rovers and widnes current standing and how we compared in the 80s early 90s shows how long our transition may be if the rot isn't sorted

Surely a point we can all agree on.
Man's a tool.

And Hastings probably went to Wigan because they offer him more chance of winning something....

as did field, french , bateman and williams also will

Well Bateman and Williama had clauses to give Wigan firs dibs....

Salford and Leeds had agreed a fee but it was Hastings NRL clause that ended that deal.

Agreeing a fee doesn't mean he wanted to come to us over Wigan....
I woulda taken the deal even if he only stressed for a year or two.
We ended up paying a fee for Lui....!

The fee was a lot more for Hastings who could have walked away after only being at Leeds for half a season. Why would Leeds take that risk.?

Because he's a great player, miles better than Lui. Wigan took the same risk and will have got a good 2 years outta him.....
He's actually pretty loyal and would only leave at end of a season too...

not when we've 3 half backs we won't get half a season out of --- he'll have played 2 seasons when he goes

The only thing that stopped the Hastings deal was Hastings himself. Twice he met Leeds the 2nd time he called Leeds to say he was signing, turned up had the contract in front of him and asked for a couple more days to consider it.

Howd you know this?

Sir Kev told me. He told Hastings to sign the contract and it would be put in the safe until Hastings confirmed he was ready to announce it. He never signed it and he signed with Wigan a couple of days later.

I suspect on the way to the 2nd meeting Wigan offered him a better deal.

Well that clears it up then. Glad we didn't pull out and take the cheap opttion with Lui....

makes me wonder why a club official would share such a thing? why someone would share it on here ? why do these officials keep doing such things and he's probably glad he didn't sign for a club his business is divulged to the public