Does Hastings not have a point? I can see why players would be annoyed if the club are saying they can't afford to honour their contracted salaries whilst at the same time committing to pay a lot for Bateman.

He should be smarter about having fans on social media though. People have no boundaries about what they will try to find out and share. I hate how everyone now knows the ins and outs of Bateman's family situation, Flower's house plans, Escare's front garden to name a few that have come up on here in the last year or two!

Fully agree he’s got a point and fully agree he should be smarter about how he chooses to go about airing those grievances. You don’t have to be following him to see the comments. I’m not on twitter but can see comments. I came across the Gildart picture backing the potential Lenagan takeover of Latics and stumbled across these comments. I found it unprofessional considering that they’d be in full view of anybody and seeing as they’ve been removed, it would seem he’s had second thoughts himself.

I just think it’s seems to be the latest snide comment/dig at the club/town that he’s made and if he’s got issues he should be sorting them out behind the scenes. When people were calling for comment from him around the time of the rumours he wasn’t coming, he wasn’t prepared to make any (which is fair enough) but he then puts things like that on for people to see. I just think you can sense why he’s had issues in the past.

He’s been trying to move back to Aus next season all year and this situation will be the get out card he uses. His snidy little comments about Wigan and tweets about full pay etc then deleting them shows disrespect to us and if he doesn’t want to be here send him packing. I’ve gotten fed up of his fairytale reborn act when it’s quite clear why he was kicked out of Australia.

I've also kept fairly quiet about JH but if that's the sort of stuff he's up to and he thinks acceptable then i'll be glad to see the back of him - though I've fully expected to see the back of him, at the end of 2020, since the day he signed.

A leopard can't change its spots and all that.
Get him announced as leaving. He clearly is. Good riddance if this is his attitude to WRL.

I’d have had less of an issue with it had he been brave enough to just put the comments out there on his own profiles, rather than commenting on pictures posted by another player. The way he did it drags Gildart in to something he’s not asked to be involved in. Gildart is a Wigan lad, seems happy to be here and seems to have been nothing but a decent lad in his time with the club and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was he who asked for the comments to be removed. A comment like ‘why don’t you tell them what you really think’ suggests they’ve spoke in ‘Private’ behind the scenes and I’d be pretty miffed if I were Gildart that he’s being potentially thrown under a bus. If Hastings wanted somebody to say what they thought, then why not just do it himself?

There just seems to have been an unnecessary amount of game playing since he’s been here to me. Get to the end of the year, hopefully win something and part ways and I think that’ll be the best for everyone.

Yeah you’re spot on he’s a great player but his attitude off the pitch for us isn’t good and like you said previously i find it funny how he wasn’t prepared to comment on the rumours about not joining us in the pre season yet since tjen he’s been happy to comment on every little thing, he enjoys the drama and acts like a kid at times but when he’s called out he reverts to being the victim. I just hope we can replace him with someone decent next year

Fed up of Hastings,

Refused to squash rumours that he wasn’t joining Wigan in the pre season.

Moaning about not being in full pay, unprofessionally on social media (no problem him moaning in the proper channels)

Constantly sharing stuff from the time Salford stopped his current employer from going to old Trafford last year. Just not a good look.

Moaning about the new rules, moaning about only having a 2 weeks to train before we start again.

Went completely MISSING during the second half of that Salford game this year, rewatch it nowhere to be seen in the second half. He was probably too busy planning himself going over to clap the Salford fans.

He’s obviously a good player, LOVES Salford which is great, he was amazing for them. He was great for them and they were great to him. Why didn’t he just stay with them for one more year then heading back to Aus.

Bizarre bloke, give Harry Smith a start from next year please. Nobody should use Wigan as an option.

Made up Bateman is back. Best second rower on the planet IMO.

I think you will find he was offered 400K a year in Oz not dollars so if you think he is going to be on much less than that at Wigan , think again

And if you think we would/could pay him 400k gbp then think again....

It matters not, he still counts the same against the Cap.

Never said it did , Just some ridiculous low figures being quoted on here , whilst i accept his daughter is in England , his whole purpose in life is to make as much money as he can to support her , and that is a quote from himself .

He is on 220k a year. That is all Wigan can afford for him and that’s why he’s been debating for months wether to return because he knew he could make nearly double in Australia but he choose his daughter over money

Absolute nonsense , just look up his quotes in the Australian press , it is the financial future of his daughter he is interested in .

It must be right then if it’s in the Aussie press

When you have a family, especially with children and they are not with you on the other side of the world, money is not everything and you get a sense of homesickness.

It's different with young single players as they see it as a chance to see another country and be paid for doing it.

He’s come back in over 200k a year with a far cheaper lifestyle, hardly pittance is it?

So you seriously think Wigan are paying him 400k a year in this climate do you? Give your head a wobble.

This is correct. John Davidson confirming Wigan have got his on a very cheap deal ( for the class of player he is)

I have given my head a wobble and still worked out that he could earn 400k a year in Oz , so from the statement he made then no way is he coming back for 220K to play for Wigan .

220k in wigan is like 400k in Aus with the standard of living costs

ok , believe what you want , i am finished on the subject , it makes him the worst paid Marquee player in England .

You’re wrong but let’s just say you’re right anyway and as fans, we don’t really care. He’ll be turning out for Wigan, he’s a World Class player and we’re all pretty happy.

what are the other marquees earning?

He’s the best back rower in the world.

Someone sounds annoyed he isn’t going to his club.