and Jordan Crowther. The aim has to be to stop losing generations of locally produced talent to other clubs - by offering them an opportunity to play for a stable and quality club in WTWRLFC
One way to achieve that goal is hit the short term target of staying in SL this season.

Having been raised on a diet of Billy Conway, Nigel Bell and Johnny T - I understand what it means to see local lads pull on the shirt and give more than 100% week in week out. However, right here right now - this is about more than local pride. It's about OUR club!

No truer word spoken Snowie. I know for a fact that Jordan would turn out for nothing just to wear the shirt.On the subject of the young lads,attitudes,commitment,hunger,what ever you want to call it,Jordan asked me what he was looking forward to more than anything,apart from the shirt,I thought scoring a try,it was actually going over to the Wakey fans and clapping them at the end of the game.Don't think many players would think of that one and I hope he's clapping us for many seasons to come.

Enjoy every minute of it Snowie,hope Louis goes well.

Heard your argument before John but it don't wash with me and others , you might come from this area but your views certainly represent those of a wigansupporter , alright maybe a couple of their older 18s played with their21s but I'm sure that was a lot to do with Wigan's belief that they could win tha league without them, Wakefield beat them 3times out of 4including a semi final play off and a final, anybody knows that Wigan want to win every thing and in their teams in that series were current first team squad members in ian thornley , Logan Tompkins,Sam Powell ,jack Hughes ,current international josh charnley ,warring tons new fullback mat Russell and super league player jack murphy oh yes jonh wake field beat nowt

Wigan brought most of those players back from duel reg for the semi and Wakefield dominated. Think Charnley may have been playing SL with Hull KR and the others in the 21's. Charnley was poor that day.

Ironically though your post actually supports my stance. Those lads dominated a team on the day filled with future first team players for Wigan, yet came to nothing at Wakefield because they were held back. The Wakefield 21's team at the time were made up of a few Huddersfield cast offs and amateur level players.

A lot if the Wigan fans were put out on the day of the semi that Wigan had changed selection policy and drafted in the more experienced lads, I may be wrong but I think most of them had also played in a 21's game vs Leeds the day before.

Finally FYI I wanted Wakefield to win that day as I had coached a good few of the lads and was in their younger days at the club before I went to the Giants so was made up for them.