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I hope, if he leaves, Partington thrives and has a successful and long career. He always puts in a shift.
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In a salary capped sport you always need lads like Oli, not paid top dollar but gives it everything he has got. For me, it would be a retrograde step to let him leave.
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I would be very unhappy for him to leave. He’s only 23 with years ahead of him, he’s rarely injured & just gives everything for the club.Charriots Offiah wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:53 pm In a salary capped sport you always need lads like Oli, not paid top dollar but gives it everything he has got. For me, it would be a retrograde step to let him leave.
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Unfortunately, its one of the challenges with the salary capjosie andrews wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:23 pmI would be very unhappy for him to leave. He’s only 23 with years ahead of him, he’s rarely injured & just gives everything for the club.Charriots Offiah wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:53 pm In a salary capped sport you always need lads like Oli, not paid top dollar but gives it everything he has got. For me, it would be a retrograde step to let him leave.
based on what i have read on here (dont get to watch academy / reserves), we have a line of young forwards coming through, probably in the next 12-24 months looking for 1st team spots. the balancing act for the club is to bring and retain the best of those, whilst unfortunately having to move some of them on if they dont kick on as well as the club had hoped. I feel that Oli may fall into that bracket. As we all know, last year the young guys were flogged to the point of it being detrimental to their performance & development. Having a couple of older heads around certainly makes a big difference and aids the development of the younger guys
whilst we all would love a squad full of home grown players, and seeing them all do well, its one of those things with professional sport that we need to bring in others, and let some go
Re: Partington
I don'tthe pieman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:49 pmUnfortunately, its one of the challenges with the salary capjosie andrews wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:23 pmI would be very unhappy for him to leave. He’s only 23 with years ahead of him, he’s rarely injured & just gives everything for the club.Charriots Offiah wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:53 pm In a salary capped sport you always need lads like Oli, not paid top dollar but gives it everything he has got. For me, it would be a retrograde step to let him leave.
based on what i have read on here (dont get to watch academy / reserves), we have a line of young forwards coming through, probably in the next 12-24 months looking for 1st team spots. the balancing act for the club is to bring and retain the best of those, whilst unfortunately having to move some of them on if they dont kick on as well as the club had hoped. I feel that Oli may fall into that bracket. As we all know, last year the young guys were flogged to the point of it being detrimental to their performance & development. Having a couple of older heads around certainly makes a big difference and aids the development of the younger guys
whilst we all would love a squad full of home grown players, and seeing them all do well, its one of those things with professional sport that we need to bring in others, and let some go
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I do watch the Reserves/Academy pretty regularly through Wigan TV and the forwards we have are exceptional, I can't remember a better batch since we had Betts/Gildart/Lucas.the pieman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:49 pm
Unfortunately, its one of the challenges with the salary cap
based on what i have read on here (dont get to watch academy / reserves), we have a line of young forwards coming through, probably in the next 12-24 months looking for 1st team spots. the balancing act for the club is to bring and retain the best of those, whilst unfortunately having to move some of them on if they dont kick on as well as the club had hoped. I feel that Oli may fall into that bracket. As we all know, last year the young guys were flogged to the point of it being detrimental to their performance & development. Having a couple of older heads around certainly makes a big difference and aids the development of the younger guys
whilst we all would love a squad full of home grown players, and seeing them all do well, its one of those things with professional sport that we need to bring in others, and let some go
There are 5 really good props, 2 hookers (+ O'Neil), and 4 2nd rows. I know there is no guarantee that they will all progress but these guys have the size and strength (and talent) to make it in pro-RL.
Its less obvious which of the backs will make it but, who knows?
