Musgrove gone. 
Sacked. 

The Ashton signing was right under Wigan's nose. Ashton was young championship player of the year at the time. I think Wigan were in for him but Karl tells a story of him pressuring the Swinton chairman for a decision at the same time Wigan were involved in a league game and, as such, were incommunicado. 


Ashton could have multiple GF, a CC and WCC medals by now. I hope he doesn't regret joining us. 

King is only 50k on the cap so it makes sense to have him on it (marquee) while he is with us.

A counter point of view would debate why is King the highest paid player that Wire have produced currently?

I've no Idea what his new contract  is but he shouldn't be getting paid more than Currie and shouldn't be our 3rd Marquee player for 2026 season.


He shouldn't have been rewarded with a new contract.

I’d agree Currie is a far better player, I’d argue that his performances dipped a little after his two ACL’s, which has affected his contract value going forward. For the past 18 months / 2 years he has been excellent.

King fell lucky with his contract, he was at his peak performances and was in high demand. With hindsight it was the wrong decision to give him a contract of that size, but there would have been plenty of people frustrated at the time had we not retained him.



I’d be surprised if he was our 3rd marquee for 2026.

The King contract just shows how poor we have been in recruitment and retention. You wouldn't have seen Wigan signing him during the last 4 years.