If we are left without a half back come the new year I’d take a punt on Smith as who else is there?

I’d have had Aidan Sezer in a heartbeat but he’s gone to Huddersfield.

All in all, there may be a bit of truth in the rumour and if it is and there are NRL clubs after him then as long as they provide us with a replacement half then I’d be happy. Mitchell Pearce would be nice, or Chad Townsend, Adam Reynolds or Michael Morgan.

The guy is apparently an active tweeter, but he hasn't addressed this issue at all, which I have to say I find worrying.

This isn’t the first time this issue has arisen and there’s no smoke without fire, if he’s not committed get a big fee for him and move him on, no one is bigger than the club and I’m sure we’d survive

Bulldogs want him to replace the injured Foran.Apparantly he DOES have an NRL release clause

We all knew that, his clause is for the end of the first year providing he informs the club he wants to activate it before a set date.

Literally never mentioned he’s moving to Wigan since he signed.

Someone asked him to update his Instagram bio which said “ Salford Red Devil’s #31”

Someone said change it to Wigan

He replied “nah”

I said this back in Oct when I spoke to him and was shot down. He is barely acknowledging being a Wigan player and I personally believe he doesn't want to play for our club or actually live in England anymore.

As long as that’s Harry and not Matty Smith?



I can’t see any of them moving now TBH. Personally I’d be inclined to say go with what we’ve got rather than panic sign or we’ll end up with another sub standard player like Sammutt.

There is no smoke without fire and what did i say a couple of months back?

I said that Lenegan should contact him and just tear his contract up if he doesnt want to come (or something along those lines).

It was met with howls and scathing attacks against me. But the fact is, Hastings has not once shown a scintilla of enthusiasm for joining the club, in fact, he has always come across as having a dislike of Wigan.

We do not need players that dont really want to come and are only coming because the money was too good to refuse. I know the money is always a big part of a player going to a club but at least they usually show some enthusiasm. The way Hastings has acted has me wondering if he would even try his best whilst here?

George Ford anyone?

If there's any legs in this then it seems as a club we seem to maybe be getting the dirty end of both sticks at the same time.

On one hand we have a player, contracted for another twelve months. Doesn't seem to have any interest in making his way into the team and happy to see his contract ride out until the bitter end. Contribution to the team = 0.

On the other we "may" have a new signing who potentially has zero interest in playing for us. Now assuming we have actually agreed a contract (and not just another embarrassing handshake) then we need to stick to our guns and make him play the twelve months or put a ridiculouy high transfer fee on him.

If all is true It's time for our club to stop pandering to players whims. It literally doesn't seem to affect any other club in SL.

I said something similar a few days before your original post on the matter and was met with the same attitude, Shame there's too many tinted spectacle wearers on here

If true that is pretty damning. He certainly has a rugby 'brain', but he does lack some pace.

If he (Hastings) isn’t coming we should not stand in his way or try and force him to come. It does neither party any good and for us would detract from an otherwise promising season.

It’s pretty simple for me; Jackson, are you coming yes or no? If yes, we crack on and kill these rumours. If no we negotiate a release with him/his new club and immediately target a new HB or go with what we’ve got. Someone mentioned George Ford before, that would be one hell of a move and I for one would back that 100%.

We can’t let this saga embarrass us as a club like the Shaun Edwards saga. We waited too long to act on that despite rumours swilling around for weeks beforehand, we need to get out in front of this one and be utterly brutal in it as well. We need to come out looking better than Jackson, even if that means some uncomfortable truths for him.

They need to resolve this quickly as season tickets have been bought on the back of this signing.

WE NEED AN ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

Absolutely. A sole club announcement won’t cut it. It needs a joint one with Hastings or a confirmatory “he’s not coming”. This can’t go on for weeks on end, it needs to be nipped in the bud immediately.

Radlinski & Leneghan have the backbone of a flump so nothing will be said or done. As already stated, season tickets have been purchased on the back of these new signings.

Ive got used to it now. If the happy clappers are rubbishing what i say it must mean im thinking clearly and using reason.

I was right about Edwards, our forwards needing toughening up (Skerrett), WCC being a foregone conclusion, Salford in the final eliminator, and now my suspicions about Hastings are gaining momentum.

Our very own Russell Grant

When Denny Solomona went to Sale halfway through a signed contract Cas eventually got £250,000 for him. Didn't work out too badly though as Greg Eden was a more than adequate replacement the following season so if he signs for another club you should be chasing them.

Not quite as easy for Wigan to pursue legal action against someone who is no longer in the country and employed by a non-UK based company.
And it didn’t quite work out that well - most of the £250k was spent on making Zak Hardaker’s loan move permanent.

I'm sure I've seen someone mention Sam Tomkins as a potential replacement (if it ends up coming to that) & all I can say is - god I hope we that lucky.

Well it’s time they found some backbone. No player is bigger than any club and I’m sick of players trying to be bigger than the club (not just necessarily Wigan RL or RL for that matter). It’s high time we came out with the brutal honest truth, obviously providing this whole story is true, stating Hastings has walked out on his contract and showed no signs during the off season he had any intentions of coming and playing for Wigan.

I really hope this isn’t true though. He seems like a genuine honest bloke and I’d hope that he’d be honest about his intentions and quell these rumours.

He’ll come but he won’t want to, we’ll hold him to his 1 year deal then he’ll bugger off to the nrl, what quality we get from him is unknown