danny orr meant to be signing good signing, jonny campell looks a great prospect and needs to be playing super league would be on cheap wages so again a decent signing. richie mathers is a good signing but does come up with some right clangers, andrew ryan? could be an option would be great for a year or 2.

It dosen't guarantee anything and is a big money risk.

Not a huge amount. The positions that the new players have come in all play in positions where we haven't got a youngster ready to step up to, with the exception of Hoffman (whom i get the feeling was just a "he's too good to miss out on" type signing)

The young players on the fringes at the moment are:

Davies > Out on loan next year, replacing Fielden or Coley in 2012.
Farrell/Tuson > Replacing Hoffman in a years time

Josh Charnley will take Carmonts spot in a years time ideally.

Stefan Marsh will take Gleeson spot in 2 years time.


At the end of this season we are releasing 4 overseas players, and only have 3 incoming. That surely frees up a space for another yooungster in the squad. So many wigan-produced players make up our team now I have no worries about us making the same mistake again.

You must be on the edge of the old salary cap with that trio

Apparently Feka and Fielden account for a quarter of the cap between them, and they are both off contract.

Add to that Bailey, Phelps, Deacon etc etc. it more than covers their 3 salaries.

Three good , well very good signings, cant understand why you ever took deacon on though

Do we want feka ? Be fat as a barrel again in no time playing for cas and is so predictable.
Fielden still tries and has the odd good game but isn't a patch on the Bradford fielden, probably best left alone imho.
Not interested in the wigan cast offs.

[iMeanwhile, Matterson has dismissed speculation linking the Tigers with a move for prop Iafeta Paleaaesina, who is expected to be released by Wigan at the end of the season.[/i

That's from the bottom of the article about Danny Orr on SportingLife

Thank buggery for that, couldnt cope with him and mathers.

Ive heard alot of rumours at odsal that you have signed Glenn Hall from us for next season. Hes done nothing for us this season but cant understand why you would want to sign him when he has 2 year left and has been garbage???

Not a clue at all.

utter waste of space. I have never seen such an unfit pro player in my life.

Id rather have Nero now he has turned down a new contract than him! I take it he also counts as a quota player? Double waste of space unless Bradford are still paying his wages for us.

Can't see us signing Hall. We're pretty much sorted in the second-row with the likes of Jones, Ferres, Widders, Holmes and Davies able to play there.

And snitch.

I would hope we replace clayton with holmes, and davies can fill in like holmes did this year.

I would be happy for that to happen and possibly another junior to step-up from the academy. I've said it before and I'll say it now we should have 13 first team players and 13 back-up players - one for each position.

FB - Mathers; Thompson
W - Owen; Wainwright
C - Arundel; Evans
C - McGoldrick; ?
W - Dixon; ?
SO - Widders; Orr
SH - Chase; ?
P: - Huby; Higgins; Walker
H: Hudson; Milner
P: - ?; Jackson
SR: - Snitch; Jones
SR - Ferres; Holmes
LF - Westerman; Davies.

By that judgement we need at least one centre, a winger and a decent prop and possibly a junior half/ a new half.

Elima for prop, wood for half (if brierly isnt ready), centre not sure, but widders, thompson and ferres can all cover there.

Why do i get the feeling we will sign Nero? I really hope not

I'd take Blackmore over Nathaniel, Nathaniel can't dive and slides in on his knees, not good in u20's so certainly wont be in the first team.

Hall is a better prop then second rower too, it's where he played for Manly.

Sadly I get the same feeling...really hope that he isn't the "big announcement" that's been talked about lately.

Thread on our board about Westerman coming when does his contract run out?

End of 2012.

250k please.

heard anything of the rumour he signing for wire?

soz if topic already been discussed on here couldn't find it.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=465227 Been discussed on that thread. Not OOC until 2012, has a young child over here and Cas are unlikely to sell - they stated that he wasn't going anywhere earlier in the season - unless a ridiculous offer comes in - and I mean ridiculous. Oh, and he gets linked every year with a different club. So far this year he's been linked with Hull FC and Leeds (again!) and never, ever goes anywhere. People need to stop listening to silly pub talk.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=465227 Been discussed on that thread. Not OOC until 2012, has a young child over here and Cas are unlikely to sell - they stated that he wasn't going anywhere earlier in the season - unless a ridiculous offer comes in - and I mean ridiculous. Oh, and he gets linked every year with a different club. So far this year he's been linked with Hull FC and Leeds (again!) and never, ever goes anywhere. People need to stop listening to silly pub talk.

Why would Wire want him? they have Ben Harrison who is doing a great job for them at the moment

Surely they would prefer Dale Ferguson, that world-class forward playing for Wakefield?