Gleeson was brought in to be a game breaker was he not? Percentage wins mean zip if they fail to yield.

They weren't 32 or injury prone when we signed them

worst examples ever!

you may have won more games but we won the one that mattered...i`ll let tony smith be the judge of the hodgson deal..i think he knows more than you...

Non of them were 32 when they first appeared for Wigan. Non of them had major spells out of the game.

I'm saying that Hodgson is a poor player, I am saying it's a risk that I wouldn't like Wigan to take, and I said exactly the same thing when about us signing Sean Long.

Your already taking the risk with Briers, I don't see why you are also doing it with Hodgson.

As I said previously, why are Huddersfield not willing to take that chance?

Poor player? How did he manage to win MOS then.

What are the implications of signing Hodgson in terms of the oversea quota for next year. As far as I understand we would have to release two players to get under the oversea player/trained limit of 5. Can anyone confirm?

Pryce gave up the final years of his lucrative rugby union contract. Why do you think he signed for Wigan on a contract that was "low cost". Not sure what time will tell - that I was right about him all along?

It seems strange that according to Wigan fans all their signings are low-cost / on pea-nuts yet you spend the full salary cap.

why are you so concerned with our signings whether they are 32 or 92..you should be more concerned with your own players..any how be thankful hodgsons out injured he may av shoved it up you lot this weekend

Hicks is definatley leaving at the end of the year.

So 30/31 is okay, but not 32? Pretty sure Lam had suffered a broken leg and Smith did his cruciate not too far prior to siging.

So a player misses a few games after a clean season previously and he is injury prone? Does that make Roberts injury prone? Is Cameron Phelps injury prone?

To compare a straight line is the usual rule of thumb, not sound waves.

If injury prone Hodgson is as bad a signing as the injury prone Morley, Carvell and Solomona signings have turned out despite all the warnings from know-it-all smart-alec opposition fans then I guess I'll live with it.

Awesome signing.
I am really amazed the Hudds didn't keep him for 2 years.
Attacks, defends, takes the high ball, kick goals.
Absolutely fantastic.

Theres a 7 page thread on the goons board about "Mathers".

OBSESSED.

To compare such players to Brett Hodgson is laughable. All 4 where highly rated International star quality players with 3 or 4 years ahead of them. Craig Smith and David Furner went on to play for other teams after they left Wigan! Lam and Furner where in the State Of Origin series the season before they joined us and on the right side of 30, which means we got 2/3 good years out of them. Lam only Suffered an injury in his last season 2003 when we had to play Luke Robinson instead of him in the final, and that was only towards the end of the season against you men at Wire if I remember in the last league game between Wigan v Wire.

I haven't said any opinion on the Hodgson signing but to compare them to those 4 is ridiculous. You could have easily have picked some other shockers we've had since then though!

Success may be a journey but it is Tony Smiths DESTINATION !!!! Come on wire and lets find a place for Richie as Tony has said he will not be playing Bret in all games. In Smith we TRUST

He has one of the highest error rates, and highest missed tackle counts of any fullback in Superleague.

Obsessed.

must be why he won man of steel then eh?

That is my whole point. Smith's last season in the NRL prior to coming to SL resulted in him missing around 50% of the available games, Lam 25% the season prior to that. Both Lam and Smith were 31 on debut. Furner being 30.

Smith was 31, but Lam and Furner were 30. All were very good trainers Smith in particular.

Hodgson according to Jamahl Lolesi "Is the worst trainer at Huddersfield and gets away with murder because of his age"

Hodgson by the way had the highest number of errors in Superleague last year.

And where did that get us signing all those 30 year olds? We were competetive yes but we only won 1 trophy while most of them were here, then when they all left at the same time we were left up sh*t creek without a paddle. Only just recovering from it now!

Mathers looked good in attack when riley was binned , maybe hodgson full back mathers wing and when hodgson doesnt get played mathers FB and then bridgey centre with king on wing then atkins and riley on other side.... just a thought but IMO we shouldnt get rid of mathers

Mathers stats this season are better than Gleeson, what does that say.

Nothing. They play in different positions.

Why do opposition fans get wet dick whenever we sign somebody? Im still waiting for Wigan fans to comment on the overrated Myler.