Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:40 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I agree with you on the general sentiment behind it. Personally I think this break has been longer than it should’ve been but when the guy is running in ridiculous try’s again next month, it’ll matter very little. The club just need to be careful with the balance they strike between being compassionate and understanding against being too accommodating, to a point where it causes issues elsewhere. The players seem a close knit bunch though and I’m sure others would’ve got the same support if it were needed and hopefully that works the other way and the general feeling is ‘let’s pay back Radlinski and co for their support’.

It’s a year/2 years like no other. Next offseason the young lads and non internationals will be back in in November and the internationals back in January.

Wigan fans love making a situation out of nothing.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:48 pm  

NSW wrote:

It’s a year/2 years like no other. Next offseason the young lads and non internationals will be back in in November and the internationals back in January.

Wigan fans love making a situation out of nothing.

It isn’t nothing is it? (And I agree many do in what are nothing situations) Anyone who thinks that it’s just what everyone does is simply wrong. You can be understanding, you can be miffed, you can be not fussed either way but they’re the only two overseas players to my knowledge from the whole of Superleague not back here. That is going to raise some eyebrows and I’m sure the club will have realised that.

I’m as understanding of the clubs decisions as anyone and feel I give pretty balanced views but I can’t sit there and just say I agree with absolutely everything. If we all just say there and went ‘meh’ about everything then there’s no point anyone being here in the first place.

Agree with extra time being given but not to this degree. That’s the summary of my view.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:33 pm  

Matt Prior at Leeds only came back this week and they finished earlier than Wigan.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:51 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Matt Prior at Leeds only came back this week and they finished earlier than Wigan.

Don't point out that wigan haven't done anything out the ordinary. Doesn't work that way

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:04 pm  

So one player across the league has come back nearly as late as our two and still beat them by a week. That player was strongly considering not coming back at all.

Proper ordinary situation that. I’m not saying our lads are the same but let’s not make out this isn’t a different situation to pretty much every other clubs overseas players in the league.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:08 pm  

Picture yourself in the freezing cold ice running up a hill at 7am at Haigh Hall whilst your team mate suns himself in Australia (that’s the perception you’d have). Picture yourself day in day out pushing yourself through gruelling wrestling and fitness sessions in the mud and the cold trying to force your way into Lams plans whilst your team mate gives an interview to the Daily Telegraph saying how much he wants to come home and not play for Wigan (again the perception you’d have). Picture yourself busting a gut, nursing injuries aches and pains to get a starting shirt and in walks Hastings. Struts over, picks up his jersey and bang he’s back in without a word said. He can do no wrong. You’ve pushed yourself to the limit over the full pre season, starting early, finishing late. Eating and sleeping Wigan RL and in walks in some up his own backside Aussie who doesn’t really want to be there and takes your place.

Personally, I’d be f*****g fuming if I were a player, especially a young one trying to earn their way.

To be honest the more I think of it that way the more I’m shifting my opinion. In reality has CV19 really affected our overseas players that much? Their contact with home would be FaceTime/Skype anyway. Honestly I don’t see how much more it could affect them than it would British players. Perhaps the social side with your team mates would negatively impact them but generally nothing else.

I’m not angry he’s not back in anyway but what I’m starting to understand is the frustration of some fans over his pining to go home. I do actually think it’s admirable he’s honest about it, fair play to him and I won’t begrudge him another shot at the NRL, he has the talent to be decent IMO and I think he’ll be regretting choosing to represent GB if he goes really well.

He, and French, should be back and have been back for 2/3weeks now. What we as a club need to stop immediately is bending over backwards for decent players. Not one player is bigger than the club. Have some compassion yes but I can’t help but think this wouldn’t have happened under Wane. Nor would Jackson be making such statements without some sort of consequence at the club.

My torch and pitch fork aren’t out by the way!!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:25 pm  

They also need to have an exception certificate to leave aus so when they turn up at the airport they can fly and dont get turned away. Poor lad. The rules constantly change.


I have to say he is working his gonads off with a PT staying fit but has been very poorly advised / guided regarding travel requirements.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:28 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote: Matt Prior at Leeds only came back this week and they finished earlier than Wigan. Sir Kev has made a valiant statement on not only Matt Prior's situation but also every overseas player too that have returned home to their respective countries in the off season but whilst being still being contracted to return to their SL clubs for the 2021 season It certainly answers the question as to why certain players from overseas are very late in returning IMO https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... rn-3148435 Have Wigan not made any such statements in the media to dispel the rumours as to why Hastings and French haven't returned as of yet?

Rogues Gallery wrote: Matt Prior at Leeds only came back this week and they finished earlier than Wigan. Sir Kev has made a valiant statement on not only Matt Prior's situation but also every overseas player too that have returned home to their respective countries in the off season but whilst being still being contracted to return to their SL clubs for the 2021 season It certainly answers the question as to why certain players from overseas are very late in returning IMO https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... rn-3148435 Have Wigan not made any such statements in the media to dispel the rumours as to why Hastings and French haven't returned as of yet?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:29 pm  

I’m not even bothered about him wanting to go home or even stay home (not saying that’s what he wants or is planning to do but if he did then I understand it) but I am bothered that some people on here make out as though you shouldn’t be questioning the two lads absence at all, as though it’s just pretty standard across the league. It absolutely isn’t and people will question it and have an opinion.

If it was a non event, something people are just trying to get at the club with, saw it as something to troll with etc I think it would be those usual suspects pointing it out and not the likes of myself or Pemps (who I noted also thought they should be back by now).

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:51 pm  

Picture yourself enjoying time with your family at weekends while your mates family are 12,000 miles away and they're all alone.

As I said, you can't compare an Aussie with a lad from Scholes with regards to seeing/missing family members and how much emotional stress that has.