When Griffin was first on the scene I was pretty impressed and he's still a good SL prop forward. Swapping him for O'Carroll maybe gives a bit more bulk, but I'd stick with E O'C overall.

I've heard alot of rugby coaches/football managers talk about rumours reagrding players leaving and being replaced with others and they'll all say the same that when letting one lad go to bring in another you've got to be certain it will improve the side and i'm not sure Griffin for O'Carroll would improve us short term let alone long term.



No go for me.

Exactly how i feel about this rumour

35,000 pound kench or no kench



no kench noel

Its an interesting point for discussion.



On the face of it, its no deal for me. But, both the kids need more game time and we can't satisfy that currently. I would like to see one of them go on loan for a year, or at least the rest of this year.



Griffin would bring rough & tumble, but surely there would be someone of better quality available by the year's end.

O'Carroll to go out on a years loan for me next season if a real high quality prop is available.........that mans Not Griffin.



Then we can see how he developes somewhere else whilst watching Prescott develope here and then when Fielden is off contract the year after maybe there will be a place in the 17 for the both of them.

O'Carroll was the best of the three 'normal' props prior to his injury and I still maintain he is and will be a better player than Prescott. There is no sense in getting rid of him, certainly not for Griffin.

Going out on a season long loan is defiantly an option.



But like many have said we can’t go with both Prescott and O’Carroll next season as I still believe we need to get a top class prop and the maths don’t work out. Something has to give.



I’d be some what miffed tho if we used O’Carroll as a bargaining chip for someone like Griffin. O’Carroll has the ability to be a good SL player, his attitude seems spot on and he’s only going to get better as the years go by so his value should be worth more than that and we aren’t benefitting the most from it.



If we were to use him as a make weight in any potential deals then it should be for say one of the Burgess Brothers + cash or LMS + cash from Quins. There are better props under contract than Griffin.

O'Carroll to move out on loan in 2010 and then Wigan should make a decision based on his performances that year.



There should be no permanent move for him yet.

Personally I'd jump at it, O'Carroll just aint big enough, can see him ending up at Leigh, Swinton or the like, not his fault, I know he's a grafter but in SL today if we want to compete with the big boys we need big boys up front and he just hasn't got the frame to build on,sad, but true.

Wheather O'Carroll cuts out a career here or not one things for certain.......he'll play for bigger clubs then Leigh or Swinton.



He's a superleague player at the moment but probably a lower end one but in time i think he can build up to be a top end player but that may take a few seasons.

Yep. New prop in and Prescott to become part of the main 4.



O'Carroll to then be assessed in line with Fielden's contract coming to an end.