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| Quote Pemps="Pemps"According to that article he's going into a residential unit. Reading between the lines that's a full on rehab centre. He's also moving to Wigan.
I don't think much else could be done to get him away from his 'mates'.
He's now at his 5th RL club so It's up to him now.'"
Ok I wasn't aware he was moving to Wigan so thats good. I guess thinking about it he would have had no choice with his driving ban.
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| What's the chances of it going tits up before the new season starts, It will be hard for him at best of times let alone Crimbo and New Years, I know what I'm on about, I haven't had a drink in 12 years and not done any drugs since 1996 but still get the odd craving now and then, Specially Crimbo and New Years, Hope it works out for him and the club
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Player Coach | 2833 | No Team Selected |
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| Fair play to Wigan. They are willing to pay an extortionate amount of money for Zak to undertake professional and residential rehabilitation, which is his best chance of recovery from his addiction to alcohol. I know the RFL do fund some rehabilitation too at Sporting Chance, so hopefully they are contributing.
The easy option for Wigan would have been to keep him on and hope he sorted himself out. Or just to get rid.
As always in these cases, it’s only when he is back in society that the success of his rehabilitation can be evaluated. I sincerely hope it works out for Zak.
The only disappointment is the completely unnecessary insult aimed towards Leeds and Cas. Until his ban, he’d been the model professional at Cas (admittedly only for 9 months) and he’d had plenty of professional support and rehabilitation at Leeds too.
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| Quote nottinghamtiger="nottinghamtiger"Fair play to Wigan. They are willing to pay an extortionate amount of money for Zak to undertake professional and residential rehabilitation, which is his best chance of recovery from his addiction to alcohol. I know the RFL do fund some rehabilitation too at Sporting Chance, so hopefully they are contributing.
The easy option for Wigan would have been to keep him on and hope he sorted himself out. Or just to get rid.
As always in these cases, it’s only when he is back in society that the success of his rehabilitation can be evaluated. I sincerely hope it works out for Zak.
The only disappointment is the completely unnecessary insult aimed towards Leeds and Cas. Until his ban, he’d been the model professional at Cas (admittedly only for 9 months) and he’d had plenty of professional support and rehabilitation at Leeds too.'"
Proper gutted He's not going back to Cas, Oh well never mind, You can still watch him from the bushes
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| Quote The Whiffy Kipper="The Whiffy Kipper"Proper gutted He's not going back to Cas, Oh well never mind, You can still watch him from the bushes'"
I know you’re joking, but I’ve said from day one (as in when his suspension was announced) that I don’t want him back.
Sounds like the best place for him is Wigan. Willing to pay for expensive rehabilitation and hopefully he’ll be away from the bad influences in his life.
Player welfare (and indeed humanity) comes above club rivalry. I hope it works out for him.
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| Boo.
Should never have been signed in the first place.
Disaster waiting to happen (again).
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| I'm happy with this mainly because I want to see some exciting players on the pitch. If the club are happy to deal with him, I'm happy to pay to watch good players.
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| With the long lay off, booze ands drugs not exactly the best diet for a sportsman, lets hope he's not lost it due to the abuse of his body.
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| Quote The Whiffy Kipper="The Whiffy Kipper"What's the chances of it going tits up before the new season starts, It will be hard for him at best of times let alone Crimbo and New Years, I know what I'm on about, I haven't had a drink in 12 years and not done any drugs since 1996 but still get the odd craving now and then, Specially Crimbo and New Years, Hope it works out for him and the club'"
I never wanted to sign him in the first place and only see it going one way however, I respect IL and if he deems it a worthwhile last throw of the dice then hopefully the guy and the club can both win. The cynic in me however, thinks that he just has no self awareness and he hasn't go the fraction of the will power that you have and his next incident is not too far away.
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| Quote Itchy Arsenal="Itchy Arsenal"I never wanted to sign him in the first place and only see it going one way however, I respect IL and if he deems it a worthwhile last throw of the dice then hopefully the guy and the club can both win. The cynic in me however, thinks that he just has no self awareness and he hasn't go the fraction of the will power that you have and his next incident is not too far away.'"
Sadly I agree 100% - I do not care one iota how good a player he was/could be, signing and keeping are decisions I fear the club will regret in time.
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| Chuffed Wigan are standing by and trying to help him. If he can't get it right at Wigan he won't anywhere
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| I don't know that I'm 'chuffed'. Yes, you can argue that the Club has done the *right* thing, but I think I'd have been happier if they'd announced they were throwing him out on his ear!
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