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TBF I think the same. I don’t like or respect wire but they deserve a massive thumbs up for what they are doing.

It’s about time a team in SL showed a set of balls and try to copy what we did during our pomp.

Wire are trying to create a quality team based on the best talent out there and I personally can’t see a problem with it!!!

If the rest of SL (us included) showed this sort of ambition SL would be a much better competition.

If Wire get Moimoi and he can get a visa too there will be a lot of pi$$ed off Wigan fans. The thought of Moimoi and a (hopefully slimmed down) Feka rotating for 80 minutes is a brilliant one



It would also beg the question of how they are keeping this all under the salary cap but fair play to them if they are

They've got the financial backing to be able to do it so why not.

It's interesting to look at Notts County in football at the moment. League 2 in football has a wage cap for a total squad what is way below what Sol Campbell is earning on his own but they also have a clause in that wage cap that states you can sign players outside of this cap if you can get somebody to pay their salaries as a gift(or something along those lines).

Rugby League at the minute would struggle to attract many big money owners because there is little point in having cash in rugby league. It's almost impossible to spend it outside of the odd transfer fee and even thats hard because you need to have the salary cap room to fit them in.

The old rules where you could spend a percentage of your turnover was surely better for the sport. It makes everybody work as hard as they possibly can to make their clubs grow so that they can compete. The sport rewards lazt clubs at the moment.

With Hindmarsh and Cayless!

May as well buy the lock stock and barrell what with Smith and Piggy last year

Dare I ask why Wigan aren't in for him?

Because we don't need him?

because 2 impact props isnt a luxory we can afford when our other 2 props are fielden and coley.

we only sign naff aussies now

Disagree 2 impact Props spelling 20 mins each would be superb if used correctly.

But the other two props need to be real workhorses.

Coley and prescott

Fielden could hide his lack of go forward behind 2 impact Props, his defence is still solid.

True but these two offer a lot in defence also (Prescott especially). If we were to play with 2 impact props (I know this is all hypothetical) then I would like to see the aforementioned players names as staring props instead of Stu.

I am not slating Stu and I am definitely not un-appreciative of his defensive efforts (In fact I would go as far as saying I have been one of his biggest defenders on here). But let’s be honest, he don’t make the hard yards like he used to and I do not feel like he ever will again (at least not for us).
Anyway. I agree that having two big bruising impact players either rotating or spelling at the same time would be a great option. I would also wager that Feka would have his nose put out of joint a little and may be tempted to lose a stone!
Imagine Moi Moi and Paleassina trying to out-do each other by knocking over more opponents, that would be quite a spectacle

I agree all I was getting at was that we could carry a player like Fielden with 2 impact props as while he offers nothing going forward he still can deffend, leave the yards to the other 3 Props.

The funny thing is whilst i'd say something similar about him the stats don't back that up.

He's made more yards then Coley or Prescott(Prescott has layed a few games less and his stats are great for the minutes he's played) and thats with him playing from the bench for the past few months. He isn't the Fielden of old by any stretch but he does still offer us 'something' going forward. His stats still say he's in a group of prop forwards that may not be in the league of a Graham or Peacock but he's still in the second tier of props like K Leuluai, Lynch, Griffin etc etc.

I think we'll see a totally different Fielden next year aswell. I can't help but feel he's been money driven in his Wigan career and if he wants a decent deal at Wigan or any other club for that matter for the 2011 season he'll have to pull something out of the bag next year.

Fingers crossed.

He was (imo) a monster whilst at Bradford and i would love to see him play remotly like that for us next year. He owes us a good year but more importantly he owes himself a big year.

His is almost ridiculed by a massive amount of Wigan and RL fans and i wuld love for him to shut a few people up.

Time will tell i suppose, but hey just look at how Coley has changed.

Personally i think the engage Sl stats are a crock of poop.

Parts are and parts are not imo.

I think they give you a general gage to look at although you must take into account the amount of minutes players are playing aswell.

I think total minutes played for each player per season is a stat they could add into them.

I still stick to my original statement though that Fielden offers us something going forward. It isn't vinatge Fielden by any means but looking at him in general terms he's not a bad prop forward at his current level.

i think they are inaccurate is what i meant.

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Quote ="tugglesf78"Oh well.... www.wigantoday.net/warriors/Cowb ... 5635639.jp'" I think we all knew this would happen once it became clear he'd have a lot of trouble getting a visa.

Quote ="tugglesf78"Oh well.... www.wigantoday.net/warriors/Cowb ... 5635639.jp'" I think we all knew this would happen once it became clear he'd have a lot of trouble getting a visa.

I know, but he would have been class.

I agree. It's a damn shame.