Apologies if im being thick,but I cant see the bit about more money.

Your right, it wasn't about a bit more money.........
















it was about a hell of a lot more money.


Why would a player move to the other side of the country, uproot his family and play for an inferior team unless he was receiving a big pension topper.

think long was told he would never play for wigan back in 96-97

I don't think he will be abused in any way in signing for Hull, I don't think he'd be abused for signing for anyone bar Wigan.

See Agent Mulders post.

Ah okay.
But if it was in Dosey Parkers column Im ignoring It

Inferior to who.

You can't compare Long's situation with Connolly. For a start - it's the club that is releasing him.

That's absurd. Why not?

Players moving from Saints to Wigan cause your fans to turn against them. That is a fact.

You lot went from saying Mickey Higham was great to saying that he was a joke, and third choice hooker, and not fit to burn within the space of 5 minutes.

We hated bradford at the time, thats why.

There's friendly banter and there's hatred. Despite the fact that the board was culpable in the loss of Connolly to Wigan, Connolly himself d the club and the supporters around by saying 'Yes - I'm staying' one minute and 'No' the next seemingly for weeks. THAT is the reason he's hated. Platty didn't get anywhere near the stick that Judas did.

Long is loved by the supporters. He doesn't want to leave. That makes a big difference. Whilst I'm sure he'd get some stick (name me a player that doesn't) - there's no chance he'd suffer the abuse that Judas did. None.



That's not an accurate representation of events. There were many people on this site (myself included) who said Higham went downhill after his first season at the club (mainly because other teams had worked him out). Even in his best days his distribution from the dummy half was a lottery. The first receiver never knew whether the ball would arrive near his boot laces or his ears. His discipline was also suspect. In his second season he turned into a penalty machine.

Erm, Higham WAS third choice hooker at that point and we said he couldn't pass. He still can't. He didn't get abuse because we all felt rather sorry for him having to go to you mob from a club challenging for trophies every year.

Same would go for Long, it would be sad seeing him play out his days at such a club. At least at Hull he can play his own game without being a ready made scapegoat for the fickle Wiganers.

No, I think you will find that was your lot, just like every other signing you have made since 1996. Its a stock wigan fan response. Best player ever ever when signed, then cr@p 3 weeks later

Not me fella.

My opinions on Higham have been well documented. We would have been better keeping Wagga.

another reason why I doubt he was offered anything by Wigan - Nobby sent him home from the tour.

I think it is a fabrication on Longy's part to get a few column inches and valuable publicity for his (auto)biography

I was the one who started the Long thread on our board as I heard it from a very good source.

We did offer him a deal worth less than 140k a year, he was also offered a deal at Wakefield worth more than this. Hull offered the most money and this is why he went there, although he wanted to come to Wigan. Some people thought he would stay around this area because he had just spent 20k on a new bathroom. He did not just turn down Wigan however because of the money, he was worried about how the Wigan fans would accept him and how the saints fans would reject him after his time there.

140K a year at his time of life, behave yersen. Those days are long gone, Millward era pay that is

I said less than.

If Long's getting more than 80k he's secured the deal of the century (barring Vaeliki).

And that my little scouse chum is why he did not go to Wigan.

Q.E.D.

Whatever you say, Maurice.

Long was offerd 110 k - he told me himself tonight!

When?

LoL.

Before the game. His mates with my grandad. Got talking about his move.

Also said that he dident really want to sign for you anyway as he is a Saints but he did consider it because of his location.

Quite a nice guy when you talk to him.