George Williams

Quote: sergeant pepper "It's about enforcing contracts and not being negligent as a business.

The place I work for have a standard clause in everyone's contract about not going to a competitor for a min of three months post employment. I can't just ignore that, I've signed the contract and I'm bound to it. If I did, the firm will take me to court over it - not because of a "moral victory", or even because they'd want me back but because it protects their business and defends their position.

If I have any type of contract, I can't just end it without either paying an exit fee or having some kind of repercussion. Regardless of if I've got a child on the way, or have found a deal that's more beneficial to myself.

It's pretty basic adult stuff this.

Thank you for proving my point on the reputational damage too. The club tried to sign GW, but not signing him now means people like you think "we only sign championship level players". If we'd have signed GW that wouldn't have been the case. Let's also not talk about the irony of you moaning about the level of players we sign on a thread about us trying to sign GW. The fact we were in for him, is hard proof of the players we're trying to sign.

The club obviously thought GW wasn't worth what Wire offered him. That's not a club on a decline, it's just simple business. We're negotiating with other players at the min, what happens is Bibby says he wants a £1m, by your logic we'll just pay it with no thought of if he's worth it.'"

Just because your place of work would chase you through the courts, doesn’t mean Wigan should. I also never said GW didn’t sign purely for money so why you’ve tried to put a strange Bibby comparison in there is beyond me. You might want to start reading and taking in what I’m saying properly.

If GW hadn’t have left Canberra we’d still be targeting Championship/Lower SL level players (another part you conveniently missed out). Him becoming available meant we targeted a genuine world class level player by absolute chance which didn’t come off. You can try and spin I moan about the level of players we sign or try to sign all you wish but the fact remains; with or without GW, signing Thornley, Mason, Miski to replace players such as Hastings and Gildart with the likelihood of French joining them out the exit door, whilst not targeting the type of forwards we need will not win us trophies but will send us to 5th.

You, for some bizarre reason, clearly believe the club isn’t on the decline. My logic is clear; Wigan wasn’t an attractive proposition for GW both in terms of potential future success and in all likelihood financial terms. With a coach like Lam, his potential future team mates and a lower wage on offer why would he choose Wigan? If we had a decent coach and a good set of team mates to play with even with a lower wage he may well have chosen Wigan.

I’ve said it multiple times we’ll move on with someone else, probably Smith & Field. We won’t know any different given he’s been gone for nearly 2 seasons and the money we would invest in GW can go elsewhere like where it’s needed.