I agree, and hilariously when he was winning MOM last year a few games in a row, a guy sat a few seats in front of me was shouting, 'I don't know why we signed these three (finch,hoff,lima), they're no better than our kids'





Finchy has been great for us and I'd be glad to see him here another couple of years.

Lima isn't as good as Feka was. Fact.

Lima does more minutes than Feka. Fact.... And thats increasingly important.

Sorry. I was being one of 'those' Wigan fans.

Soz...





Sorry, thats should have been "Soz... Fact!"

We should have signed him to a new deal weeks ago. I dont think any of the young blokes have stepped up yet and shown they are capable of a 6/7 jersey for next season, which worries me. Mellor is 22 now, going on 23 IIRC, so its make or break i'm afraid.

In his defence, Mellor lost a year with that injury.

Guys like Mellor and Powell if good enough will break through regardless of who's infront of them. They will get opportunities this season to stake a claim and it's up to them how they grasp them.



Wigan can't afford to sit round waiting for these guys to develop to the required level. We need to look after the team first and foremost and if that means re-signing Finch and bringing in a replacement for Leuluai then so be it.



Most sides play with 2 halfbacks and 2 hookers in their 17's anyway and we still wouldn't be loaded with experience blocking these lads paths even if we did have Finch, Dureau and McIlorum here next year.

Please god no.

Finch has come on leaps amd bounds i'd give him a new deal just needs work on his kicking game it lets him down

+1. Not good enough for Saints, definitely not good enough for us.

Ive heard it all this week about Finchy from hes too slow to hes the best stand off out there at the moment



My own view is he is currently adapting to wanes style of play but still remains a superb ball player with a fantastic rugby brain, although not the quickest of players, over a short distance he will be very effective, it would be a great deal if Wigan can keep hold of him as his experience will be vital for for the young kids coming through as well as his experience in the first team.



I hope we can keep hold of him