Quote: jonh "Firstly I will say I have a huge amount of respect for IL and what he has done for the club. The turnaround from when he took over to where we are now is nothing short of miraculous.
We cannot let a poor start to the season and this issue cloud our judgement on what he has brought to the club.
I do however get the feeling that he or someone at the club attempts to spin stitustions with a view of taking a negative and turning it into either a positive or moreover an attempt to soften the blow in an attempt to reduce the impact of revenue streams into the club, such as merchandise and attendance figures.
I think this is a somewhat short sighted policy. We as fans cannot and should not expect to know the ins and outs of what goes on at the club, however I’m of the opinion it is much better to rip the plaster off rather than peel it off slowly. People will get over things much quicker than having these now almost regular on going sagas when players leave of their future return or trying to outsmart the cap etc.
Basically deal with the issue and move on, if certain clauses are in players contracts for a potential return don’t publicise them as you are just creating expectation and storing problems for the future.
I don’t know who is accountable for some of the spin that we try to put on things and I’m not pointing the finger. What I do think however is that a World Class administrator should be running our club on a day to day basis. Rads due to his lack of experience in such a role really doesn’t fill me with confidence. That may be harsh but I just don’t see without experience elsewhere and understanding how other clubs run in our game and other sports he can I still a best practice culture as a top administrator.'"
Best thing we can do is simply stick to facts to the best of our ability, as a min review:
Positives:
Edwards-been announced as a coach from 2020, not the most welcoming dialogue from him, but from a factual standpoint he's still coming, this is a major signing.
We can only judge these at the time of signing or as of now:
Recent Signings:
GREEN/AMBER/RED
Greenwood (V happy with) GREEN
Hardaker (Happy with as a player, however there's a reason why we signed him) AMBER
Bullock (looks positive but untested in top flight competition AMBER
Hankinson used salary cap as cover, was this a good move? AMBER
Sammut; 31 going on 32 fallen short at SL level to date with lower standard clubs, was looking for a regular job after leaving London RED
Issues:
Bateman- claimed to be coming back to Wigan after 2 seasons in the NRL. Not accurate from the club. RED
Other information to consider, in ILs time we've seen a number of top players in their prime level our club for greener pastures.
TOMKINS NZW
TOMKINS CATS
TOMKINS (J) SARRIES
MOSSOP PARR
SARG GCT
BURGESS SYD
TOMMY NZW
SUTTON CAN
WILLIAMS?
Whilst under contract.
