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Rogues Gallery wrote:
I think we need some competition for that spot. However I know that the club have great hopes for Harry Smith but guess it's a year or two too soon for him at the moment.
Lam won't have seen him in training yet as he is with the England Academy team at present.
I have a feeling that under the reduced interchange rule he will use Sammut off the bench.
As I said in a previous post he wouldn't have been my 1st choice and I suspect Wigan really thought that Lams son would have been here for a year at least.
Wigan lost a lot of money in 2018, so it was inevitable that the purse strings would be tightened.
While your comment regarding the successes of Williams and Tommy at 6 and 7 were true, I feel it's a very black and white view which when you dig a little deeper realise there's a wealth of factors to why we were winning during that period, factors which don't dictate that we don't need a new 7.
For example, for me Tomkins at FB offered different elements to our attack, elements which will be missing as Hardaker operates differently from FB. As I stated, and you pointed out via your listening 2 full teams, depth isn't a problem, what is missing is a quality 7 who will offer creativity and can run a game, I feel we're still lacking quality in that area. Is Sammut the answer? I've not seen anything from him in his entire career to suggest he will be. Doesn't mean he can't surprise us, but would have anyone realistically pushed to sign Sammut? I doubt it.
If money is an issue for signings we honestly need to examine how we run our business. Apart from Hardaker and Greenwood our last few signings have been from the championship while others recruit from the NRL.
Statistics: Posted by Last Son of Wigan — Mon Dec 03, 2018 12:13 pm — Replies 115 — Views 6527