Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 3:03 am  

hatty wrote:

Our very own Russell Grant

No, i just think deeply and question everything.

It was fairly easy to see that Hastings does not want to come and never has just by going straight to the source himself and listening closely to him when he has been questioned about his move.

Im not saying he wont end up coming but theres no smoke without fire and he clearly holds no desire to play for Wigan.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:45 am  

I don’t get this opinion that he never wanted to come and has a dislike of Wigan. If he didn’t why did he sign on the dotted line in the first place? He’s mates with Lam, Hardaker, Gildart and Joe Burgess, so he’s not short of people to mix with.

He may have changed his mind based on an offer from back home but I doubt we held a gun to his head in the first place.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:52 am  

Just seen an Instagram picture of Hastings showing a bare piece of land saying ‘new house pending’ (looks a bit sunny to be Ince) Now the guy may be getting one built for when he goes back in a year or two but he’s literally making zero effort to dampen the flames, in fact with things like that he’s just throwing fuel on instead.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:52 am  

I usually try to ignore rumours and talk and focus on what's real; official announcements from the club or player.

But... this doesn't feel good. I've lost a lot of faith in the club with regards to contracts after the Edwards situation and now feel something isn't right with Hastings.

I could be wrong, but I don't think I've seen ANYTHING from him regarding him signing for Wigan, no pic in the kit, no interview no promo featuring him, no positive tweets or social media comments. Instead we see Jackson refusing to change his Insta bio, rumblings he's thinking of a U-turn, new housing comments when over in Oz; none of it looks positive. If Jackson is aware of all this, he should personally address it, all he needs to be is a tweet or post which takes literally 30 seconds to rubbish rumours and it's all put to bed; but he hasn't.

If we don't have Jackson for 2020 we're left in a right mess. We're already debating what to do with French, but having no Jackson leaves us without that dominate half at time in the year when recruiting that key player is increasingly difficult.

Shall we just ring Latrell Mitchell now?

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:58 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Just seen an Instagram picture of Hastings showing a bare piece of land saying ‘new house pending’ (looks a bit sunny to be Ince) Now the guy may be getting one built for when he goes back in a year or two but he’s literally making zero effort to dampen the flames, in fact with things like that he’s just throwing fuel on instead.

If it's still bare ground, I'd be surprised if there was an inhabitable house there any time between now and mid-2020 at the earliest, but I'm finding it difficult to take comfort from that.

Considering he came over as such a decent bloke when he was at Salford, I have to say that I'm not getting that vibe at Wigan.

He's busy on Twitter, but never seems to mention his 'new club' - and now would be a particularly good time as the rumours are rife.

I won't pretend that I'm not getting a bit worried that we might have bought another lemon.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:59 am  

Cruncher wrote:

If it's still bare ground, I'd be surprised if there was an inhabitable house there any time between now and mid-2020 at the earlies, but I'm finding it difficult to take comfort from that.

Considering he came over as such a decent bloke when he was at Salford, I have to say that I'm not getting that vibe at Wigan.

He's busy on Twitter, but never seems to mention his 'new club' - and now would be a particularly good time as the rumours are rife.

I won't pretend that I'm not getting a bit worried that we might have bought another lemon.

I agree. He could end all rumours in a single tweet. Yet he's failed to do so. He'll be fully aware of the rumblings. I'd like to know why he's not addressing it. Would take him all of 30 seconds.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:59 am  

Is he related to Shaun Edwards?

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:48 am  

The fact that he is not denying it is worrying particularly as he is usually so active on social media.

Another potential embarrassing situation for Wigan.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:51 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

I don’t get this opinion that he never wanted to come and has a dislike of Wigan. If he didn’t why did he sign on the dotted line in the first place? He’s mates with Lam, Hardaker, Gildart and Joe Burgess, so he’s not short of people to mix with.

He may have changed his mind based on an offer from back home but I doubt we held a gun to his head in the first place.

Money makes people do all kinds of things they dont really want to do and then regret.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 09, 2019 12:27 pm  

The_Enforcer wrote:

Money makes people do all kinds of things they dont really want to do and then regret.

It's been well documented these last twelve months about him being "an honest and upstanding guy with good morals".

Let's see eh!