Exactly! If he was just going to do this then Wigan should have just suspended him indefinitely to sort himself out!

Just remember youre hoping here that the RFL will have rules that dont penalise teams for player problems.

I would like to see them try considering what Hull KR are doing/did with Dobson though.

We needed to get rid of him. I think that like you say we should have suspended him but put him up for transfer. That way we give him permission to talk to other clubs if he wanted to and also recoup some of the 100k we paid.

We didn't sack him. He had this season and next season left on his contract. They've been touting him round Australia and said he doesn't want a big wage. Reading between the lines, it wouldn't surprise me if we've paid his contract up for this year.

Haha

Shooter i'd take that comment off asap before you get in trouble on here

EDIT just seen your first one i'd take that off aswell

Agreed.

Done

Looks well when me of all people are asking someone to take something off

Sounds about right. I doubt its worth us trying to replace him this year. I'm pretty sure IL said at the start of the year there was some money left on the cap, I doubt it's enough to bring in someone of equal or better quality than Gleeson.

I suppose Waney should start looking for next year though!

I can see your name above the door already

He's obviously taking a career break if he's signing for Hull.

Loved him at Wigan, and i assume most people know the reason we got shut, and wouldnt hold a grudge against the lad - Wigan were put in a dodgy position and i wish him all the best

Wigan have not "paid him off", they have terminated his contract.

We should have done a swap deal if he was just gonna sign for another club so much for sorting himself out I think lenegan has bo@@ocks this one up from all aspects

you know this how?

It'll be a cold day in hell when he gets a mods badge

Meow.

i am not aware of why, i know the rumors but nothing thats accurate

£140k + Mathers (according to my reading of Wigan's published accounts)

I would never want to be a mod anyway thankless job and a pain but there are some perks I suppose, like editing peoples posts.

Pemps is the best and Neil_A stinks of poo.

Or been taken for a ride by Gleeson. Either way it leaves a bad taste. We've basically given him a free transfer to Hull without having a replacement lined up.

cant help but feel screwed over in this

no matter which way you look at this wigan have lost out. were they aware he would sign for another SL club so soon after mutually terminating his contract at wigan (if it was mutual) and if so surely wigan should have taken some sort of benefit from it but by the sounds of things we haven't.

bit gutted really. since gleeson has been out of the side we have struggled defensively on the whole due to the constant rotation of playing staff IMO.

seems a little double standards to me, making gleeson leave but signing hock back up, both different personal lives and reasons for their respective controversies obviously but on the whole both with their own personal demons. why get rid of one who can play now but "keep" hold of one who can't yet play?

good signing for hull IMO despite what he may be dealing with off the pitch. i don't think pairing him up with longy etc again will have any bearing whatsoever. if they are mates outside of rugby anyway then it will make no difference whether they are in the same team or not.

Its not really double standards though is it? Hock had ONE moment of idiocy that cost him two years of his lucrative career. Gleeson had at least 3 moments of idiocy that cost him his contract at the most famous club in the world. Hock i, in I think most fan's eyes, not as bad as Gleeson because he only did 1 thing wrong and it cost him more than it did Gleeson for his multiple idiotic moments.