I hear we have signed him at leigh did you lot rate him?

Thought he had potential. A good young prospect. IMO

Appeared to be the scapegoat for our home defeat by Crusaders and was never seen again,

I thought Dean was very unlucky in his time with us, showed plenty of potential and as u45d says he was made the scapegoat for the Crusaders game, although he was injured for much of the year. I would've happily kept him on. Oh and not to forget that length of the field try at Qunis last season when he left Will Sharp in his wake.



Good luck to the lad at the Leythers.

He was another over hyped Saints youngster, and they've got a few more on the production line who will be available in a couple of years time, when they realise that they are not the "real deal".

Pies win summat for once and everybody elses youngsters are crap yawwwwwwwwwwwn

..... Well there's yet another truly inspired comment from someone who's almost certainly never played at any decent level, but sees fit to criticise a pro sportsman. I could be wrong, you might well be 10 times the player he is (or all the others who you no doubt slate), but somehow I doubt it.
One thing I am pretty sure of, is that you would come off 2nd best each and every time if you were up against him.
But you probably know better....

No it's a realistic fact.

Ste Tyrer, Matty Smith, Ste Bannister for example.

There are Wigan players just the same, Wild, Aspinwall, Ainscough etc

Look back over my posts over the years wrt young players at academy level.

Mcgilvary was/is never going to be a Superleague player and if you disagree the fair enough.

As I don't understand your latest comment, I'm not certain I can reply in full.
Are you implying the 6 players you have named are also poor quality and not of SL standard ?
If you can clarify, I'll let you have my thoughts.

I sense a cheap shot at Salford here? Critisizing one of our current players, 2 of our past, one whose coming and one who we was linked with. I disagree with you about Wild, he got into the GB squad and whenever I've seen him play, he's been a hard worker and is immense in defense, and offers a bit going forward aswell. I rekon he'll do a better job for us than Swain. if he can stay fit.

Disagree with Rogues Gallery all you like, he's right about McGilvray.

Seems a nice kid and wish him all the best at the LSV but if you can't get in the Salford team of 2010, your chances in SL are going to be pretty limited.

Not at all, and I apologise if it came across that way.
Maybe Thomas and James Coyle would have been better examples at Wigan.

I watch a lot of academy RL and have seen so many of the next big things coming through, only to see them fade into obscurity for whatever reason.