Looks like we've signed ex Wigan youngster Matt Sarsfield, he was at Huddersfield last year but asked for a release apparently. I remember him being highly rated at Wigan.

Interesting to read in League Weekly that Burgess turned down Wigan to join his brothers at Souths - assume this means that Wane would like more strength in the pack for 2013.

Waney would like 17 props in his team each week but IFL keeps him in check!

I can believe that, when you look at strength in depth the wing is probably the weakest position right now. It's either Thornley or Gelling playing out of position or Burgess running out for a debut. Our third best winger is Darrell Goulding but it seems to be sacrilege to condone using him as back up even though we have two promising centres in the reserves

Wing is the most expendable position and easiest covered by other players. How many teams carry a spare winger as part of their 25 men squad?

The days of the specialist winger are a distant memory.

Well if you believe some of the stories knocking around on other forums Hock will be leaving us and signing for Wakefield, or another good one is 2 of our players have been done for taking performance enhancing drugs but we are keeping a lid on it and said players will be shipped off to the NRL and never play another game for Wigan.

So it appears not only are we bigger than the RFL we are also bigger than WADA.

It's a very slow off season this year!

We even do rumours better than everybody else..... FIOS... lol

We're Wigan RL - we're bigger than Jesus

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Who is this Jesus you speak of?

Quote ="Smooth Stu"Who is this Jesus you speak of?'" Possibly the former latics player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Seba

Quote ="Smooth Stu"Who is this Jesus you speak of?'" Possibly the former latics player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Seba

Quote ="Eastbourne Warrior"Possibly the former latics player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Seba'" With Jesus and Moses playing for them you would think they would at least be in a Champions League spot !!!

Quote ="Eastbourne Warrior"Possibly the former latics player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Seba'" With Jesus and Moses playing for them you would think they would at least be in a Champions League spot !!!

Quote ="Eastbourne Warrior"Possibly the former latics player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Seba'" JESUS.......IS A WIGANER!! I remember the caption on the front of the fanzine at the time. "Latics sign Jesus. If he can't help us we're f*cked"

Quote ="Eastbourne Warrior"Possibly the former latics player en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Seba'" JESUS.......IS A WIGANER!! I remember the caption on the front of the fanzine at the time. "Latics sign Jesus. If he can't help us we're f*cked"

Quote ="twosevenzero"With Jesus and Moses playing for them you would think they would at least be in a Champions League spot !!!'" Andy Farrell played for us as well before deciding he was better at rugby en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Farrell_(footballer)

Quote ="twosevenzero"With Jesus and Moses playing for them you would think they would at least be in a Champions League spot !!!'" Andy Farrell played for us as well before deciding he was better at rugby en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Farrell_(footballer)

After going to the match yesterday I think it is about time that this particular thread speeded up a bit.

As it's a rumoured signings thread, I can't see it speeding up unless we are genuinely in the market for a new player

That is what I was hinting at, I did not see many on Sunday who gave me much encouragement if we had injuries to the players who did not play on Sunday.

To be fair, it was their first pre-season game against a Leigh side with several very experienced players. What were you expecting? We also had one playmaker in the side against a strong Championship team that could boast several; and our only playmaker was an 18 year old with little experience above under 18's level.

They picked out a weakness at right centre, but Burgess isn't going to play right centre for the first team, not for several years or possibly at all given he's a winger. If there were injuries in the halves we'd ideally have Powell and Williams to call on and wouldn't be sticking a hooker at 6.

Taylor and Dudson were disappointing but sometimes players do struggle to perform in pre-season. Last year several players looked below par after two or three games and we ended up finishing top. Besides, Dudson always plays like that in reserve/academy games.

Maybe we will struggle, perhaps most of the players aren't good enough but that game gave absolutely no indication of what many of those players are capable of.

That's never stopped some on here .

And if HKR put out a strong side against more or less the same Wigan side as played at Leigh that game won't either.

Hopefully in this game the players will get a bit more of a chance to play some rugby, whilst also having to do some hard defensive work. There are 5 first team players added which should help, although how much will only be found out during the game, and the side should have a better balance than the one that played Leigh.

www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -1-5316916 Quote ="100% Warrior" Quote ="stillinthepast"After going to the match yesterday I think it is about time that this particular thread speeded up a bit.'" As it's a rumoured signings thread, I can't see it speeding up unless we are genuinely in the market for a new player'" Hows this for a rumour?

www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-w ... -1-5316916 Quote ="100% Warrior" Quote ="stillinthepast"After going to the match yesterday I think it is about time that this particular thread speeded up a bit.'" As it's a rumoured signings thread, I can't see it speeding up unless we are genuinely in the market for a new player'" Hows this for a rumour?

I've been told Greg Burke is going to Bradford on a season long loan

I'd put him in before Tuson but Wane rates him, Be good to see him playing top flight rugby he will come on leaps and bounds for the experience

I agree, of all the youngsters it's this guy that seems to get a good report consistently

Is he the one who, with all due respect to him, looks a little like an ape? Long arms and short legs?*

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