Wigans recruitment has been diabolical so far for a team that wants to challenge for silverware. I mean they haven't exactly improved the starting 17 that got beat 36-0 in their last game ave they?

Sargison started OK at the titans but then went completely to pieces. Just like Burgess, Eden and Hardaker before him he was atrocious in the collision - falling off tackles and generally looking like a junior playing open age for the first time. We need to get more outside backs coming through SL that aren't afraid of the physical side of the game.

His name is Sargi[size=120n[/sizeson.

Don't forget the Daniel.

Yeah that’s how it works. We base everything on one game we played with our season over.

Were you expecting us to bin the full 17 off?

We’ve signed a couple of squad players and get back Escare, Burgess, Flower and O’Loughlin who didn’t play in that game. Fingers crossed we’ll also have Manfredi back after nearly two years out come April/May. It’ll clearly take him some time to get up and running but that’s a new signing in itself.

And you’ve done us a disservice, we were only diabolical enough to get beat 32-0

yes lesson to be learned specially going to the dark side,

To be fair. A fully fit Wigan squad as it stands is better than 80% of the teams in super league so I wouldnt worry about their recruitment

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King james

I certainly noticed that last season when we thumped em home and away

What's 80% of 11 leberon?

Wellington Albert signed for Widnes. Made up with that

Never heard of him not that that's a bad thing.

He may become a star but isn't it a bit sad the a club like Widnes feel the need to recruit PNG players from the Queensland Cup - is DL really that poor?

Not a dig at Widnes all SL clubs are as bad.

In its hey day there were not enough RL to accommodate the talent in the UK now it's the other way around - there is something clearly wrong at gras roots level. There are far more teams and people on the M62 corridor than in PNG yet that's where we are looking, it's frickin criminal.

Good for you

See my full reply and don't be so over sensitive.

Once you'd edited your first reply. Agree the current state of some of super league isn't great but this lad is definitely an improvement on what widnes currently have. It's not hard but he caught my eye in the World Cup, albeit not over great opposition.

That's my point, he shouldn't be.

My club Wakefield have just signed 2 NRL players both of whom I believe will do well.

Pauli Pauli I get he's huge and we just don't produce that kind of player. All the same he's a reject.

Randell couldn't get a start at one of the NRLs worst clubs. He's a hooker ffs - since when did my club need to import hookers when I started watching in the 80s we had so many we had to give them away! Yet the truth is we hasn't produced a decent one in years.

Look at Wigan they used to sign superstars now it Sarginson who frankly is the bang in bang average. Hell we signed Wally Lewis!!

People are getting excited about Mead now - seriously - he's crocked one way or another. There is no sane reason with a weak pound and a cash rich NRL that a still half decent would join SL. He may do ok but anybody expecting the player of old will be massively dissapointed as has been the constant case in recent years.

We need to put faith in youth and give it time - sadly with P&R that won't happen and quick fix will always be the way. There is talent out there but it needs nurturing far more than it is.

Top signing. As has been said in earlier posts, the standard has plummeted in RL as a whole. Widnes still need a scrum half and another prop. The young lads wont let us down this year.....I hope.

COYV

wellington albert showed up well in the world cup, big guy! be good to see how he goes in sl

Wellington Albert will be one of the top players at Widnes. He is very good. They should have bought his brother Stanton as well.

To suggest that David Mead is crocked is a huge negative fantasy by Vastman -- a supporter of a club with a rubbish tip as a stadium and no chance of ever winning silverware.

Wasn't it Carnie then Bird in recent years just to name a few years.

Shouldn't you be in Lebron mode for this one?

If you think Catalan should be investing big bucks in pas it Aussies knock yourself out - it's worked brilliantly so far.

Gregory Bird has done very well and helped the team to crush lowly Leigh in September.

You have never seen David Mead obviously. He was brilliant at the Gold Coast Titans, the Brisbane Broncos and for PNG. He is only 29 -- hardly past it -- and I am sure he will run rings around woeful Wakefield's defence next season, both at the rubbish tip and at Stade Gilbert Brutus.

What's Welly and Stan Albert got to do with in comparison with a rubbish tip ground with the best playing surface in SL?

I know what you mean I still pinch myself to this day when I think we signed Garry Jack from Balmain just after he received the Golden Boot as the worlds best player.

Wellington Albert is a great signing, looking forward to watching all the PNG players in Super League.

Seriously you know that how.

You may be right but exactly how much have you actually seen of him - very little I suspect so a pretty dubious comment.

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