Madge pulled out because of he didn't feel it appropriate to answer questions about our "right centre".

Im sure he would rather concentrate on Sunday.

got to appreciate honesty

Staunch Catholic?

Yes the withdrawal method is the best at the right time

Does no one else find it's getting a little old now?

Time for the club to just come out and make an announcement ffs.

Why does any kind of announcement always take so long with the club?

Maybe the legalities of the situation mean that there's nothing to announce.

Because the legal eagles will be involved.

In the words of the song The Gambler: "There'll be time enough for counting when the dealings done"
Written by the great Bobby Bare.

Without trying to over simplify the matter he can either only be still with the club, suspended or sacked can't he. It’s either one or the other and a little bit of news wouldn’t hurt really.

Although with IL previous regarding the Hock announcement I’m sure we could be waiting 12 months with no news.

Did We EVER get a statement on Hock?
I'm sure that was complete silence...
On that basis, I'm not holding my breath

Agreed, and I don't understand why people don't at least consider this possiblity.

Surely we all know that when there are legalities involved, there are things you just can't say. We should also remember that with an issue like this - when it involves an individual who, along with his family, may be having a difficult and troubled time of it at a very personal level - nobody actually has a right to know anything.

One thing about the current Wigan administration - it will not be bullied or bribed or begged into giving out information if it doesn't want to. If there are things IL wants to keep quiet, they'll be kept quiet for as long as he deems necessary, even if that's forever, and no amount of people like Eddie Hemmings bellyaching to know what's going on will change that.

Whether IL is right or wrong in this regard is is a matter for debate, but what isn't debatable is that this is the way he works, period. We ought to have learned by now that the world will only know Wigan's secrets when Wigan are ready to reveal them. Constantly asking the question won't make a jot of difference.

as in before you put it in?

The best comment i have seen on the whole matter.

I think it would be foolish for anyone to jump to conclusions and perhaps the Wigan club is not just protecting itself, but also the player in question.

I realise IL doesn’t want to say anything until he’s good and ready and that’s the way he works but sadly this one could well be out of his hands.

Like it or lump it for IL we like in an instant/24 hours a day, 365 days a year news channel world. Companies like SKY are going to and have been running stories on this even without official statements from the clubs. Journalists will continue to blog about it and every day that goes by and every 19 man squad Wigan name it’s going to keep getting rehashed and brought up time and time again. Do they just think the media will turn away from it?

The Hock situation was different in that we knew something for definite and that was A-Hock had taken coke and B-He’d got a 2 year ban. On this we’ve got no basis in fact and only rumours to judge, chat and write about and if a smart man like IL can’t see the danger in that then I’d be flabbergasted.