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i think thats the position we have seemed to struggle with most, certainly over recent years. So many who have seemed promising but never really kicked on. If we can get 2-3 of them to become regular 1st team players i think we will have done really well out of itwiddenoldboy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:16 pmI do watch the Reserves/Academy pretty regularly through Wigan TV and the forwards we have are exceptional, I can't remember a better batch since we had Betts/Gildart/Lucas.the pieman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:49 pm
Unfortunately, its one of the challenges with the salary cap
based on what i have read on here (dont get to watch academy / reserves), we have a line of young forwards coming through, probably in the next 12-24 months looking for 1st team spots. the balancing act for the club is to bring and retain the best of those, whilst unfortunately having to move some of them on if they dont kick on as well as the club had hoped. I feel that Oli may fall into that bracket. As we all know, last year the young guys were flogged to the point of it being detrimental to their performance & development. Having a couple of older heads around certainly makes a big difference and aids the development of the younger guys
whilst we all would love a squad full of home grown players, and seeing them all do well, its one of those things with professional sport that we need to bring in others, and let some go
There are 5 really good props, 2 hookers (+ O'Neil), and 4 2nd rows. I know there is no guarantee that they will all progress but these guys have the size and strength (and talent) to make it in pro-RL.
Its less obvious which of the backs will make it but, who knows?
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its more a phrase than a want . If we had that, i would never has seen some world class players wearing the shirt that we have had over the years. The reality is though, that we arent going to get an Ozzie in their prime anymore due to salary cap, unless they have had some form of issues in Oz, which then becomes a bit of a chance or lotterymedlocke wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:45 pmI don'tthe pieman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:49 pmUnfortunately, its one of the challenges with the salary capjosie andrews wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:23 pm
I would be very unhappy for him to leave. He’s only 23 with years ahead of him, he’s rarely injured & just gives everything for the club.
based on what i have read on here (dont get to watch academy / reserves), we have a line of young forwards coming through, probably in the next 12-24 months looking for 1st team spots. the balancing act for the club is to bring and retain the best of those, whilst unfortunately having to move some of them on if they dont kick on as well as the club had hoped. I feel that Oli may fall into that bracket. As we all know, last year the young guys were flogged to the point of it being detrimental to their performance & development. Having a couple of older heads around certainly makes a big difference and aids the development of the younger guys
whilst we all would love a squad full of home grown players, and seeing them all do well, its one of those things with professional sport that we need to bring in others, and let some go
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Yeh I think it should be - whilst we all would love a squad full of world class home grown players,the pieman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:52 pmits more a phrase than a want . If we had that, i would never has seen some world class players wearing the shirt that we have had over the years. The reality is though, that we arent going to get an Ozzie in their prime anymore due to salary cap, unless they have had some form of issues in Oz, which then becomes a bit of a chance or lotterymedlocke wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:45 pmI don'tthe pieman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:49 pm
Unfortunately, its one of the challenges with the salary cap
based on what i have read on here (dont get to watch academy / reserves), we have a line of young forwards coming through, probably in the next 12-24 months looking for 1st team spots. the balancing act for the club is to bring and retain the best of those, whilst unfortunately having to move some of them on if they dont kick on as well as the club had hoped. I feel that Oli may fall into that bracket. As we all know, last year the young guys were flogged to the point of it being detrimental to their performance & development. Having a couple of older heads around certainly makes a big difference and aids the development of the younger guys
whilst we all would love a squad full of home grown players, and seeing them all do well, its one of those things with professional sport that we need to bring in others, and let some go
Re: Partington
No you don’t. In a salary capped sport your “cheap” props as in those you think are on low wages are the Coopers of this world. The finished article. This is especially true when you have a couple of younger props of the same intake as Partington who are better than him.Charriots Offiah wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:53 pm In a salary capped sport you always need lads like Oli, not paid top dollar but gives it everything he has got. For me, it would be a retrograde step to let him leave.
The trick is to keep signing those older props who will do a couple of seasons while bringing on your young players who you really want to keep. In a salary capped sport you can’t keep every young player who take up wages and have a lightweight inexperienced pack as a result.
There is also the players wishes to consider. If we played the Grand Final tomorrow he wouldn’t figure. We’d line up the same way as for the CC final and so if wants a shot at more regular first team footy he might well want to leave anyway.