Didnt Bailey just sign a new deal last season?



But yeah I'd have Bailey, as well as Elima and Fielden.

Would love to see Menzies back again, but I agree with walker we may end up picking up players who don't fit anywhere else, we could do with a decent flying winger, if mainly just for cover.



But with the academy steamrolling most of the other teams why couldn't we promote from within for alot of the gaps we have.



Purtell won't have been weakend by his arterial blockage but he may worry that it may happen again and he may no be as fortunate I think that will play on his mind a it, shame if he does leave as he is nothing if not consistant



Wouldn't touch fielden as he will be injured most of the season with the problems he has.

The lads in the academy are under 18's. Whilst Bateman (and previously Sam Burgess & Leon Pryce) has shown it is possible to break into the team at such a young age, most players start to appear in the first team at 19/20 and usually have to wait a season or two before they establish themselves as regulars. Throwing the under 18s into the first team could end up being detrimental to their long term development.

Exactly, those 3 are exceptions to the rule. But the academy lads need to be given enough time to develop because there's a hell of a difference between playing academy and SL rugby.



TBH, our retention is what is going to dictate our recruitment. I know that's like saying "water, it's wet" but I think some people need reminding that we've got to get the balance right.



The main thing that needs to be sorted is how many open overseas spots will we have. At the start of the year it was only 1 that both Sammut and Manuokafoa were battling for, however Purtell's illness does raise the question "is he coming back?". Personally, I hope he makes a full recovery, but putting my pragmatic hat on, his spot is under threat as the club is a business and not a charity (a statement which will no doubt raise some ss from the idiots in the peanut gallery).

I think you should sign Ferriol, Bailey, Morley and Cockayne. It would be an entertaining team to watch, as well as making things a bit more interesting on the message board. Just a shame you've missed out on Brent Webb already

Yeah I didnt see Ferriol, would rather sign him than Bailey.

walker - doesnt do much for me, no contract

jeffries - has played well and new contract

elima - yes

hargreaves - yes

nas - yes

sibbit - no, injury prone and doesnt do much

sammut - would rather keep nas, but if purtell cant play again then yes. but hope purtell pulls through this.

addy - yes definetely

crookes - yes has been fantastic

briggs - yes get him signed up

ainscough - yes, very hard worker

burgess - unless he goes to australia, but sign him upm on long term

donaldson - yes, for the future

mcavoy - yes

pryce- needs to run harder and show more effort before even think of offering new contract

joseph - no



who to sign:

youngquest - maybe

ferres - would be good signing but have heard he is off to giants

j.griffin-maybe but not certain on him

millard - could be good signing

walker - have heard good things about youngster

tonks - heard good things about him too

l.watts - good signing

r.bailey - i know a lot of haters but he is a big strong prop and with right discipline could be great player

mcclorum - from leeds but doubt he would sign with us.

j.mellor - good signing with more experience

s.marsh - would be good signing

tuson - ery good signing

Clerk bulls, why don't we just sign the entire list of OOC players and while we're at it sign the whole QLD team, Clueless.

Why would we need Chris Tuson when we have got a abundance of potentially strong back row forwards? Besides, he's never really stood out to me, just plays a simple role in a strong Wigan set up when needed.

i didnt mean to sign every single one, I was just identifying possible signings. off course you could sign all of those players, just stating my opinion on best players out of all of them.

Whiting has extended at Hull

McIllorum has extended at Wigan

Given our position and lack of cash I doubt we'd be in the running for many of the bigger names.



There are a few players in their that have potential and if they could prove they were prepared to work I'd be interested in the likes of Watts and Ambler. We really need some scoring power out wide and some more cover at halfback (especially if we decide to keep Manu and let Sammut go). But there's not much out there, especially given that we have our quota full of non fed players.