And fwiw I do think Fieid is a way better option than Hardaker . That try vs Salford is absolutely breathtaking. You lot are lucky to be watching that week in. Hardaker used to do that for us when he had that pace!

This.

With bells on!

It appears another arrest along with his mother on this occasion was the straw that broke the donkeys back.

Good riddance to someone who can only erode the culture Peet and co are trying to build.

What was the arrest for Jon?

Standard Zak, drunk and disorderly.

His mother's a career criminal too?

the nuts never fall far from the tree

We don’t want him if this true…..

Last week I replied to a couple of people who said it was about the Wakey Cup game and not getting on the coach/late for training etc
I replied "That was the first incident"

What John is alluding too is let's just say along the lines of what I was referring to last week.

You seem like an ok fella so can we now put this 'Zak has been hard done to' to bed now? Wigan have behaved impeccably in their treatment of him. No club could have done more. Unfortunately, even that's not enough to keep him on the straight and narrow. It's a shame but he's not the first that is beyond help and, sad to say, he won't be the last either.

Yeah agreed . Is such a waste of talent . Wigan club been very gracious in it’s closing statement too ……

And yes I should have heeded your words. I just find how polite the club have been about Zak misleading if all this true…
Might have been better calling out how supportive they’ve been and the level of the repeat offending…
But hey ho. All water under the bridge for you and possibly the start of the choppy waters for us!

Confirmed he's gone to Leeds. https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2022/04/26/ ... -for-2022/

Confirmed he's gone to Leeds. https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2022/04/26/ ... -for-2022/

And if you read his statement it sounds like William Shakespeare worded it, and Carey Grant delivered it! https://www.totalrl.com/zak-hardaker-on ... confirmed/

And if you read his statement it sounds like William Shakespeare worded it, and Carey Grant delivered it! https://www.totalrl.com/zak-hardaker-on ... confirmed/

I actually think you should be ok. You've taken him on a short term contract and surely even Zak won't mess up yet another opportunity in such a short space of time. Surely?......

Ordinarily I would never feel sorry for Wigan but I do feel sorry for them in this instance. They've been unbelievably supportive throughout and are now a man down whilst not even receiving a transfer fee.

I'm sure they'll have money on the cap now to spend but its hard to sign during a season and also its something that they probably haven't looked at in much detail before the season started.

Hardaker has got exactly what he wants and will undoubtedly still be on a good wedge.

We got him for free, and as long as we havent paid a brass button to get shut of him, its fine by me.

Was about to say that. You got some food service out of a top player . You knew what you were signing he would never have left Yorkshire in first place without the issues!

Without Wigan, this guy wouldn't have had a career by now. The time, effort and faith shown in him by the club has been massive. Had he joined a club closer to home 4 years ago, he would probably have reverted to type long ago.

We thought we were signing a top player. Reality is, he is a slowing average player who very rarely stood out for us. Good service? Debatable, brought plenty of baggage and kept trouble close by all the time. We are well rid and Leeds have made a mistake. I thought Leeds would be up there this season but the reality is you in a race to the bottom. Austin and Sezer obviously aren't interested and Hardaker will bring out the worst in your gullible players. Good luck, you will need it.

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.

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

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.