Bevan French - STAYING or GOING (merged)

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Re: Bevan French - STAYING or GOING (merged)

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We have a ‘Plan B’ if Bevan French returns home :D
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medlocke wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:58 pm We have a ‘Plan B’ if Bevan French returns home :D
Link 😉
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josie andrews wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:22 pm
medlocke wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:58 pm We have a ‘Plan B’ if Bevan French returns home :D
Link 😉
Wigan have a ‘Plan B’ if Bevan French returns home to Australia

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... australia/
Anyone can support a team when it is winning, that takes no courage.
But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you,
that takes a lot of courage. #18thMan
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Re: Bevan French - STAYING or GOING (merged)

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josie andrews wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:23 pm
josie andrews wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:22 pm
medlocke wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:58 pm We have a ‘Plan B’ if Bevan French returns home :D
Link 😉
Wigan have a ‘Plan B’ if Bevan French returns home to Australia

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... australia/
I don’t see how this “plan b” can be reliable .

There may be a player or players we go after, but there’s no guarantee we get them; especially considering how late in the season this is. These things are normally sorted by now aren’t they?

He’s could also be referring to promoting Miski and / or plans for Halsall on the wing.
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nathan_rugby wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:35 pm
josie andrews wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:23 pm
josie andrews wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:22 pm

Link 😉
Wigan have a ‘Plan B’ if Bevan French returns home to Australia

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... australia/
I don’t see how this “plan b” can be reliable .

There may be a player or players we go after, but there’s no guarantee we get them; especially considering how late in the season this is. These things are normally sorted by now aren’t they?

He’s could also be referring to promoting Miski and / or plans for Halsall on the wing.
Any "plan B" is just Wigan being a functioning team. It's not like this plan B has only just been identified therefore spawning the interview/quote from Matty. I would hazard a guess that Dan's "Wigan are looking for a winger" report was this contingency plan i.e. Olly Ashall-Bott as a utility back. [viewtopic.php?f=4&t=41901]

For me, this is a nothing update.
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Re: Bevan French - STAYING or GOING (merged)

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Times coming for him to make his mind up surely?
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fozzieskem wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:03 pm Times coming for him to make his mind up surely?
I suspect we will only find out at the end of our season whether that’s after GF or before if we don’t get there. Can’t see anything being said beforehand now.
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wgwr1999 wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 4:58 pm
nathan_rugby wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:35 pm
josie andrews wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:23 pm

Wigan have a ‘Plan B’ if Bevan French returns home to Australia

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... australia/
I don’t see how this “plan b” can be reliable .

There may be a player or players we go after, but there’s no guarantee we get them; especially considering how late in the season this is. These things are normally sorted by now aren’t they?

He’s could also be referring to promoting Miski and / or plans for Halsall on the wing.
Any "plan B" is just Wigan being a functioning team. It's not like this plan B has only just been identified therefore spawning the interview/quote from Matty. I would hazard a guess that Dan's "Wigan are looking for a winger" report was this contingency plan i.e. Olly Ashall-Bott as a utility back. [viewtopic.php?f=4&t=41901]

For me, this is a nothing update.
Id agree, however I wasn't given any names, just that they were looking into the possibility of signing a winger. Not heard anything more on it so hopefully that points towards one no longer being needed.
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Post by StanleyJean1 »

A new twist? Toohey was adamant he had signed 2/3 weeks ago, now he seems to have made a U turn.

Bevan French is an interesting one, it had been touted that he had agreed to terms going back two or three weeks ago,” Toohey said.

“However, I now suspect that Wigan are trying very hard to keep French in England and has offered him a substantial amount more than the Knights to come home.

He hasn’t signed anything and whether he changes his mind to stay over then that is a possibility.

If you asked me three weeks ago if Bevan French was coming I would have said yes, now I’m not so sure.”


https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/wigan-wa ... ent-58747/
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StanleyJean1 wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:39 am A new twist? Toohey was adamant he had signed 2/3 weeks ago, now he seems to have made a U turn.

Bevan French is an interesting one, it had been touted that he had agreed to terms going back two or three weeks ago,” Toohey said.

“However, I now suspect that Wigan are trying very hard to keep French in England and has offered him a substantial amount more than the Knights to come home.

He hasn’t signed anything and whether he changes his mind to stay over then that is a possibility.

If you asked me three weeks ago if Bevan French was coming I would have said yes, now I’m not so sure.”


https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/wigan-wa ... ent-58747/
Of course, NOW Wigan are trying hard & it's all about the money!

Typical NRL rejection coping mechanism. Happens to everyone who wants to leave too.
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