Apart from the fact Hetherington has stated to the press that Leeds are on the "look out" for loan signings but also needed to move players on in order to do that (salary cap), I've seen nothing apart from Leeds' fans speculating we are going to gift Hardaker to them now AND pay his wages
Whilst it is very possible he will sign for them when his contract ends, I see no reason to deliberately weaken our squad now
Hardaker
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Re: Hardaker
Wigan won't pay his wages. If Leeds want to borrow him or ultimately sign him THEY will have to find a way to do it.buttmonkey2 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:50 pm Apart from the fact Hetherington has stated to the press that Leeds are on the "look out" for loan signings but also needed to move players on in order to do that (salary cap), I've seen nothing apart from Leeds' fans speculating we are going to gift Hardaker to them now AND pay his wages
Whilst it is very possible he will sign for them when his contract ends, I see no reason to deliberately weaken our squad now
Re: Hardaker
Would he count on our, or their cap?No straw damn us wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:10 pmWigan won't pay his wages. If Leeds want to borrow him or ultimately sign him THEY will have to find a way to do it.buttmonkey2 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:50 pm Apart from the fact Hetherington has stated to the press that Leeds are on the "look out" for loan signings but also needed to move players on in order to do that (salary cap), I've seen nothing apart from Leeds' fans speculating we are going to gift Hardaker to them now AND pay his wages
Whilst it is very possible he will sign for them when his contract ends, I see no reason to deliberately weaken our squad now
Re: Hardaker
But the club isn’t using the players to cover the obvious positions as you suggest.nathan_rugby wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 9:25 amDo any clubs have more than 3 halves? We have Tommy, Cust and Smith and are told Field can also play there…Firestarter wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 9:13 amI get what ur saying but we might have a problem getting one and if we lose another half we are in big big trouble…… i said at the start of the season we were a centre and half short….. ill stick to thatnathan_rugby wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:45 am
What’s Tommy got to do with replacing Zak?
We should sign an out and our centre. Bibby and Thornley already been played on the wing by Pete and French can cover FB, we don’t need versatility.
At Centre we have Thornley, Hardaker, Halsall, KPP and on the wing we have Marshall, Bibby, French.
I personally think we have more than enough cover.
If you’re saying the quality isn’t right then that’s different to being short purely from a numbers perspective.
Bibby has been picked at centre (which he’s crap at) when he isn’t one and Hardaker who can play there has been picked on the wing.
There are only two centres in your list, Thornley and Halsall only got a game v Wakey. The rest are stop gaps played out of position. KPP was already starting to look like a fish out of water in the centres and despite Thornley also being injured as I said, they stuck Hardaker on the wing.
Given the club’s reluctance to play Halsall up to now and due to the fact the club went into this season with just one senior centre in Thornley we have had players who ought never to play there doing so.
We have seen Faz and Bateman play centre as well. So while I’d agree with you the likes of Bibby offer cover for the wing, that is not how the players are being used. The same kind of thing applies to the half backs. It’s OK saying in theory Field can play there but is there any evidence the club will do this? Why would they give. now he is going at full back?
You could say the same about French as he seemingly fancies being a 6 but it’s just a theory.
So if you put together the fact we have one senior centre and the fact the club plays who it does on the wing and in the centres I don’t think we do have plenty of cover.
Re: Hardaker
See how desperate old Gary is and ask for a straight swap, Brad Dwyer & Tom Briscoe to Wigan and Hardaker t'other way
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Re: Hardaker
TheirsMike wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:59 pmWould he count on our, or their cap?No straw damn us wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:10 pmWigan won't pay his wages. If Leeds want to borrow him or ultimately sign him THEY will have to find a way to do it.buttmonkey2 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:50 pm Apart from the fact Hetherington has stated to the press that Leeds are on the "look out" for loan signings but also needed to move players on in order to do that (salary cap), I've seen nothing apart from Leeds' fans speculating we are going to gift Hardaker to them now AND pay his wages
Whilst it is very possible he will sign for them when his contract ends, I see no reason to deliberately weaken our squad now