As a pure guess I would imagine he would want a decent wage, do we have that space under the cap?even if we can write Isas wage off?

He’s walking away with $200k pay off and no interest from other NRL clubs.

Wages are usually dictated by demand so I don’t think realistically he can expect a big wage for the 2024 season.

Josh Schuster doesn’t have the qualities of a Wigan player in terms of toughness and attitude IMO.

Whilst I don’t necessarily disagree they are the 2 areas of concern he’s an absolute gun of a player when he’s on.

Almost a no risk signing for the rest of this season if the worst news comes through and Isa is gone for the year.

I hasten to add this is all pure speculation and thinking out loud on my part nothing in it with any substance at all regards Isa’s injury or us making a move for a replacement.

Sam Eseh two weeks loan to Cas

Good move. Keep him there as long as we can, he needs SL minutes.

i'd posted on warriors fans that its a good move as we have no reserve game for 2 weeks either, so he'd be sat waiting to get some game time. Ideally i'd give him 4 weeks get some good game time and then see how he's going and if he's ready to challenge for a 1st team spot when fit and firing. Given Cas are down on numbers, i dont see any reason why he shouldnt get some good 1st team minutes

Jackson Hastings in yet another behind the scenes bust up - this time with Will Pryce. Hastings has always come across as a very calculating self-publicist but the public persona doesn't seem to match up with what goes on when a camera isn't present. Pryce comes across as quite a brash individual as well so maybe a recipe for disaster (as it turned out with Bateman).

Just reiterates how lucky we are to have the personalities we have at Wigan - all seem very humble and level-headed.

Dreadful bloke, seems to have a lot of fans fooled like you say with his public persona.

He should just go back to the Salford where they’ll worship him.

Personally, I found Hastings' so-called love affair with Salford one of the least convincing aspects of the entire JH show while he was over here in the UK. At times, it verged on being a total pantomime.

For me, he's a professional contrarian, who seems to delight in winding people up. Whatever vicarious pleasure this gives him, it nearly always seems to have an impact on the rest of the team. The only reason this didn't happen at Salford was because he was their biggest fish in quite a while and basically allowed to rule the roost. I've no doubt that given enough time, he'd have fallen out with people there as well.

So JH has clashed with a young back who’s already having a hard time in a team that’s not doing well? Hmmm.

Still early but pretty much worked out as anticipated with Pryce in the NRL. I'm sure most Wigan fans suspected KPP was ready to go over there and make an almost immediate impact but Pryce had big holes in his game whilst playing in SL despite the raw talent/pace/agility etc. His defensive game and decision-making would need to radically improve for him to crack it there and although you can't argue with the preference for a warmer climate I'm not sure going this early was the best thing rugby wise.

Moving over when you're practically fresh out of the academy didn't work for Harry Rushton or Bailey Hodgson and doesn't look like its working for Lewis Murphy or Will Pryce. Dom Young is the exception but he really is a freakish athlete.

I agree with your points about Pryce, but my comment was about how Jackson Hastings gets on with team mates, particularly those he could be choosing to mentor.

All I know with Hastings is we're well rid. I'm not sure I can recall a player who has left Wigan being that unpopular, right from the fans, through to the players and coaches from what you hear. Even one of the other problem children we had at the time in Hardaker seems loved by the players, even if the fans aren't keen. Loads of his old Wigan teammates made a bee line for him at the end of the recent Leigh game and he seems to be genuinely a popular guy.

ZH is the very definition of the phrase "as thick as two short planks". 99% of his troubles have all been self inflicted.

That however doesn't mean he isn't a likeable guy to those that know him the most. Let's face it, we all probably know someone like him. Either at work, or a friend from way back or someone you played rugby with. A nice enough guy who can be funny in the right circumstances, but is just really really dense.