It is all very amusing how this is getting played out.
Now GH`s name has been brought into it as some underhand deviant who has been behind it all .
Frostie has maintained all along Brierley had a deal done and dusted and knowing some of the scoops Frostie has had in the past I have no reason to think he has been lying.
Not sure why Brierley would make this up as he would soon be found out in what he was saying was tosh. FWIW I think he will be a useful addition to our squad but worry we will have too many lightweights should we persist with Burrow, Lilley and possibly Brierley.
Who we have at 6,7,9 and 14 when all are fit will be interesting considering Falloon will take the 9 presumably.

If he's signed for us for 2017, when his Leigh contract ends, why would Hetherington be trying to get him to leave and cause all this fuss? Just wait til his contract ends.

Cos he wants a bit of dosh or needs it? Impo he is being used as a pawn in a media game, he could have said nowt kept his head down and gone wherever in November but we have had 2 years of this probably since he changed agents and started to believe his own hype.
He is not a SL half back, he will not take the hits often putting his team mates in trouble, but remove any defensive duties and give him a gap and he is as good as any.
The club have bent over backwards for him since he arrived, employed Ft in the community when we were pt to help him out, contracts upgraded mid term as he developed etc
Personally I would get rid now with a clause that he can't be loaned in 2016, if you had Peacock as bodyguard he may have stood a better chance at half back for you to see if he would toughen up

i think with all the idiots joining Leigh , he is right to want out . Oh and by the way if Leigh fans want to get on their moral high horse , a certain hooker you signed from Warrington

Eh? Why would Hetherington go to all this fuss and trouble just to get Brierley for half a season when we already have McGuire, Burrow, Sutcliffe & Lilley? It makes no sense.

Brierley obviously wants out for some reason, obviously related to whatever caused Rowley to leave. Unless Brierley somehow convinced Rowley to leave simply so that Brierley could move to another club for half a season, then it's not all about money.

As for the stuff about "looking after" Brierley. That's just rubbish. Employing a player full time isn't "looking after him". It's employing him. The club is paying him for his services. The same goes for upgrading his contract. That's what happens when you have a good player at your club.
Leeds didn't upgrade Hardaker & Watkins contracts to "look after" them. They did it to ensure they stayed at Leeds.

I think this statement says more about you than Wigan fans. There are going to be idiots who support any club, but to brand all (except one) as that is just childish and stupid.
It's just a sport, you need to grow up.

Speaking only for myself, I welcome the contributions of Wigan or any other fans on here, trolling expeditions excepted. Every club has it's quota of poop stirring, bite seeking knobs. Anyone who wants to contribute in a positive way to the wider debate should be welcomed.

There have been so many "done deals" claimed regarding Brierley and Leeds which have all proven to be in fact to be wrong that anything is now possible. First it was a "done deal" that he would sign for Leeds if Leigh did not get promoted and when this didn't happen the goal posts moved a bit one way then the other. I lost interest when "the horses mouth" claimed Leeds had signed him last year yet loaned him back to Leigh until 2017 with presumably a post dated cheque to avoid the salary cap?

If this is still the current claim? If the latest leaks from the Brierley camp are to work would it mean a re-loan deal from Leigh or that Leeds will loan him back to ourselves now?

I think there is a little pack of posters who will scrape the bottom any barrel for excuses. But have now moved from their little boyband branding of knownothings to the affectionately named Frostiesbitches. The uncalled for posts at him for just giving information I am sure won't be forgotten, regardless of what transpires, and that is regardless of where Brierley ends up.

Nothing wrong with him giving stories he's heard......I just didn't realise we were duty bound to believe them or not question them even when the original story (we'd get him if Leigh didn't get promoted) was one of the most obviously unrealistic rumours I've ever heard on hear yet he kept insisting me and others who doubted him were definitely wrong and then has continually failed to answer the question of why did the original deal change.

Unlike what has been claimed, no one has called him liar. No one has said he's made it up. Just highlighting how some people shouldn't believe every story they hear because then you end up with silly claims like Westerman signing to give Clark lifts over to Warrington and they usually then try and blame the club for their story not happening rather than accept it wasn't true to begin with and that their source could ever possibly be wrong.

and then you and go and prove it again with your last point. Don't feel out of the loop, it isn't your fault,