Re: Hardaker? : Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:00 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I think the problem is though mate, he would’ve had a career and he knows that. He’s always had that safety net of his talent getting him another club, whatever he gets up to and here he is again, coming out of a situation in what he will personally see as a better position.

I recall when we signed him and I didn’t want him but in fairness to him, he got his head down and some respect for him built up over time. I think me, like many others, has lost that now but I don’t think we’ll lose any sleep over him. The club lost itself for a while regards signings like him and it feels like he’s the last player we had who could put us under a cloud. That risk has gone now and that’s a relief.

He’s certainly engineered this to is advantage. Not sure why you didn’t just release him in the off season even he was clearly wanting out?

Re: Hardaker? : Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:02 pm  

Shabino wrote:

He’s certainly engineered this to is advantage. Not sure why you didn’t just release him in the off season even he was clearly wanting out?

We offered him the opportunity but no one came in for him. The only teams we vetoed were the Hull teams and that was because there was little difference in commute for him, so that was a reasonable compromise considering he was still under contract.

Re: Hardaker? : Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:11 pm  

Shabino wrote:

There’s no way we sign Hardaker if we are competing again. But at the minute it’s ‘beggars can’t be chooses…’

Why not?

A few posts ago you were saying he was Wigan's best player and that the club had done wrong by him and there weren't any issues?

Re: Hardaker? : Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:28 pm  

nathan_rugby wrote:

Why not?

A few posts ago you were saying he was Wigan's best player and that the club had done wrong by him and there weren't any issues?

Mate I’ve followed RL a long time. I know ZH Is a million miles away from the player that left us. Was just winding the Wigan board up a bit…..! Love a bit of banter….

Re: Hardaker? : Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:08 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Mate I’ve followed RL a long time. I know ZH Is a million miles away from the player that left us. Was just winding the Wigan board up a bit…..! Love a bit of banter….

It's not been banter though has it. It looks as though 100% of us are happy to see him go. There is no furore in Wigan. Nobody gives a toss, Zak is a legend in his own mind but for those of us blessed with the gift of sight, we all know he is a declining player and his next brush with the law or club is just around the corner. Your goading (banter) hasn't really paid off has it. You haven't had one bite defending or wanting Zak to stay. We should be the ones taking the pi$$ out of Leeds really but we don't need to. All we have to do is sit and wait and Zak can make a balls of it all by himself.

Re: Hardaker? : Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:33 am  

‘The way I left Wigan wasn’t the way I wanted to leave the club but I would like to thank everyone there for the opportunity to play for Wigan,” Hardaker said.

Really….!!!!???

Re: Hardaker? : Wed Apr 27, 2022 10:15 am  

Shabino wrote:

‘The way I left Wigan wasn’t the way I wanted to leave the club but I would like to thank everyone there for the opportunity to play for Wigan,” Hardaker said.

Really….!!!!???

Really What???

Re: Hardaker? : Wed Apr 27, 2022 10:42 am  

Surely the inference is obvious: if those are Hardaker's words (I assume they are?), then surely the comment is that things have actually turned out just how Hardaker wanted (or, you might say, engineered).

Re: Hardaker? : Wed Apr 27, 2022 10:43 am  

Shabino wrote:

‘The way I left Wigan wasn’t the way I wanted to leave the club but I would like to thank everyone there for the opportunity to play for Wigan,” Hardaker said.

Really….!!!!???

All getting abit boring now this.

This is just PR, clearly what has gone on is not going to be common public knowlege so both Wigan and Zak are saying nice things and parting ways for minimal drama.

Nothing else to be said really, case over. He is your future issue now.

Re: Hardaker? : Wed Apr 27, 2022 10:45 am  

That's about the top and bottom of it, yes.