My sources say racquet ball or nothing.

45 mins early for that one.

Serious, Im not saying we are signing him but I have been told we are trying to sign him on a short term deal as he isn't enjoying union, france and can't go back Australia.

It just goes to show that Noble and Lenegan aren't sat in the JJB picking their ss thinking of which crap player to but next.

Do you still reckon Gleeson is on?

Why has he recently extended his contract at Toulon if he hates it so much?

It's one of the most disheartening aspects of this message board, actually. And given that, for the first time, we have a chairman who, by his own admission, reads and takes note of internet forums, I think it's a risky game to play. Someone the other day was calling for him to walk ... on the off-chance he might be planning to release Goulding. So if he walks, which he's perfectly capable of doing because know-alls who actually know very little are constantly berating him on public forums like this, what happens to the club after he's gone? I'd expect to be listening to a big empty silence for at least half an hour before I heard an answer to that one.

Others are slagging him off for not spending money - when their attention is drawn to the salary cap, they don't bother replying. People are now saying, yet again, that he and Noble don't get on. Yet earlier we had someone claiming that he's such a mate of Noble's that he'd never consider replacing him (and all spoken with great authority and lashings of venom). Today we have the same people going mad on this message board and others, because we might - MIGHT - be replacing Goulding with a current GB centre. Yet the same people in the past have gone mad because we haven't signed players who've got any quality.

It's bewildering and frankly bloody annoying. I can only hope IL understands that, at times, this message board is nothing more than a sounding-off shop for a relatively small number of Wigan-mad empty vessels (and I include myself in that, for what it's worth).

Yeah, the source who told me of Gleeson has been right every time, the two who told me about Sonny Bill have been wrong 50% of the time, not to say we aren't speaking to him but he has a criminal record in Australia for drink driving, he got no chance of getting a visa so its probably bollarks. Wish it was true though.

With the Gleeson rumour I still think its on, its only been two/three days, give it time, there are ways around the 20k we ot left,

Phelps out on loan/permanent to Salford (Saving 20k?)
Mathers out on loan to Widnes (Saving 20k)

Easy peasy, its just the transfer fee to be arranged if players aren't wanted by Warrington only cold hard cash but I don't see that as Simon Moran is minted.

2008 - 60k
2009 - 120k
2010 - 120k

with mutual option for fourth year, sum to be agreed nearer time.

Don't shoot the messenger!

What did he say???

Iv'e stayed up till now just for the answer Alex, Don't let me down!

I am sure he knows that or we would have had 10 new coaches by now and a complete new team he is not daft and i am sure he understands the fans frustrations at times

This thread gets better and better by the minuite

The Gleeson story has now made sky sports news bet its on boots and all tonight www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 82,00.html

The Gleeson story has now made sky sports news bet its on boots and all tonight www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 82,00.html

Somebody on our board think's we're getting Matt Orford as well.

He told me to get off his property and put some pants on.

Stupid link had one of them other day!!!!

He must know about you

I've heard another rumour in regards to Gleeson. (Of numerous sources, so the one that reads this board needn't worry

)

Gleeson to French Rugby Union in also on the cards.

Bare in mind it's another RUMOUR.

The reply re SBW and him not getting a work permit/visa for the UK.
He has a work permit for the EU from the French and can therefore work in any EU country.
The same applied to Dobson, if he'd applied for a UK work permit/visa he wouldn't have got one as he'd not played enough first grade games in the NRL. As he had a French issued work permit for the EU he was OK to play here.
Hence we were able to sign him.
If SBW's visa is still valid then he could play for anyone in the UK.

Should be BANNED!

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Money seems to talk when it comes to SBW.

He already knocked back a huge offer from Saints in 2004 and after all the troubles he had with Canterbury he will have probably regretted missing out on that deal. If SBW is willing to take up a huge offer playing Rugby Union in France, I'm sure he'd be just as tempted to play Rugby League in England should the money be right.

His choices are limited anyway. I seriously doubt him going back to the NRL in the near future which means his only options are Super League and Rugby Union. If we get rid of Phil Bailey, then that's a second rower, quota spot plus over £100,000 free'd from the cap hence why it wouldn't suprise me at all if we went for SBW, but only for 2010.