Ok fair point, i got told they were late too however

Look how much better there playing now they're getting paid on time though.

Hoffman
Joel T

I'm sure they will be more.

Forgot about those 2, Joel came back for free, and they made half a million on Sam!

They did well out of those deals for sure, although, since Sam left they haven't won anything, so will have a lost a bit of money there.

Jeff Lima
Darrell Goulding
Brett Finch
Blake Green

Scott Taylor, left Wigan to come to us.

Mossop (although has since returned)
Hock (signed for the NRL before backtracking, then made an idiot of himself again).
Green (Melbourne)
Goulding (Rovers)
Joe Burgess (NRL next year)
Thornley (went to RU before returning)
Taylor

Add to your list already of: Joel & Sam, Richards, Leuluai, Hoffman.

I imagine all of those, at the time of their moves, Wigan would've wanted to keep. Prescott I think retired.

Can also add Hansen, Tuson, and most of all... Lauaki.

Did Shaun Long leave Wigan and go to Saints - just asking

No, via Widnes, Wigan have a policy of never signing anyone from Saints, Higham went via Bratfut

Over-simplified IMO, when was the last time you arranged a holiday round a trip to Aldi or chanted and danced on the concourse at Meadowhall? Behaviour of sporting fans in many cases is emotional rather than strictly rational because of the sentiment and feeling of connection - call it tribalism, sense of belonging, whatever.

We're a club, not a 3rd party service provider. We live together, we win together, we lose together, ultimately we're miles better together. Those with looser attachment cling less keenly maybe. They bail out in choppy or dull waters and consequently the whole is weaker. Clearly it's their choice, but the consequences are probably less for them and greater for those hanging on for whom it's a central not peripheral strand of their life. This is a poor analogy, sure, but just saying there's perhaps a consequence of not actively supporting the club which is having to jettison valuable assets to keep going.

Perfectly summed up.

Good player, good luck to him but not the end of the world. We've seen, and lost, better.
I look forward to seeing the progression of Naughton and Lancaster.
I don't buy the point that we've had to sell because of supporters staying away. Far more successful clubs than us have not matched our support. We've backed the club to the hilt year after year.
If money is tight, it's down to the mismanagement down the years.

Which ones, without a benefactor? I don't dispute mistakes have been made BTW, and should have been fessed up more humbly.