Wigan sign Ian Thornley 30 years old from Leigh

[Nezza Faz]

Charriots mentioned up skilling.
Last time they were here both players could put on 100 mtrs a game.
Both could carry the ball out of our 10/20 area and put us on the front foot. Having big sized backs scooting from dh is so much faster than having a 9 at dh, this is the reason I think we're interested in two 6'5" centres.
That's not including their ability and size near the opponents try line.

Two good signings for next season in view of our current failings.

Two good signings? Are you mad?

Gelling is absolutely rubbish and he was when he was here last time. A complete liability. Cost more tries than he scored with his complete inability to play as part of a team shooting out of the line for a big hit etc.

Thornley was also let go because he wasn’t good enough.

Resigning players who were never good enough is ridiculous

+1 and wouldn't renew season pass, if these are direct 1st Team signings.

[mjdodge13]

Mb an unpopular opinion, but I think it’s a good signing.
We definitely need cover in the centres this season due to the injuries and I assume Hankinson is deemed not good enough by Lam because he hasn’t been recalled from his loan spell.
We are bringing in a 30 year old (Not actually that old......how old was some of the best players in history when they signed for Wigan?) Wigan lad with big match experience as outside back cover.
He’s big, strong, decent speed and ghosted through us in round 1 to score.
He will be a very good squad player for the next couple of years and I actually think he looks more athletic then he did when he last played for us.

Ps......he is an actual centre! We don’t have many of them.

[Nezza Faz]

Mb an unpopular opinion, but I think it’s a good signing.
We definitely need cover in the centres this season due to the injuries and I assume Hankinson is deemed not good enough by Lam because he hasn’t been recalled from his loan spell.
We are bringing in a 30 year old (Not actually that old......how old was some of the best players in history when they signed for Wigan?) Wigan lad with big match experience as outside back cover.
He’s big, strong, decent speed and ghosted through us in round 1 to score.
He will be a very good squad player for the next couple of years and I actually think he looks more athletic then he did when he last played for us.

Ps......he is an actual centre! We don’t have many of them.

I thought we were terrible against Leigh, and there were more than Thornley who danced through us (on one occasion) that night. Not done that much since. And is he 30 now and be 31 next season ? Championship level centre, not seen many other Super League clubs "targetting" him which says something !!

[josie andrews]

Mb an unpopular opinion, but I think it’s a good signing.
We definitely need cover in the centres this season due to the injuries and I assume Hankinson is deemed not good enough by Lam because he hasn’t been recalled from his loan spell.
We are bringing in a 30 year old (Not actually that old......how old was some of the best players in history when they signed for Wigan?) Wigan lad with big match experience as outside back cover.
He’s big, strong, decent speed and ghosted through us in round 1 to score.
He will be a very good squad player for the next couple of years and I actually think he looks more athletic then he did when he last played for us.

Ps......he is an actual centre! We don’t have many of them.

Mb?? If that’s supposed to be ‘maybe’ we don’t use text speak on here! Thank you

[mjdodge13]

Mb an unpopular opinion, but I think it’s a good signing.
We definitely need cover in the centres this season due to the injuries and I assume Hankinson is deemed not good enough by Lam because he hasn’t been recalled from his loan spell.
We are bringing in a 30 year old (Not actually that old......how old was some of the best players in history when they signed for Wigan?) Wigan lad with big match experience as outside back cover.
He’s big, strong, decent speed and ghosted through us in round 1 to score.
He will be a very good squad player for the next couple of years and I actually think he looks more athletic then he did when he last played for us.

Ps......he is an actual centre! We don’t have many of them.

Mb?? If that’s supposed to be ‘maybe’ we don’t use text speak on here! Thank you

.......my apologies

[josie andrews]

Mb an unpopular opinion, but I think it’s a good signing.
We definitely need cover in the centres this season due to the injuries and I assume Hankinson is deemed not good enough by Lam because he hasn’t been recalled from his loan spell.
We are bringing in a 30 year old (Not actually that old......how old was some of the best players in history when they signed for Wigan?) Wigan lad with big match experience as outside back cover.
He’s big, strong, decent speed and ghosted through us in round 1 to score.
He will be a very good squad player for the next couple of years and I actually think he looks more athletic then he did when he last played for us.

Ps......he is an actual centre! We don’t have many of them.

Mb?? If that’s supposed to be ‘maybe’ we don’t use text speak on here! Thank you

.......my apologies

No worries you won’t know if someone doesn’t tell you

[mjdodge13]

Mb an unpopular opinion, but I think it’s a good signing.
We definitely need cover in the centres this season due to the injuries and I assume Hankinson is deemed not good enough by Lam because he hasn’t been recalled from his loan spell.
We are bringing in a 30 year old (Not actually that old......how old was some of the best players in history when they signed for Wigan?) Wigan lad with big match experience as outside back cover.
He’s big, strong, decent speed and ghosted through us in round 1 to score.
He will be a very good squad player for the next couple of years and I actually think he looks more athletic then he did when he last played for us.

Ps......he is an actual centre! We don’t have many of them.

I thought we were terrible against Leigh, and there were more than Thornley who danced through us (on one occasion) that night. Not done that much since. And is he 30 now and be 31 next season ? Championship level centre, not seen many other Super League clubs "targetting" him which says something !!

We were terrible against Leigh and another 2 people did score against us.
Other super league clubs not targeting him? Everyone has an agent.....I’m sure there are offers, especially from the club he’s at.
Anyway.......can you think of a better backup outside back who is available, at a decent price and has the same attributes?

I’m with everyone else......if we lose Gildart then we sign a very good player......but as back up, he’s a good signing.

[Caboosegg]

We can't gave the best players in every spot, the cap won't allow that.

Would people complain if this meant we signed the type of props everyone's been complaining we lack?

Thornley was not bad for us we just had better choices at the time. In the same way his catalan career was ended.

Players mature and peak at different points look at Bibby, he is outstanding for us currently but cops flak why?

Because he's not a nrl all star

[DaveO]

We can't gave the best players in every spot, the cap won't allow that.

Would people complain if this meant we signed the type of props everyone's been complaining we lack?

Thornley was not bad for us we just had better choices at the time. In the same way his catalan career was ended.

Players mature and peak at different points look at Bibby, he is outstanding for us currently but cops flak why?

Because he's not a nrl all star

Not having the best players in every spot does not mean going out and signing a 30 year old who has never made the grade.

His career at Wigan and Cats ended because he’s not good enough. It’s a ridiculous signing.

If he’s a good signing why has literally no one mentioned him as someone we should go after before now?

In any case looking at our main rivals such as Saints, Wire and Hull they don’t seem to need to be signing 30 year old has beens to employ a better standard of player than we have in the centres , in the front row and at hooker.

We have very few players Wire, Saints and Hull would be interested in (even more so next season when Hastings goes) so this idea we need cheap players to fund better elsewhere doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. There are plenty of those cheap players here already.

It’ll be Gelling next!

[JimmyMagnets]

See plenty bagging Thornley already! Didn't see many bagging him 1st time around.....[emoji849]

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