sergeant pepper wrote:
I still can't believe that people are defending GW. He was under contact and we allowed him to leave (doing him a solid), he then signs a deal saying that he'll come back but pulls out of it. I'm not going to mince my words here - the guys an absolute scumbag. There's fewer things lower imo than a person who either can't keep their word, or breaks the trust of someone who has looked out for them.
I'm also annoyed at IL (a guy who I like):
1 - why aren't we enforcing the agreement? Is it not worth the papers it's written on (like the Edwards handshake)?
2 - why aren't we asking for a transfer fee, or taking the big nosed pr!ck to court? It's bigger than getting him back, it's a precedent for the future.
It is quite simple, Wigan are a club in decline. There is a malaise about the club which has been gradually building over the last few years. The coaching, playing staff and general admin of the club are slipping year on year. The running of the club's off field activities has become worse year or year and that is spreading to the playing staff as well. The whole club top to bottom looks tired and bereft of any direction on and off the field.
The farcical attempts to sign Shaun Edwards, letting players leave early for the NRL (why only Wigan?) and sort of bringing them back only to be less than they were and then not enforcing any kind of written agreement smacks of a lack of fight at the club (the statement we are Wigan we don't do that is a joke - it admits we are a soft touch to everyone). Poor all round from top to bottom I am afraid.The signing of a "top prop" who was totally crocked from day one - really?
I have reached a point of apathy regarding Wigan (after following/supporting for 40+ years) and I am not in the least bit surprised at how things are going as it is a continuation of a steady decline which may to some extent have been made worse by the pandemic but was already happening. IL to me looks disinterested and tired and the club is crying out for new blood to bring some dynamism to it but I cannot see where that will come from. Other clubs seem to be managing ok but Wigan (and possibly Leeds) look like clubs in a long slow spiral of decline.
