I have no problem with signing Sarginson. He has a lot of potential and speed to burn and is likely to be cheap. I think with the right training and coaching he could develop into a very handy player and I certainly could see him developing into a good full back.

I've been watching Sargy since he was in the Broncos youth set up. Coming through the juniors he played 6(and for Eng). Suddenly when Powell was coach at the Broncos we had a shortage of centres in the first team. I remember watching Sargy play for the 19's one Sat and he was stuck out at centre. The following week he was centre for the first. He seems to have stuck with that position ever since.

The youth coaches always said he would be a 13 as he is naturally very fit and a good tackler!!!

He seems to have stagnated in the first team.

Im told he has sorted his accom in Wigan for next season

I heard on Thur Clubb is coming to Wigan! That said he has been linked with Saints and Widnes in previous weeks.

That's true, if you ignore the fact turner misses far fewer of his tackles than sarginson. . . . .

Not sure why there's a Turner v Sarginson comparison. They are similar players in terms of their versatility but they are both at different stages of their development.

Turner is 24 and should be approaching his best years now having had plenty of experience at Salford and Hull. It always takes centres a while to reach their peak because defensively it's one of the hardest, if not the hardest, position to master. Goulding struggled defensively until he was given consistency and now he's in his mid 20's he's hit his stride.

Sarginson has just turned 20 this year and while most of his Super League rugby has been at centre it's still an unfamiliar position to him. He's bound to be weak defensively. Pretty much every young centre has defensive weaknesses and those are players who have played that position since they were juniors. Watkins, Atkins, Goulding, Cudjoe; all had their defensive issues as young players, especially at the same age as Sarginson.

A weak defence as a 20 year old converted centre isn't a reason to write someone off, it's almost to be expected, especially if that player is playing in a very weak side.

Wigan have signed players from teams with a poor defence before and worked hard to improve that area. Just look at Scott Taylor, at the start of the year his defence was awful but it's improved a lot over the season and he's become a better player for it.

Sarginson has plenty of potential. He's had a dip in form but almost every young player goes through a similar dip, even the good ones.

just to reiterate what SA is saying have a look at Turner and Ratchfords stats when they were at Sarginsons age and playing in a poor Salford side.

I just cannot fathom why we need a utility man and an average one at that when we have the squad we have.

I will back him obviously in a Wigan shirt and hope he proves me wrong.

In my opinion now though we need to be bringing in 2 more established players in terms of a centre and fullback as a priority with or without a new wingman I think we will be ok.

I'm sure all the professional rugby league coaches at Wigan will take your views on board when making a decision over future signings, they must study players over a period of time, look into their backgrounds, consider what improvements they can make, go over the squad they will have over the next few seasons, look at the finances involved, then put all that to one side and read what the visiting Saints fans on this site think and scrap the lot !!, thanks for the input, it was invaluable.

Marvellous backtracking, congrats.

And congrats to you on finding your way back to this forum.....

Indeed. RG not one for doing that though.

Whoever raised the valid point that Turner and Sarginson is not a valid comparison is 100% right. Not sure why RG brought up Gelling last week when he was abysmal on the whole tbh.

I like the look of this Sarginson. Looks a handy young player

I read this forum all the time thanks. I don't often feel that compelled to post, but a random, baseless comparison to a Saints player felt as good a time as any.

Saints beat Wigan and your compulsion to post returns? What a coincidence. I can't tell how often you read the forum but it is pretty easy to check your fallow period as far as posting goes. If I needed to convince myself, that is.