Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:15 pm  

The_Enforcer wrote:

Hang on. So now the word of an unnamed source says that the club have done everything right and have been screwed over?

So they announced he had signed a 3 year contract? Edwards says he was refused a contract and has not signed anything. Somebody is lying.

Right, either Edwards did sign a contract and has just made himself look like a complete idiot, liar, untrustworthy and destroyed his reputation with Wigan and the whole of RL or the club said he had signed a 3 year contract when he had not.

My sources which told me way back when that Edwards would not come alleged that it was all a big show (similar to Wendell Sailor) and that the hope was that Lam did so well that they would keep him on full time and nobody would care about Edwards not coming because the team was playing so well under Lam. Im not saying this is true, just what i was told by the person who first told me that Edwards would not come

Who knows what the truth is. Ive never actually seen anything like it to be honest.

Pivac also now saying Edwards did sign with Wigan and his equally confused by his comments. You may be right but we now have an unnamed source and reputable named source who think to the contrary. I think Edwards is being found out and we should do away with him sooner rather than later.

Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:40 pm  

Pivac on Edwards remarks. Shaun was the first person I spoke with," he said. "He indicated early on he was under pressure from Wigan and that the timeline that was imposed on us were unrealistic. “I talked around a process we would be going through. That was pre-autumn and pre-Six Nations. Shaun signed with Wigan and that put paid to the discussions going any further. Read more at: https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... -1-9659625

Pivac on Edwards remarks. Shaun was the first person I spoke with," he said. "He indicated early on he was under pressure from Wigan and that the timeline that was imposed on us were unrealistic. “I talked around a process we would be going through. That was pre-autumn and pre-Six Nations. Shaun signed with Wigan and that put paid to the discussions going any further. Read more at: https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby- ... -1-9659625

Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:41 pm  

Turning into a right soap opera, here's hoping the team can put it to one side and concentrate on on field matters.

Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:43 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

Turning into a right soap opera, here's hoping the team can put it to one side and concentrate on on field matters.

I’ll drink to that!!

Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:47 pm  

if we're in the blame game (and it looks like we are ), then I still can't see any scenario in which both parties aren't to blame to some extent.

It seems virtually certain now that there is no written contract. Otherwise surely IL would have produced it yesterday. However you slice it, that doesn't look good from the club's POV. Even if Edwards had said, let's not worry about a contract now, we'll sort it later, then the club look at best naive.

Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:16 pm  

WARRIOR5 wrote:

Different format this year. I thought “Wigan week” was over, yet you’re still here looking for reactions.

No. Only until your next win.
When do you think that might be?

Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:42 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

No. Only until your next win.
When do you think that might be?

I’d say I’ve been posting on your board since your last title win but they’d only just invented the light bulb in those days, let alone thought of the internet

Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:29 pm  

WARRIOR5 wrote:

Pivac also now saying Edwards did sign with Wigan and his equally confused by his comments. You may be right but we now have an unnamed source and reputable named source who think to the contrary. I think Edwards is being found out and we should do away with him sooner rather than later.

It could be that he means he spoke with Edwards who said he was under pressure from Wigan, and then the next thing he knew was that Edwards had signed a contract with Wigan via what he had read in the media. I dont think he means Edwards rang him or he rang Edwards who told him 'ive signed a contract'. I think he just means he took it that Edwards had signed for Wigan. I could be wrong but thats how i read it and now he is shocked to learn that there never was a contract signed.

Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:32 pm  

Twenty three pages ….. and rising quickly of …..."he said,she said"...…. "I've heard from a reliable source" comments that are worthless in the grand scheme of things.

As suggested earlier if this were a murder trial or any form of trial the only thing that would interest the judge would be "THE FACTS"

Does the contract exist ? has it been signed ? has it been broken by either party ? call me simplistic if you like but unless you can firstly produce the contract none of the other questions are relevant.

In this instance SE claims it doesnt exist, IL claimed in front of a TV audience that he had a three year one signed , one of them is obviousley lying.

Legally it would be very easy to prove which one, but my guess is that it will never go that far (and we will never know) as neither side has anything to gain from what would be a costly court case.

A a fan I only hope that this matter can be resolved quickly, the onfield problems are a far more serious issue IMHO.

Re: Edwards provides clarity : Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:43 pm  

The_Enforcer wrote:

It could be that he means he spoke with Edwards who said he was under pressure from Wigan, and then the next thing he knew was that Edwards had signed a contract with Wigan via what he had read in the media. I dont think he means Edwards rang him or he rang Edwards who told him 'ive signed a contract'. I think he just means he took it that Edwards had signed for Wigan. I could be wrong but thats how i read it and now he is shocked to learn that there never was a contract signed.

He could mean that. But then he might just mean what his quote strongly implies, namely that Edwards ended the talks with Wales by telling them he'd signed for Wigan.

I strongly doubt that Wales would walk away on the basis of a newspaper story without seeking some kind of clarification from Edwards (though I will admit that 'clarification' doesn't seem to mean the same thing to Shaun that it does to everyone else).

Anyway, it's still all conjecture. The truth may come out in the wash, and it's best to wait and see. Choosing what we believe because it's what we want to believe can lead to big disappointment.