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Great News.

Tommy plays his heart out everyweek, goes well at 7 and very well at 9.

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Billinge_Lump wrote:Tbh. I didn't think he was that great at hooker for NZ, WC winner or not. NZ looked far better when Luke came on and replaced him. He looked solid enough, but not like the world class player you all seem to be touting him as on here.


Tbh you can think what you want. :wink:

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DaveO wrote:KFC has had new deals since his prime and presumably they have gone downwards in money terms. We also don't know when Roby's current contract was signed. Likewise we don't know what Diskin is on. Both Riddell and TL's comtracts are "new" and Riddell won't be here on peanuts and despite a probable reduction you don't sign players who can point to being a current World Cup winning international for peanuts either.

The thing is though the players involved in the positions of half back and hooker are Smith, TL, Tomkins, Riddell and McIllorum.

TL's new deal makes it increasingly likely IMO Smith will leave at the end of the season as he is the only one out of contract.

That would mean Riddell and McIllorum at hooker and TL at 7 with Tomkins at 6.
So regardless of whether or not we can afford Riddell and TL both as 9's it looks increasingly unlikely that is what will happen anyway IMO. And that is before we consider which of Riddell or TL would be happy as a back up hooker.

IMO the evidence points to TL having been signed as primarily a 7 and that is, if correct, IMO a mistake.
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So what your saying is, We Don't know????

Maybe we should leave it to someone who does then, Like IL for example???






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DaveO wrote:KFC has had new deals since his prime and presumably they have gone downwards in money terms. We also don't know when Roby's current contract was signed. Likewise we don't know what Diskin is on. Both Riddell and TL's comtracts are "new" and Riddell won't be here on peanuts and despite a probable reduction you don't sign players who can point to being a current World Cup winning international for peanuts either.

The thing is though the players involved in the positions of half back and hooker are Smith, TL, Tomkins, Riddell and McIllorum.

TL's new deal makes it increasingly likely IMO Smith will leave at the end of the season as he is the only one out of contract.

That would mean Riddell and McIllorum at hooker and TL at 7 with Tomkins at 6.

So regardless of whether or not we can afford Riddell and TL both as 9's it looks increasingly unlikely that is what will happen anyway IMO. And that is before we consider which of Riddell or TL would be happy as a back up hooker.

IMO the evidence points to TL having been signed as primarily a 7 and that is, if correct, IMO a mistake.

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Dave, that's just a load of supposition, so why argue it? As I said, the liklihood is that neither of the top teams is paying peanuts for their hooking partnerships and neither should we. I'll bet you a pound to a penny we have a new half next season.

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Phuzzy wrote:Dave, that's just a load of supposition, so why argue it? As I said, the liklihood is that neither of the top teams is paying peanuts for their hooking partnerships and neither should we. I'll bet you a pound to a penny we have a new half next season.


See my post above!

Exactly what I thought! :roll:






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Jukesays wrote:See my post above!

Exactly what I thought! :roll:


Well I don't lke to mention "great minds"..*COUGH* :lol:

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IMO If we want to move forward and push for the challenge cup/grand final then I feel we need to keep players like Tommy at the club. Players that want to play for Wigan and not here just for the money but are here because they want to put Wigan RL right back up their with the best. Hes a fantastic player and one of the best players we have at wigan and at the age of 23 he can only get better.

Heres to a hopefully good future for us Tommy.






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Good news - if he plays at 9. Although you can't fault his effort, he simply isn't ggod enough, imho, to be our starting scrum half and if we want any chance of winning silverware in the next three years we need to sign a classy halfback to partner with Tomkins (as well as a prop)






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Phuzzy wrote:Dave, that's just a load of supposition, so why argue it?


Err.. because this is a message board and we all like discussing things Wigan RL related?

And of course you only ever deal in facts, never speculate and never offer an opinion. :roll:

I think what I said about Smith leaving and the probable line up as a result is quite a plausible scenario.

If you don't think it is, say why not but using the "that's just a load of supposition" is no argument at all.

I don't think anything I said in that post was implausible.

Here's anther bit of "speculation". Leeds and Saints can fit two experienced hookers under their salary cap because they have more to spend due to them using the image rights tax dodge. No idea if that is true at all but plenty of people on here think Leeds and Saints have superior squads to ours because they DO use the image rights tax dodge.

Would you be prepared to speculate that is a contributing factor as to why they can fit two quality hookers under the cap. Or do you think there is nothing to be gained form the image rights stuff?

Quote:As I said, the liklihood is that neither of the top teams is paying peanuts for their hooking partnerships and neither should we. I'll bet you a pound to a penny we have a new half next season.


Pure supposition.....


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