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Suspect it will be announced as soon as England are out of the world cup

I saw this yesterday but just presumed it was a salary cap reason and they’d decided to use Hastings wage on Bateman. Says a lot really if true with regards to Hastings character, he comes across as a good guy on social media and although he clearly never had the love for Wigan he did for Salford I thought openly he seemed a decent enough bloke. But there has been quite a lot of stories of him not being the most liked by other players and it says a lot that Wests will side with an English newcomer over someone who has been at the club for a year and from what I saw did pretty well on the pitch. I know Wests fans are not happy with this.

I was merely highlighting where his ill-discipline has cost us (a high profile loss in this instance). His figures are lacklustre at best, considering his experience, and the Poundland enforcer act is infuriating.
I was hoping the Cooper signing signalled his departure and hopefully it will.

Too much smoke for there to be no fire where Hastings is concerned. Think he was a bad egg.

You can bet that is why they are not releasing the squad numbers until after Bateman goes.

Strange one as he has a Mr Nice Guy routine with fans and is very engaging on social media. As you say no smoke without fire and we have gone from strength to strength since he and Hardaker left yet on the pitch they were 2 of our best players.

Realistically, what is a bad egg?

What one person sees as being difficult, is acceptable to another. To some, a guy like Wane could easily be labelled as difficult. Thompson got stick for not taking a pay cut etc. Gelling got grief for being more laid back. Are they bad eggs, or different personalities? Hastings might be prickly, or a bit of a loner but he always struck me as someone who gives maximum effort.

Does a team not need different types of people? The kind who'll keep moral up Vs the kind with mean competitive streak etc?

Talking of Gelling I think his performances for the Cook Islands off the back of little rugby the last few years was impressive but he’s obviously got troubles with him not seeing out the tournament.
I know he made people pull their hair out but I believe there was a top talent in their that didn’t reach its potential.

Yeah undoubtedly, you get the point I was trying to make. You can't have all same people whether that's ultra driven folk, or people that like to take it easy. You need a balance.