Matt Orford really wants to stay at Manly even willing to take a $100,000 wage cut to remain with them, so looks like he's to stay where he is, be interesting to see who we turn are attention to now, Finch perhaps?

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As long as their better than Vaealiki !!!!!!!!

Brett Kimmorley clearly showed in the Bulldogs-Penrith game today that he is still a world class number 7. He would still be my first choice.

We should have sorted out a swap with him and Barrett last year when Trent went back. Kimmorley here on a 3 year contract instead of Smith would have been ideal.

Orford & Fien should have been the picks.

Finch is left possibly, or Myler (though I think he will go to Wire).

I think we need to accept its unlikely that IL has delivered and next year will be Sam/Tommy & Riddell/McIllorum even with a prop, that aint good enough at all.

Just like I said earlier in thread as time goes by although nothings been confirmed, are options are slowly decreasing, and soon we'll be left with scraping the bottom of the barrel once again.

As i commented in the last signing topic, I don't think we'll sign a halfback.

Two props are the priority and with the costs forever growing within sports of today and the current climate, I don't think IL will pay out for two props and a SH.

Next year

6 - S. Tomkins
7 - Tommy

8 - New prop
9 - Riddell
10 - New prop

Bench
Macca - which I'd prefer him to have a loan spell, somewhere
Feka
Fielden

Tommy still as the number 7 within, but he looks off his game as, I think he's unsure what position he'd like to play, he needs to be told, you are the Wigan 7 or new Wigan 9!

We have absolutely NO idea who is really available and not available. Stop jumping to conclusions, for all we know we could have signed players already.

With the precarious coaching situation we have at the moment, I feel it would not be prudent to announce any players for two reasons

1. If we announce players now it could be seen to be Nobles signings when in fact they have been brought in on the advice of the possible new coach, thus not giving a true reflection of who has decided on the player. Especially if we decide to stick with noble, he will have players recommended by another coach. Not a major problem I know but not an ideal one.

2. If a player brought in now has been linked with any future coach we bring in, this will undermine Noble and for the moment he is still in charge, again not an ideal situation.

I feel that if we were to announce signings with Nobles future undecided it just leaves to many ambiguities.

Finally if we do not sign any good players then we have the right to slate IL, if only for the reason that he has purposely mid led us fans by touting the likes of Mason, Thurston etc in the press.

I just don't want IL to hit panic stations and buy anyone. If there is not a player available to improve our squad don't buy them.

We need a new half, Tommy at 7 next year would be a cop out, he just lacks the vision to be a good scrum half. he has fantastic technique granted but he doe not have the vision

I agree we could already have two NRL players signed up, look at Mr Ronaldo, February the deal was 99% done, hardly anyone knew!

Our signings will be annouced right at the end of the season I guess, with the current situation.

exactly.

I don't think there will be player announcements regardless of whether they are signed or not because we would need to announce the coach before.


Whether or not we have signed a new coach, it should not be announced until after nobles contract has run out imo.

february?! Was done last summer!

Contract talks between R. Madrid and Ronaldo took place from last Summer, but the 80million pound bid wasn't made until mid-May.

As we all know nowadays, contract talks have to be agreed before transfer fees are

No thats not right, you agree a transfer fee with the club. when the say yes you then negotiate a contract with the proposed player.

well thats how it should work

It's how it happens in the world of football I'm afraid, no way could the former R. Mardid president make a 80million pound bid last year or early this year, only Florentino Perez, who regained control in May could afford that sort of bid. The guy that created the Galactico's

Did anyone watch Carl Webb this morning for the Cowboys in their win over the Roosters?

He looked rather average. Despite the try, which was a result of very very soft defence from the Roosters, he did very little.

Like i was saying

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it seems the voices where right, not so clever now are we

So what are the voices saying now then?

Anyone can say that! I could say Myler has turned us down and I won't divulge my source and when he re-signs for Salford or goes to Wire and he says he turns down Wigan I could say 'ha ha told you so' but I was just putting 2 and 2 together so get off your high horse and stop listening to the voices!

It would be a lot different if you told us who we were to sign because the post were you say someone isn't signing are ten a penny and full of shi'ite and are pointless!



Baked bean boogie inside knowledge -

Keiron Dyer is injured
Morrisey is miserable
The moon is NOT made of cheese

No he is not!! leave our Stephen alone!!

come on you don't have to be prick everyday, at least have the weekend off.

No can do, being a prick is a 24/7 kind of job you should know.

After watching Wests v Melbourne I weren't too keen on Brett Finch but I wouldn't mind Cooper Cronk. I think his type of game would suit it over here.

What I read in the league Express said that Leneghan wanted Noble to stay as he has a good relationship with him. Are they lying to me?