Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:04 am  

the artist wrote:

big george rose signing for us next week from melbourne storm. i'm not too thrilled

Hope so, but don't think he will, if you don't have support runners when he.s on the pitch, something seriously wrong, he'd be good in super league

Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:35 am  

See why you called him Big, hope it's true we would be looing at a very big pack with him added also.

Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:37 am  

weaver93 wrote:

IF Crooks returns to UK,& his FC contract expired.

Hull have his registration,but can they demand a fee,if he's a free agent?

I don't think so. Bosman ruling covers that I think.

I hope it doesn't come to that though and that he goes well in Australia or becomes a great player for us.

Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:45 am  

I would rather we signed Rose than Tahu.

At 31 he's not a bad age for a prop and we certainly need a prop more than another outside back or second row. There have been times this year when our forwards have struggled to make metres down the middle.

However, didn't the rumour Wilf referred to say we were signing an ex-international outside bacK?

Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:51 am  

Diogenes wrote:

I would rather we signed Rose than Tahu.

At 31 he's not a bad age for a prop and we certainly need a prop more than another outside back or second row. There have been times this year when our forwards have struggled to make metres down the middle.

However, didn't the rumour Wilf referred to say we were signing an ex-international outside bacK?

maybe he was talking about Rose's sweet stash which he keeps out back?

Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:52 am  

We will get fee because he's come through the academy and a fee will be paid.

Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:57 am  

Ellam wrote:

We will get fee because he's come through the academy and a fee will be paid.

Does that still apply if he's over 23? I'll check...

The RFL wrote:

C1:2:10 A Player's name shall be immediately removed from a Club's Register and placed on the Register of Free Agents as set out below:
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b - in the case of Professional Players who are not under a current, valid contract, on receipt by the RFL of a written request to remove the Player from the Register by the Player or the Club in the following circumstances:
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- a Player who has reached or passed his Compensation Expiry Date and is not under contract
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The Compensation Expiry Date shall mean the 1st of December immediately after a Player has both reached the age of 22 and is also a Contract Expired Player but if on or before 30 November in any year a Player's contract has expired and he has already turned 21 years of age, then his Compensation Expiry Date shall be the date of his 22nd birthday and not 1st December next following.

Seems like no fee.

Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:15 am  

C for Cuckoo wrote:

Does that still apply if he's over 23? I'll check...

Seems like no fee.

Thought he's got a contract with us for 2015 and 2016

He'll be in Aus (on a loan deal?) for 2015.

so if he comes back to The Kingdom of England, Wales and Nothern Ireland in 2016 and doesnt want to play for us then he's still ours, to sell

Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:25 am  

Lancaster to wire

Re: Wild Speculation Thread : Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:10 pm  

hullovateam! wrote:

Lancaster to wire

Like AP said we wont be held to ransom or pay a lot more to one U19's and upset all the others.