I'm personally REALLY pleased with Holmes. A real step up on our 2nd row options.


In a salary cap sport you can't field the Harlem Globe Trotters and need horses for courses.

Just what we need at this phase. Good signing.

I have been impressed with Holmes at Leigh after a poor spell at Warrington. He looks leaner and quicker, and an improvement on our back row. If we can't sign Kikau, then Holmes is the next best thing

Tiaki Chan in on loan, good signing, will give us some go forward when Ese Ese/Sao go off, last week that was where we struggled v wire, Pele/Brown didn't have the same impact, and their defence wasn't as good

Mentioned him earlier in the week, always good to get Wigan players.

Wonder if he will play ar prop backrow.

Shaw mentions he will provide cover for backrow, but I thought he was mainly a prop.

Chan felt like a strange and unnecessary signing for Wigan with all the middles already available. He was given a run at second row in a friendly against Wakefield but didn't look a natural fit and was exposed a few times. Since then he's been named at 13 in the reserves. I'd say he's a hard working front rower or 13 with a great attitude, although his lack of size will always limit his impact.

still need a halfback in,could struggle for points again on sunday

Trueman being back will hopefully improve things. I think if he'd have been on from the start we may well have scored when we had those 3 or 4 repeat sets in the first half against wire when it was only 6 nil and it could have been a different game

Pleased with chan signing.
Agree with earlier post he’s not the biggest but he’s mobile and runs hard.
With no bans or injuries I’m feeling more confident of a win against London.

Aydin & Brown move all confirmed

Welcome Yusuf and good luck to Jack.
I'll be interested to see if Brown kicks on elsewhere as I feel like he has plateaued a bit here.

thats the sort of loan signing we need rather than just a filler.
Problem is if its only for two weeks he could play only 1 game unless the club can get it extended

positive we will have too much for London even with our poor attack

Lets hope we don't fall out with Wigan and they don't have any injuries to their pack in the next few weeks.

I m surprised we've only got Chan for 2 weeks . Thought we could have got him for a little longer .

Doubt it, we’ll all be Wigan for the day a week on Saturday!