https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/6070637/ ... ts-tigers/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/6070637/ ... ts-tigers/

I can only assume west’s tigers have cancelled their sky sports subscription this year.

If they do go don't let them back I think that Bateman will stay and will be offered a good contract.

His form obviously hasn’t been too crash hot but he’s a superb young player and when you’ve as much money as these NRL clubs, you can afford to take chances on potential.

My gut feeling is that he’ll stay here on a contract similar to Batemans last one but who knows.

It’s a report in The Sun! I don’t even believe the date in that rag!

I’m with you on this NK, he’s a very good young player and got tons of improvement left in him.

Name a better 21 year old centre than Gildart playing Super League?

We should be working hard to keep him, good centres are hard to come by at the moment. I'm not sure he would make it in the NRL anyway due to his size. The backs all seem to be bigger over there.

I can name one who was better last year at 20. What's your point? Just because no one else would be good in the NRL doesn't mean Gildart would be.

I'd be annoyed if he left. Can't see him making an impact given his size and current ability. I wouldn't have expected Kallum Watkins to have done well until the last couple of years and Gildart isn't Watkins. If he went now I expect it would end up similar to Sarginson and Burgess. If it's worth it to him to earn more money but not play, fair enough, why not go given Wigan have made it clear they will take back people who walk out on them.

If Sam is leaving we must be keeping some of these of contract player(I hope). Sam going really doesn't make sense otherwise.

Who?
I've never said Gildart wouldn't make it in the NRL. I hope he stays at Wigan as he's the best British centre in the game at his age. He deserves an salary increase but it's up to Wigan to come up with a realistic offer.

And he's not "Walking out on Wigan" - His contract is ending - Big Difference.
It's up to Wigan/Gildart to come to an agreement that is satisfactory to both parties.

Personally he should merit the kind of pay Budgie/Sarge are on and if on the Open Market there'll be plenty who will pay him that.

Yep.

I assumed the poster was referring to the 20 year old Gildart last year, as being better than 'this year's model'.

Please tell me Sarginson isn't on anything better than minimum wage.

I know What he was on when he left.
It was minimum wage, if he worked 24hrs a day, 7 days a week!



Seriously though, if he's on same wage now or even a touch more I would say its in line with what I would expect.
I get it that some people don't like him etc. But I feel he gets way too much criticism.

I haven’t a clue what players earn to be honest but it doesn’t really bother me either way. I trust the club to do what they think is right and the players are obviously satisfied with their contract at the time of signing it, or they would sign.

Like you, I think he gets far too much stick, as do many other players at our club. He’s fast, he works hard and always gives his best. Anybody who watched his grand final win will know the lad can play rugby and play it well. I accept though, he has improvement in him and needs to find some consistency.

Far far too much. He had an horrendous start to this season but he was clearly troubled with his shoulder. He’s gone away and worked hard and has since been much better.

He’ll never be Gary Connolly but the criticism he gets is OTT. He’s a good squad option and his versatility is very useful.

I'm glad our players have improvement in them. Sarginson, Gildart, Williams, Tautai are all not at their best but thankfully there's another 20 games in the season so I'm confident they will peak when it matters. Unfortunately it just didn't happen last season.

Tautai is frustrating the life out of me to be honest. He’s just not firing at all and in my view he’s dropped behind Navarette and Hamlin in the pecking order. He needs to really up his game.

Gildart and Williams are both below par but their involvement in our left edge attack has led to a shedful of tries so they’re doing something right.

If we can get the whole back line on top of their game as the season progresses we could really hurt a few teams and rack up a heck of a lot of points.

We’re 2nd and only lost 2 games by narrow margins without playing anywhere near our full potential. The grounds and weather have been shocking so far and now that the weather is improving I think we have a lot to be excited about.

Such as Saints.

Plenty of gossip about him going to Saints. It would be a big shame if that happened. At the moment you cannot see where we will get any players who will improve our squad. Few of the youngsters are ready to take over other than the wingers and possibly Ganson soon and I cannot see where our strike players are going to come from. Every possible change seems to herald a step back. Perhaps we will start to see a raft of NSW cup players taking over having been spotted on our recent jolly, if they will accept a pay cut and a room in a terraced house in Ince.

You say that it's a bad thing!



Srsly, it's one thing if Gildart goes to the NRL, but I would be gutted to see him go to Saints.

Trust in the club.

I confidently predict that won't happen
Be patient

Call me a cynic, and I am by the way, but I work in sales, marketing and PR.

The club are clearly building towards the releasing the news of Tomkins departure by releasing updates and positive stories.

Now what better way to appease fans than for it to find its way into the press that one of your young potential stars is a target for your most detested rivals....only for him to re-sign a new deal with Wigan.

Is Saints interest real? Probably, is the NRL interest real yet? Probably not. In my opinion are either realistic? No. Does retaining him become a bigger story if those rumours make there way to the media? Absolutely.

2/3 year deal with us then if he progresses as we all hope he can, he will be away to the NRL. That’s my prediction.

I'd be willing to have a small wager he will stay and if he doesn't won't go to Saints,just won't happen of that im sure.