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Before Tomkins came back he was by far our best player. You make exceptions for your standout players.

If I remember correctly:

Player A put in a cheap tackle into a young academy player during a training session and he was hurt pretty badly. Player B saw this and took exception to it. Words were exchanged and once training had finished on the field everyone moved inside where it went off again. Apparently Player B was "livid".

Not sure if this is what came out in any of the books as I haven't read them.

The club should take the view that this was uncharacteristic of the player, fine him and warn him as to his future conduct. Only a charge of Gross Misconduct would warrant dismissal and that would be difficult to prove without further intervention from the police. I don't want to see a great player leaving our club.

It's the delay in making the announcement that's worrying me , why not just announce it today instead of saying in the next few days it makes me think final arrangements are being put in place to send him to another club registration or moving players to fit him under the cap . I seriously hope I am wrong by far our best player this year would be gutted to see him leave cutting off your nose to spite your face spring to mind

I'm sure it said in the Observer that "further police action" only related to the damage caused to the gym and not anything relating to injuries.

Given that one of the players who was alleged to be involved played the following week without showing any evidence of the damage that would be caused if what was alleged is true I would reasonably conclude that what was alleged was very much exaggerated or untrue.

I agree. As observed at the Salford game. I believe the local saying goes along the lines of "I've got a bigger cut on my ar$e'.

That's what the investigation was for - so you and me don't have to jump to conclusions

If you were truly in the know as you claim to be you wouldn't be posting it on here

10k fine and next available to play on July 22nd.

Fair play to the club. Taking their time to get it right. Hopefully puts some perspective into the decisions for the fans.

Back for the Saints game, nice quiet return for him then!

Thank god he's staying

Is the 8 week inclusive of the 2 already missed?

from the date of the incident

Yes yes yes

As long as the statement is true I'm happy with that. I just hope that he is genuinely remorseful and all concerned can shake hands and move on. My only concern is that bit was written in because that is what would be expected but behind the scenes he is not happy and now looking to move.

On a positive he should be well rested for the business end of the season and if he has the odd niggle it can be sorted in the next 6 weeks.

Why would the statement not be true?

Why disbelieve what Lenegan has said?

There is a saying on the lines of: "Damned if you do and damned if you don`t".

Let`s accept what has been said and move on.

Think the club have handled it well. Relieved that he is staying.

You may think the club have handled it well , i hope you still feel that way the next time he messes up

How did you feel about Bailey/Walker/Hardaker?

When basically Wigan have punished him appropriately in the same way your club did with those players?
So did you say "Until the next time he messes up" about them?

As I expected, a brief, bland statement by the club about an "incident" and what they have done with Bateman. No mention of what (if any) sanction was taken against the other person involved.

A telling line from the statement was “John Bateman has expressed his full regret at the incident, [size=150as have other parties[/size"

Questions still remain unanswered, such as

What incident?
Who else was involved?
What disciplinary action was taken against the other party?

Do Wigan Warriors actually employ a Media & Communications Officer?

I don't think any of that actually matters. And i don't think we have a right to know as such either. Guy screwed up, he's been punished, there's a game on thursday, lets move on.

How about be thankful that the matter is now closed? I'm happy, we have not lost a great player whilst recognising he needs to be suitably punished.

Again, another example of Wigan being a firm but fair club that offers support to its players. That will do for me. (can you imagine Koucash handling it like this)?

Why do you need to know all this?