Admittedly it’s been a while since I was told Wardle had signed for Wigan at about the same time as Bibby signed for Huddersfield just before the last England fixture.

I thought the whole King move which came a bit out of the blue could have affected it, but I don’t think it has and I still expect him to be playing for Wigan in 23.

Bibby to Huddersfield must mean Wardle to us.

Huddersfield must be looking to move him on, could be a makeweight for the Jake Connor deal though should there be any truth in that rumour.

I heard that Wigan thought they had signed Wardle including the end of this year on loan. When they phoned Huddersfield up to sort the deal out they were told he had already signed the loan deal with Warrington.

You’ll probably know better than me as you seem convinced he’s signed for Wigan.

Welcome back PY

Wardle to Wigan now confirmed.

Ricky Luetele still without a club, isn’t he? I’d take him on a 2 year deal even if he is 32.

I posted yesterday on another thread that we’re in for Oliver Gildart.

Nooooo

The title of this thread agreed well.

It’s rather telling that the culture of the club, and our fall from grace as a competitive team under Powell and directed by Fitzpatrick, is so rotten that a loanee would rather move elsewhere than sign permanently to a club who he’s played quite well for during his loan spell.

It’s becoming a real concern that our starting three quarters might have the average age of 64…

It was said before he came to Warrington that he had agreed some kind of terms for Wigan, we’ve seen that to be a handshake in the past.
I think we may have inquired into taking Wardle instead of Wigan.
I think there’s more than a telling coincidence that he was dropped from the main England squad for the knights, then suddenly last week got reinstated!
Keeping up the Wane/Wigan connections.
If you’re a Wiganer, currently playing at Wigan, or have played at Wigan, you’re more likely to be in the England squad.

Wardle cements his selection by signing to Wigan.

Wardle has done an interview on the Wigan site saying they tried to make the move happen mid season but it didn’t come off and he went to Warrington to play some games. I don’t think this is a case where a loanee at Wire has decided it’s not for him and more the fact that it was already done for him to move to Wigan. I know Jonh on our board was saying this was done months ago.

Oh dear. If only wire hadn’t loaned king to wigan next season.
Huddersfield now have a young upcoming centre and yet another young upcoming forward- I’m not sure where we are going to play them all- so we might have someone available for loan if you are still interested!!!!

The squad depth at Huddersfield is pretty insane. I’m really surprised with the two guys leaving our place on the basis of wanting to play games. It feels like they’ll both have more players in front of them but good luck to them, I hope it works out.

What do I know?

Genuine question what’s the thoughts on Wardle?

You have seen him, seemed positive.

Well.........okaaaaaaaaayyyy........so now where do we go. Not a massive fan of Gildart to be honest (if we are trying to get him) But there's no other English centres about that i can think of??

It really is!
I think if they are patient it will pay off. Players like Wilson, trout, hewitt English have been patient and taken their chances well to keep more established players out of the side. It shows that there is a willingness to give the younger guys a chance if they show the right attitude. For halsall especially with Leroy and naiqama at the back end of their careers he is likely to get chances. Jack bibby may struggle as we already have an excellent young pack signed up for some time, Wilson, English, rushton greenwood trout and Seb has just resigned too.

Pity you couldn’t keep hold of Dom Williams

Who is Dom Williams? Or did you mean Young?

I'm a bit disappointed we didn't manage to sign Wardle, I suppose with it dragging on it wasnt going to happen. Gildart would be fine for us at centre and I'd like to see us bring longstaff back in to the fold to cover centre until wrench is back.

I think Gildart and drinkwater would be really good additions for next seasons squad.

That’s the one, Dom Williams was a mate of mine at school way back!

Gildart is a classy centre, he’s not a big lad, more like a cross between centre and to a lesser extent stand-off. What he lacks in size, he makes up with footwork and handling.

It’s still a rumour, but the halfback chase is definitely on.
We could get by successfully without signing a top centre, we have players who can fill it, Ratchford easily. With the pack we have assembled, we don’t need the worlds best outside backs, just them that can run and pass.

Frustratingly, we’re still short of a complete squad, despite all of the upheaval. Granted Wrench is an option, but surely if he was a realistic chance of first choice centre at the point of bringing in Wardle, you would have stuck him in instead at centre and given him 6 months of development in position. We could have had a stable left side, with Currie, Williams and Ashton being picked consistently.

But now, we’re scratching around for starting players mid way through October. It seems a really shortsighted approach. We’ll end up in a bidding war with Leigh for players now, whereas we could have had this locked up months ago.

I like wrench he has great potential for me. You got to trust your young players, it seems to be something wire have struggled with and the daft thing is, wire have a history of signing very established experienced “star” players which is exactly the type of environment these young players should thrive in.
Dean, wrench and Thewlis for me are three standout youngsters at wire- but seem to have come in for a lot of criticism