Disagree completely. I like it and only wish I could do this

It still says Wigan/Bradford at the bottom but he has taken 'for Wigan Warriors' out after the 'I'm a pro Rugby League player'.

I've said earlier on in the thread I certainly don't think we've heard the last of him leaving and I still would be far from surprised if he's already played his last game for the club.

Well, that seems to have worked out well for huddersfield doesnt it.

Might as well have bloody kept him.

True. Not sure they could have done any worse, even if ALL the players hated each other.

I'm not surprised that the wigan fans want to get over this incident sharpish and keep bateman as he's certainly a class act but after hearing what he's done I'm surprised the police haven't charged him

The club to their credit have done very well to brush it under the carpet by 'convincing' people to do things and that's the reason why wigan have been able to clear it up quickly and not get the police involved

Fwiw if it had happened at my club I would want him sacked,if he had done what he's done and not been a professional sportsman with a strong club looking after him he could realistically get a custodial sentence

But that's just my opinion of course

Funny how so many other fans get pious about this sort of thing when it's a Wigan player.

"If it was one of our players, I'd want him out, dah de dah ..."

Yeah, right. Talk is so cheap when you think you're on the moral high ground.

But I suppose I'm flattered that you think Wigan are so influential they can convince the police not to charge for a serious assault (bear in mind, the police don't even need a complaint to take action in those circumtances).

Perhaps consider an alternative possibiliy, that the police found reasons of their own not to charge, and then try to work out what those might be.

Bateman is one of our best players adding to that he's only young, a real asset to the club. But does John still want to play for Wigan?

Look at the facts:

-Removed the Wigan Warriors intro on his twitter
-Been talking to Canberra (Confirmed by Canberra)
-Been fined 10k when no one else has had a penny deducted

These are enough to argue he might no longer be settled at Wigan.

Brian Carney has stated that there's a greater then 50% chance he won't be at Wigan next year.

I'd love to see it all be resolved and he goes on to take the 13 shirt when Lockers retires and him to have a long career here but it just doesn't feel that's going to be the case.

I'd still think the odds are stacked well in the favour of him not being here next year.

You say if he had done what he,s done, what has he done no one knows just guess work.

I know exactly what he's done AB and it as I said before if it was you or me we could be facing a period in prison

I'm a widnes fan (don't laugh) and when we had hock I honestly wanted rid of him as soon as he started misbehaving as he was creating a bad atmosphere at the club,he created a divide amongst our fans as he was obviously a good player but his behaviour on and off the field imo had a adverse affect on the club in general which is far more important

What bateman has done is far worse than anything hock has done and it looks like your fans are thinking more of the success he could/would bring but you have to think of the great culture you lot have and by the sounds of it after this season you won't have him upsetting the applecart