Posted on twitter when asked if he is leaving:

'nah im contracted to Salford for 2 years. Why are people write this sh*t'

Good grief ... every media outlet has him going ... no smke without a fire.


Personally I would be delighted if he stayed: he's serious class.

but like most Aussies we get , accident prone

Wonder if we'd be tempted to try him out at stand off next year (if he's staying).

I thought when Smith went this year we might have tried him at 6 with D at 7 as really they might have caused some damage.

Hope he does stay as he is serious class and a cut above what we've been used to for the past few seasons. I'd go so far as to say if this 5 year plan we've read about is going to materialise then we need to keep him and make him our star player and build not so much a team around him (never see the logic in building a team round one player as you build your backs round your stand off and your forwards round your scrum halve) but have him in one position and bring one of the youngsters through in the other and have him learn from one of the very best. We certainly have the wingers to trouble anyone outside them and in Gibson a replacement who never really lets us down and scores at a very good ratio when he is in the team.

yep the bloody fire was called the turkey, a place loved by poor journalists with fat backsides and a bone idol attitude

He has seemingly told numerous different followers on Twitter in the last few hours that he has a year to go on his contract and IS NOT leaving. That makes him either a) a bare faced liar (if he ends up going early) or b) a bloke simply decent enough to honour the contract he signed 12 months ago. Personally I'm hoping it's the latter as I think he is a class player, though one we need to see on the park more often than this season.

You're right Bigpev, now I come to think of it, the only place I have read that "Joel Moon...now also head(s) for the departure lounge with bags packed" was in the MEN - and we all know where that font of all knowlege gets his scoops from...

Someone on the Cronulla Sharks board has posted that they have spoken to one of his family and the Sharks and Rabbitohs were after him for 2013 but we wouldn't release him from his contract. (If true) Firstly, good on the club for sticking to their guns. Secondly, lets hope that if he is here next year he doesn't spend the season sulking or 'injured' and does his utmost to put himself in the NRL shop window.

Last Christmas a mate was over from Oz, (a Warrington fan) and asked about our two big signing from down under.

Answer both suffer from too many injuries, Moon is best at stand off

Now so far he is right about the injuries.
So give him a go at 6

so did he go to a tribunal to try and get a release from his contract as rumoured on here and in the MEN?

A trustworthy rugby league journal,on sale each Monday,reported that the tribunal was held last Friday.
I read elsewhere,recently,possibly on Twitter,that the tribunal was lost.
Either he now focuses on Salford and the future,or his head is elsewhere and therein lies a problem.
Just another issue for the coaching staff.......pleased they thrive on stress.

He obviously doesn't want to be here then, let him go with the rest ffs start a fresh.

Correction: He obviously doesn't want to be here then, let him go for a transfer fee with the rest ffs start a fresh.

The answer to this question may explain why the player is rumoured to be unsettled.

[iWhat is the new profession of a recently retired Salford City Reds player?[/i

A, Airline Pilot

B, Brain Surgeon

C, Rugby Player Agent (With self interests and looking for clients)

Answers on a postcard to Mr Neil Barker at the MEN.

Moon didn't get injured until we signed him then he broke his ankle, previuos to that he had no problems playing almost constantly from 2006 either first grade or county grade rugby.

Agreed , considering the busted ankle and busted Hand injuries , he healed up pretty quickly and it didn't really effect his onfield performances which were impressive considering most overseas signings take a season to really bed in & play well .
That's why the Hernia Op he won't play again this season story sounded odd , Salford Strap them up & Jab them up and don't put on the operating table unless it's pretty serious .
Mcpherson pretty much played a 3rd of the season with a busted Knee until he busted his other knee !
Jewitt played the latter half of the season Jabbed up with a bad shoulder injury , until it got too bad .

Due to the size of the playing squad, I don't think the club have any option but to patch them up and put them out. It would also explain why our season tails off so badly every year.

According to reports he went to the rfl tribuneral to get an early release and they told him he couldnt and that he would have to stay.

If he his with us next season under duress,I bet he is on the treatment table a lot.Like you say let him go.

[iPress reports this morning state that the Leeds Rhinos want Joel Moon

If this is true and not just paper talk then I think we better get use to the idea Mr Moon won't be playing for the Reds in 2013.

Good luck to the lad it's a short career and he must do what's best for him and his family. Plus he's made it clear he does not want to be with the Salford City Reds were led to believe.

Like everything in the game it will all come out in the wash sooner or later...

ROLL ON NEXT SEASON.. WITH or WITHOUT JOEL MOON.


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but he also said he was homesick,

Obviously suffering with the same problem as Hudson Smith all those years ago. For those who don't know Hudson Smith he was an Australian signing that apparently pleaded with the club to release him from his contract due to severe home sickness and then signed for the Bradford Bulls the day after he was released.

'Homesick' will always be a good lad in my eyes. He beat the living out of Matt Schultz at The Willows, bought me a couple of drinks in Sydney and comes across as a decent bloke. Although irrelevant, he has hands like Pat Jennings (I bumped into him in a civic amenity site) - bloody huge.

I have never held it against anyone wanting to leave Salford as, let's face it, we have been a circus for many years.

See all the other fans are stirring the with Joel on Twitter adding fuel to fire, seems to be listening too.

Adolf Hitler is thought to have been a much more affable boss than Winston Churchill too.

Typical scouser Saints fans trying to nick one of ours when Salford are down and people are kicking, HMRC only spotted the tax owed after the winding up order was issued.

Bigpev, please don't be so naive. HMRC don't spot tax that is owed, it is told to them by the taxpayer either via monthly PAYE returns or the annual corporation tax return in the case of companies ( Self Assessment returns for individuals) in the abscence they will then raise estimated liabilities.