Quote ="Wirefan"Hope so. Sims is a good club man but no more. Like with Penny, Evans, Patton, Gidley, Hughes et al we should be aiming so much higher it's actually annoying. It's akin to Man City continuing with the likes of Stephen Ireland when Yaya Toure was available.
Still yearning for the days when we had Carvell, Morley, Hill, and a half decent Paul Wood as up front options.
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This is exactly it. When we sign players that Wigan are happy to release, and keep sub standard players that when they leave end up at Leigh or below, it is easy to see the problem why we struggle to compete with teams with better players.
Penny -> Championship if lucky.
Gildey -> Retired.
Hughes -> Deemed surplus at Wigan -> Huddersfield -> us
Evans -> Leigh