Quote ="Chester J Lampwick"I'd be more concerned about whether bringing in a player who we know is not staying with us could hinder the development of the others who we have more of a vested interest in developing (Walne, Menzies, Forster) - in effect, we're developing a player for Hull. Unless of course we're going to do a Cas and do everything we can do to get a loanee to change plans.'"
Unless a player is so close to the end of his career he'll see out his days with you, every player on your books is potentially being developed for another club. That applies to all clubs, including Wigan.
I'm not sure that it'll have too much of an adverse effect on the development of the players you name either. We had too few props last year, and with Walne missing most of the season with injury, then Tasi suspended and Griffin injured, we were sometimes going into games with just two out and out props. What we've got now is a bit more strength in depth in that position. Prior to this signing, though, what we didn't have was enough tried and tested props; the ones you would want playing in most games as the younger players develop.
The only real concern I have is that we've now got three props (Morley, Puletua and Taylor) on, effectively, one year contracts, so we'll be scrabbling around for three more props this time next year. It's a similar situation to what we had at the start of last season, but at least this time we've got a few younger players coming through.
