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Re: Pre-season chat : Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:19 pm  
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Quite possibly but it would be difficult to know for sure from his time at prop.


Isn’t he only in his early 20’s. He might be able to put a bit more timber on and be a hard running prop that busts tackles. I think they’re a player there but looking at it now a player that isn’t going to emerge in a 2 year deal.

I wouldn’t mind us going in to the championship more and looking at what’s available
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Re: Pre-season chat : Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:23 pm  
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Isn’t he only in his early 20’s. He might be able to put a bit more timber on and be a hard running prop that busts tackles. I think they’re a player there but looking at it now a player that isn’t going to emerge in a 2 year deal.

I wouldn’t mind us going in to the championship more and looking at what’s available



I think the lads who came on off the bench as middles looked superior..and assume they were a few years younger.

I really don’t see where he fits in at Wigan.
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Re: Pre-season chat : Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:39 pm  
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I think the lads who came on off the bench as middles looked superior..and assume they were a few years younger.

I really don’t see where he fits in at Wigan.

This is the problem John. Many of the young lads just looked physically superior. There was even a 17 year old (Duffy?) who looked bigger. He may yet develop but he's definitely behind Hill and the 6 other incumbents for a prop place.
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Re: Pre-season chat : Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:44 pm  
Had the chance to watch the full game over the last few days and I feel a lot more optimistic about our squad depth now. Whilst it was only Whitehaven (no disrespect to them), some our players looked more than ready for dipping in and out of first team rugby.

Eckersley looks a complete player, maybe a more physical version of Halsall? May have played a role in the decision to let him go to Hudds.

Logan Astley looks like he has huge potential, great kicking game and good support play.

Nsemba for me was disappointing, too quiet but he still impacted the game massively in the second half. I hope he doesn't become somewhat of an enigma but I can see why the club rate him highly.

Harvie Hill will be pushing for a regular spot come the end of the year. His potential is scary.

There were more who impressed like Beardsworth, Kilner-Douglas and Sumner. A good test, and a step up this week v Barrow and I'd love to see the above mentioned keep impressing.
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Re: Pre-season chat : Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:10 pm  
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Had the chance to watch the full game over the last few days and I feel a lot more optimistic about our squad depth now. Whilst it was only Whitehaven (no disrespect to them), some our players looked more than ready for dipping in and out of first team rugby.

Eckersley looks a complete player, maybe a more physical version of Halsall? May have played a role in the decision to let him go to Hudds.

Logan Astley looks like he has huge potential, great kicking game and good support play.

Nsemba for me was disappointing, too quiet but he still impacted the game massively in the second half. I hope he doesn't become somewhat of an enigma but I can see why the club rate him highly.

Harvie Hill will be pushing for a regular spot come the end of the year. His potential is scary.

There were more who impressed like Beardsworth, Kilner-Douglas and Sumner. A good test, and a step up this week v Barrow and I'd love to see the above mentioned keep impressing.


The only downside is we can’t keep the majority of these lads. They do need to add some size so we can’t afford to add more than one of them at a time
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Re: Pre-season chat : Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:18 pm  
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Had the chance to watch the full game over the last few days and I feel a lot more optimistic about our squad depth now. Whilst it was only Whitehaven (no disrespect to them), some our players looked more than ready for dipping in and out of first team rugby.

Eckersley looks a complete player, maybe a more physical version of Halsall? May have played a role in the decision to let him go to Hudds.

Logan Astley looks like he has huge potential, great kicking game and good support play.

Nsemba for me was disappointing, too quiet but he still impacted the game massively in the second half. I hope he doesn't become somewhat of an enigma but I can see why the club rate him highly.

Harvie Hill will be pushing for a regular spot come the end of the year. His potential is scary.

There were more who impressed like Beardsworth, Kilner-Douglas and Sumner. A good test, and a step up this week v Barrow and I'd love to see the above mentioned keep impressing.

I felt the exact same about the squad depth, looking forward to seeing them all again this week.
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Re: Pre-season chat : Wed Jan 25, 2023 9:44 pm  
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Nsemba for me was disappointing, too quiet but he still impacted the game massively in the second half. I hope he doesn't become somewhat of an enigma but I can see why the club rate him highly.


Lets not forget this lad has only just turned 19, the club's previous pathways were to send youngsters out on loan to Championship clubs to progress their development (remember Charnley going to Hull KR for instance), wouldn't be such a bad bet. See where the lad is in 12 months.
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Re: Pre-season chat : Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:55 am  
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Lets not forget this lad has only just turned 19, the club's previous pathways were to send youngsters out on loan to Championship clubs to progress their development (remember Charnley going to Hull KR for instance), wouldn't be such a bad bet. See where the lad is in 12 months.


That Nsemba is a year younger than most of the Academy lads has been forgotten by some. Its a big ask to match that physicallity gap but he has done it so far in his career.
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Re: Pre-season chat : Fri Jan 27, 2023 2:37 pm  
Similar squad to last week with the addition of First team regulars Abbas Miski, Brad O’Neill, Joe Shorrocks, Kaide Ellis and Patrick Mago.

Wouldn’t be surprised to see Shorrocks get a run in the back row as that’s where he may be needed.

Mago and Ellis need to up their game massively this year and then getting picked in a game like this will hopefully send a message. They might get shown up by Harvie Hill in this game.
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Re: Pre-season chat : Sun Jan 29, 2023 5:00 pm  
It was a good game. Home advantage played a big part but overall I think the teams were evenly matched. My man of the match was Forber, the lad continues to improve - he could turn out to be our best hooker since Martin Dermott.
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