Why do we have yet another 'off the field' distraction in the week leading up to the season opener?

Last year it was the 2 points deduction the evening before we played Saints which cast a shadow over the game.

If he didn't know George Williams wanted a crack at the NRL then it just shows how out of touch with RL he is.
Nice bit of publicity for the Six Nations though, not that I'm cynical or anything.

He was taking over 18months after he "Agreed" to join
How do you know they didn't tell him?
How do you know that the negotiations to sell GW only started AFTER he decided he wasn't coming?

And he backed out some 10/11months before he was due to take over, How do we know the discussions with the Fitness coach he wanted hadn't begun, How do we know he asked for or was promised this when he agreed to take over?
I ask it again, was it in his contract that we would employ this other guy? Strange as he didn't have one?
How do we know if the existing Wigan RL Fitness guy didn't already have a contract beyond the start of Edwards Tenure making employing someone else a little more difficult?
How do we know if the New guy wanted too much or maybe didn't even want to come?

There will be lots of versions of this same story but there's one thing I'm sure about
It's Sean Edwards raking this up again not the club
Whatever's gone on he should have had the Brains & the diplomacy to not bring it up again especially when I have no idea WHY he needed to bring it up.

Maybe him & IL agreed to whitewash the story on why he wasn't coming with an agreed mutual statement - And maybe he's broke that verbal agreement again?
Because he can't be upset with the Wigan Club about why he's not here? Since they both agreed the reason why he wasn't coming they've said Zilch, just like he should have.

Simple answer to all of those questions - I don't know and there's only a handful of guys who do. They are good points tho.

As I've said in my two previous posts there's probably a middle ground between the two stories here & I'd say they blame falls closer to SE than IL too.

That being said SE raises a few good points too. Whilst the whole saga has been done to death, I'd be interested to chat about Edwards identifying the need for a S&C coach. We can all question how up to date his RL knowledge would have been, but one thing that transfers well across the codes is S&C (think Bitcon). SE has worked with some of the world's best S&C guys, so it's definitely something to discuss.

As for it being a distraction before the season starts - for me its not going to have one bit of impact on how the guys prepare for Thursday.

Better than talking/arguing with Saints fans about Stuart Fielden tho

One point we should all consider. This interview wasn’t necessarily done recently. It’s not unusual for a paper to hold a story like this then release it at a time when they think it will generate the most publicity.

Wanting a "crack at it' and selling are 2 different things....on top of that replace with Sammutt!

It's no wonder he hopped it....teams don't sell their best assets.....Wigan of the late 80s and 90s didn't.

They didn't, haven't replaced Williams with Sammut!!

It seems Wales got it wrong, English rugby union too, Lions don't want him (Gatland anyway), Wigan.......... Maybe its him! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby ... ccess.html

It seems Wales got it wrong, English rugby union too, Lions don't want him (Gatland anyway), Wigan.......... Maybe its him! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby ... ccess.html

We sold Ellery Hanley to Leeds during his peak, arguably the best asset we've ever had.

Shocking trolling, we've come to expect far better from you

His back tracking is laughable. Initially he was doing us a favour because he didn’t think he’d be able to do the job adequately but now it’s our fault because we didn’t tell him Williams was going. Anybody with half an eye on the club could’ve told him that. The club only went and replaced him with the current man of steel...how dare they!

The past is in the past now. Wigan shouldn’t respond to him and just leave it where it is IMO. If he has the brass neck to show up at any future Wigan games then fair play to him and he should always be welcomed for his achievements as a player. He’s tainted his legacy though and there won’t be much respect there anymore. It’s pretty sad really but there you go.

Has any poster got so much wrong in so few words?

he wasnt as his peak , still I shed a tear that day....shaun long, tuigamala, henry paul, fairburn all got rid of in the 80s and 90s