second row forward signed

[damien morrissey]

On the injury theme didnt Millward kick up an almighty fuss and make it his mission to solve this injury curse that has cost us so dearly over the last few years?Didnt he let go our entire backroom staff and put his own into place?
Did well there then.. :conf:

[Likely_Lad]

emma warriors simply the best posted:
No one knows what this lad is going to be like for all we know he could be a great player and if anything he's certainly going to prove he's worth something on a super league side as its his first chance to shine

Great players aren't still playing at NL2 clubs at 25 years of age.

[emma warriors simply the best]

Lets just hope you can eat your words then when this lad plays

[ian.birchall]

Nine posted:

James is a Welsh international, 25, playing back row, and helped Cas get promotion to SL last year.

Good luck to him, I hope he's a real success with us.

For the record, other losers we have signed from lower league teams in the fairly recent past are Terry O'Connor, Neil Cowie & Jason Robinson.

NO NO a thousand times NO
The only Welsh international who Wigan should be interested in signing would be Gavin Henson.
We signed Jason when Leeds RLFC let him go from their academy side in the good old days when we knew what we were doing.

[ian.birchall]

emma warriors simply the best posted:
No one knows what this lad is going to be like for all we know he could be a great player and if anything he's certainly going to prove he's worth something on a super league side as its his first chance to shine

Well Cas (on 6 points!) did not think he was good enough to retain for Superleague and they had a season long look at him. Stop deluding yourselves.

[jimofwigan]

James is a Welsh international, 25, playing back row, and helped Cas get promotion to SL last year.

Wigan and the Welsh have been very very lucky in the past a certain Billy Boston springs to mind and a another Ashton . May be just May Be !!!!!!!

[the grinch]

give him a chance! he comes to wigan with no reputation and no expectations. all i want the lad to do is his best and if its good enough everyone is happy if its not good enough well he had his shot at bigtime.the alternative is to take a youngster out of the acadamy and hope he can play a bit.

[DaveO]

thegimble posted:

DaveO posted:

GeoffN posted:
Yep! I suppose, though, young Jordan would probably agree he's not in the same bracket as Solomona.
Or maybe he is, and nobody's noticed?

I am sure Jordan has no illusions about his abilities or this signing but I couldn't believe the wording of the press release!

Dave

Hang the guy before we even see him. Were in a tight spot at the moment and we need a stronger squad. This guy may not be Solomona. Then again it might make him as a player just judge him on what we see and not what we hear.

I wasn't pre-judging him and I am pretty sure Geoff wasn't either. We were both commenting on a less than positive statement to the press which came across as "We went for Solomoa and ended up with this player instead". A poor way to welcome a new player IMO.

On Radio Manc Millward said he is in the squad for tomorrow.

Some of the emails to the program were great for conspiracy theorists in that apparently the reason we signed this guy is to swap him for a Whitehaven player. That player beijng none other than Mason who would secure his exit from Cas (and Saints) to 'Haven and then onto us. A Newton-Higham deal all over again.

That really did make me laugh!

Dave

[cpwigan]

Maybe it is me but I think rugby league pre salary cap was far more dynamic and newsworthy. We have a situation in Aus where the NRL are basically resigned to losing Gasnier to Union and the club concerned are powerless to do anything about it. Likewise, we faced a similar situation previously.

Moreover, when teams hit trouble be it form, be it injuries or a new coach they could bring players in. there was a flow of money between clubs too.

I suppose I hark back to a time that will prrobably never return but I hate the cap and everything that surrounds it. Ah well

[DaveO]

cpwigan posted:
Maybe it is me but I think rugby league pre salary cap was far more dynamic and newsworthy. We have a situation in Aus where the NRL are basically resigned to losing Gasnier to Union and the club concerned are powerless to do anything about it. Likewise, we faced a similar situation previously.

We have fended off bids for players pre-salary cap when the ARL/SL war was on. Cost the club a lot of money but it is an interesting thought that the salary cap in Aus is basically responsible for the loss of a star player to another sport.

Moreover, when teams hit trouble be it form, be it injuries or a new coach they could bring players in. there was a flow of money between clubs too.

I suppose I hark back to a time that will prrobably never return but I hate the cap and everything that surrounds it. Ah well

Personally I hate the 20/20 more than the cap. I don't think we have lost that many players to RU and few if any in their prime like Gasnier.

The funny thing is in RL in this country is that fans of other clubs (especially Saints) see any questioning of the cap by a Wigan fan as a reason to come out and say how wonderful it is without making an objective judgement one way or the other.

Dave