Rumours that Wigan are sniffing around Larne Patrick at Huddersfield, is he a player we should be looking at or is he a player who has not lived up to his potential, still good player and someone who could bolster the front row ? Guess Weegan are cash up and Gawry would be reluctant to splash the cash if he was interested ?

A signing that shows ambition. Would probably rule us out.

patrick signed up till 2016 at giants, would take a big lump sum from wigan.

Bateman was the one Wigan signed that we should have

If Partrick is available id sign him ,Sla re-batemen we dont need anymore BR's.

I personally would not sign Patrick - he looked a great prospect three years ago he hasn't improved since then.



Its not about quantity its about quality - our back row options:



Clarkson - a good player but not in a team with ambitions at winning trophies

Ablett - quality the best we have

Ward - Potentially a very good player but how will recover from the injuries

Achurch - Not convinced looks more a prop than anything

JJB - Been a great player but now in decline - possibly a move to prop would be his best option

Delanney - very good player but injury prone

Foster - still young



Given that one of JJB and Delanney will be injured some of the time, Foster needs to develop and Ward's fitness must be a risk then Bateman should have been a target if only to create competition for places. Wigan with O'Loughlin, Hansen and Farrell have a stronger back row than us yet they have deemed it worth signing Bateman and Clubb.



Time will tell who has got it right.

Would be a good signing for us but we won't pay out for a transfer fee so that's him out of the running. I still feel Carvell would do a job for us and will take the pressure off our front row. Yes I know he is getting on a bit but on the basis we won't buy anyone decent and we don't have strength in depth he would be my choice. I would also look to play Hardaker at SO with Sinfield at SH . Burrow or McGuire on the bench Ward or Sutcliffe or Ablett at LF.

Hansen has gone.



Personally think you are over rating Bateman. Time will tell, and he now as the spring board to show any talents. But IMO he will never be as good as Farrell there already.

never really saw what people saw in bateman myself

Regarding larne patrick and bateman and to a certain extent lunt they are players who are not the finished product.

It's up to the coaching staff at any club to bring this players on and improve them to the full potential .

I think the jury is still out on our coaching staffs ability to bring players on.

Failing that you buy the finished product as in buderous and pay top money.

You pays your money and make your choice.

how very insightful of you sal to predict this



so are you intimating that only one out of either jjb or delaney will be injured "some of the time" out of our squad and that we should have signed bateman on that basis ?



isn't it also a possibility in your opinion that some of our other squad players may also be injured "some of the time" too?



imo we are very well off for back row forwards and can easily cover most eventualities in these positions within our current squad and i also believe that bateman,despite having the potential to be a great player, would have been almost a luxury signing for us in a salary capped sport



I would hope that our clubs next investment would be in the prop forward position,i would personally be interested in bringing nick scruton back to the club next season when he is out of contract < i believe? >







i can't believe that someone as intelligent and up to date with all things rugby league that you actually managed to miss the great dr kockrash's clubs press announcement that they had signed hansen?



i reckon that bateman is hansen's eventual replacement and that clubb will be primarilly a front row player eventually rather than a backrower

Don't get the fuss over Clubb. Gone backwards at a rate of knots since he got into a couple of England squads. Unless he's cheap, I can't see why someone like Wigan would want him over the likes of Jack Hughes who can also cover back row and centre.