Jamie Soward would be an excellent signing, wont happen though.

Scotty's never had pace but i've always liked him at stand off, especially more recently where he's looked back to his old self. I would however prefer to see him back at loose man next season.
I've heard alot about Kristian Bell without seeing him play but seems to be highly rated. Im sure it would benefit him getting regular games for the 20's than the 18's though

He'll be partnering Finch in the halves with Leuluai at hooker so he wont be moving position to accommodate him

Soward signed a three year extention this season.

Good bit of research though.

Krisstian Bell is not ready to be a regular fixture in the team yet.
Lets not heap pressure on him.
He will get a contract i beleive however and id be happy for him to make a few games in 2011

FAO His Bobness and any other clueless fan you clearly know nothing about anything that Wigan will do as thats the case i suggest you refrain from commenting on opposition clubs unless you know the facts and try and not show your bitterness at having lost out on Finch to a far superior team Finch will NOT be forcing Tomkins to change his position he WILL be partnering him at 6 & 7 Sam at 6 Finch at 7 if he is to move anyone out of position then it will be Leuluai that moves to Hooker, as for you being confident of Wigan fairing less well next season than this may i ask on what evidence your judging that on could it be the wrong assumption that Tomkins will be moved out of Stand Off for Finch or the fact that we have signed 3 of the NRL's best players all of whom despite recent events still helped Melbourne to 3 straight Minor Premier Titles in a row and 2 of 3 Grand Final wins aswell as the World Club Championship now wether they have been stripped is irrelevent they still happend not to mention after all those 3 we also have the oppertunity to welcome back Gareth Hock aswell as an abbundance of Super Leagues BEST youngsters Rovers should know you have one of them currently saving your chances of being in the 8 this year another 2 who where in a Final on Sunday so as i said earlier find out the facts before making completely utterly clueless assumptions.

Bell hasnt evne played in the under 20's yet has he?

Some reason (rightly or wrongly) Rovers seem to be holding him back, maybe holding him back is the wrong word, easing him into professional rugby is better.

Jake Webster might be given another shot there.

Are hkr still friendly with Gareth Morton? He might have seen some ability in the nsw cup.

And breathe..............

imo finch plays a bit like dobbo....he kicks well and gets his team around the field,what we need is a s/o that will take the line on more.run at defences and make the gaps...galea did this when he played in the halfs..i'm sure justin will have a player in the pipeline. we'll just have to wait and see

Lets not make excuses etc., he is a player who we would have loved at the club. We would have paid as much as we could, but in hindsight we may have saved some cash.

I'm sure we'll find a 6, but I for one can't wait to see Wigan in action next season now.

I agree with what you say, but goodness me, you must have snapped the handles off your hand bag you snatched it up so sharply.

About my level that, easier not to bother looking for these things and just rely on you to provide the info.

That's you told Bobness! Don't you be coming on the Rovers section and spouting your opinions, the Wigan longsentence police will be after you!

You're not wrong. Didn't read all of the rant from the angry Wigan bloke - would have run out of breath.

I've had Hull fans get upset & now Wigan.

Why do they come on here if they can't bear reading a bit of criticism? I'm sure they can find loads of sugar coated stuff on their own boards if that is what they want.

I still believe Wigan will be less effective next year than this and I still believe Finch will stifle the development of Tomkins. I also think that Maguire surrounding himself with his mates from Melbourne creates the danger of cliques and favouritism.

But that's just my opinion, I wouldn't expect Wigan fans to agree.

err yes he has a few times actually

i agree with you GML, but my point was in answering GG I'd rather take a chance on a youngster after a big off season than plan on using scot murrell for the full season as our stand off next year as the kid is just not quick enough for that position if we want to progress.

I still believe we will bring someone in in that role and this might not be to everyones taste but wouldn't mind seeing us sign craig hall and give him the no6 shirt next year if there isn't a suitable experienced off half available.

It 'solves' the 6 problem, but part of bringing in a proper stand-off half is to cover Dobson, with Galea or Murrell in turn covering them.
A hooker-cum-half like Orr or Obst or Leuleuai or Fien would be another way of doing it. Murrell can do 6, 9 and 13 - I'm not sure about 7.

Fair enough most weeks when I look at Rovers under 18's and 20's he plays for the 18's.

he played a few games for the 20's between the first phase of the 18's finishing and the second phase of the competition starting the week before last, rovers used the gap to try a few lads in the u20's

Oh I loved that, perfectly summed up Mr. Kingmaker!

FAIL!!!

Finch only plays 6 for melborne because they have one of the best in the world in Cronk.

at wigan finch will play 7 and tomkins 6 with tommy moving to hooker. its very simple really.

hoffman replaces bailey, and lima replaces feka which even the biggest wigan haters admit is good business.

Some impressive strengthening by your good selves. Not a Wigan fan by any stretch of the imagination, but you look to be assembling the squad to beat next year and already have the coach, fanbase and infrastructure to top the competition. Quite depressing for everyone else TBH.