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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:51 pm  
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In my opinion Sarg was up there in the season he played against the Aussies and was the best player on the pitch in the grand final.

This is why he got the shot in the NRL, admittedly it didn’t work out and he’s struggled since.

However he is a lot better than Hankinson, Hankinson is a decent squad player but that’s it.

Hopefully we are freeing cap space up to bring a strike centre in. Won’t hold my breathe


I remember a try saving tackle he did on Inglis in that game...he did play well that day!

I feel sorry for him being stuck on the right as when he played on his preferred left side he’s had some really good games for us but Gildart has made the left side his own.

I would like to think we might have something up our sleeve in regards to bringing in another centre but with Bibby and Hankinson, I’m guessing one of them will be getting the nod...Like you say, it’s best not holding our breath on this one. Don’t think it’s bad him moving on if replaced by someone decent.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:52 am  
If we are replacing Sarginson with Bibby and Hankinson it’s like replacing a Ford Focus with a 10 year old Peugeot 107 and a scooter.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:19 am  
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If we are replacing Sarginson with Bibby and Hankinson it’s like replacing a Ford Focus with a 10 year old Peugeot 107 and a scooter.


We have to be realistic. We’re not gonna get Latrell Mitchell are we?
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:23 am  
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We have to be realistic. We’re not gonna get Latrell Mitchell are we?


No but we should retain players if we can’t improve on them.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:30 am  
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If we are replacing Sarginson with Bibby and Hankinson it’s like replacing a Ford Focus with a 10 year old Peugeot 107 and a scooter.


A lot depends on wages, if he’s getting paid wages of an international NRL centre then he needs to go. If he wants a fairly average wage then I would be fairly happy for him to stay as a utility back.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:32 am  
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A lot depends on wages, if he’s getting paid wages of an international NRL centre then he needs to go. If he wants a fairly average wage then I would be fairly happy for him to stay as a utility back.


Have him as a utility back and play who centre?
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:39 am  
Cost cutting or making room for other signings is the question. If it’s the first one and we’re now even cutting back on not only highly paid players like the Tomkins brothers, Bateman, Nuuausala and co but also on lads you’d imagine are on only reasonable salaries like Sarge then we really are on a downward spiral.

I’d have loved to keep Sarginson as a utility back up (and maybe even pushing for first choice fullback) but if he wanted to much and we’re investing cap space elsewhere then fair enough.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:50 am  
For quite a while there's been talk on here that too many of our underachieving players are on pretty good wages that do not reflect their ability (or lack of such), the outcome being that we are now up to the Cap limit with a squad full of journeymen.

I don't personally know what money our players are on, or who recommended that we sign them in the first place, but it's pretty evident that we have quite a few who are never likely to get selected even in this low quality first team, so they are definitely draining money away. We also have a number of first team regulars - and I'm not going to list them again, because we all know who they are - who are way below that semi-mythical 'Wigan standard', and are also, if we want to win stuff, a complete waste of money.

Perhaps the club has now grasped this nettle and is trying to readdress the imbalance by looking to invest in quality rather than quantity? If it's a clase that Sarge is the first casualty of this, because he's no longer deemed deserving of his asking price, it may be a price worth paying. It may also be that he's only the first.

I totally agree that if all we get in exchange for Sarginson is Jake Bibby then that will be another step down. But if we manage to pull in a couple of decent names for next season - not necessarily Origin-standard Aussie stars, but good quality players - then I'll feel we're on the right track.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:09 am  
What are people's thoughts on Russell Packer? He's seems to be on the out at the Tigers.
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Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:51 am  
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