Hull's approach for Johnson is illegal. Can we go to the RFL about these slimy codheads?

Don't expect anything else from them to be honest. With the new man at the KC he has a I will buy anyone and do anything I like attitude,so even if proved they have done wrong a fine will mean nothing to them.

Fuck me.

Link? Probably wouldn't be worth it.

Waste of time, all clubs do this through agents.

just to give you a few facts 95% of hull peaple eat Haddock Cod hardly ever gets sold unless you ask for it, we know what good fish tasts like unlike you lot in west yorkshire who havnt a clue, Its Grimsby who are the centre for caching cod and serving it ok



good luck for next season

Im very certain they have already been reported over Kyle Amor and Rangi Chase.

I'm pretty sure we havent when Gary Hetherington said we had enquired about Amor, and the Cas chairman said there was a deal agreed

Players really want the penny and the bun don`t they. Yesterday Bryn Hargreaves was crying in his beer because a nasty man did not turn up for a meeting and felt that players were treated poorly. Today we hear that a player and his agent may have conspired against their employer to break rules in order to move clubs. We all know this sort of thing goes on but listening to players bang on about how poorly they are treated, and reading all the guff on tweeter from players backing up Bryn Hargreaves makes you sick. We gave Jonhnson his chance in SL after Saints dis not want him and yet in return his agent may not have had the decency to play by the rules. The sooner the club owners get together and refuse to deal with agents the better, it will never be but wouldn`t it be nice not to have these parasites in our game.No problem if a player gets a better offer as long as he plays by the rules. On a positive I have always emjoyed watching Jonson play for us, he gave 100%, I am sure he is a great lad just poorly advised. His going does open up a route to the first team for Walshaw and Trout.

It's no different to someone leaving an office job.
If you get the chance of a better deal you are going to go. No loyalty needed.

Sometimes people give notice and go sick and don't work their notice. That's unfair. Sometimes people get pushed out. That's unfair too. No different for rugby players or anyone else.

I wish it was always done honourably but it isn't. If one does the wrong thing the other deserves their breach of contract payment (a la Harris saga). That's just the way it is.

And if we replace him with Kirke I'd be happy.

If he doesn't want to play for us let him go.
If Hull made an illegal approach sting them for some money.

They can afford the fine now they aren't getting Rangi. Or Amor. Or Paea, Taylor, Elima, Bateman and a few others they threw money at but got turned down. Johnson is a decent player but that is all, certainly not one that is is going to take Hull up another level. Losing Moa and replacing him with Johnson isn't exactly like for like, Johnson couldn't even get in the Wakey team for large parts of the season, we played Southern at prop instead. Not seeing a great amount of improvement in Hull next year up to press, Ellis is a very good signing but they've lost Manu which is a blow, Arundal is unproven and his shoulder injury is an issue, Galea had retired and Crookes is no better than Sharp & Lineham imho. Holdsworth is good on his day but those days have always been very hit and miss, both at Salford and the Bulldogs before them. And, bar Ellis (whose team didn't make the finals in the nrl), all signings are from teams that finished lower than them in the table. Think Mr Pearson has found things not as easy as he thought it would be.

Where's the link to confirm it was an illegal approach?

No he didn't.

I see someone has a nice new pair of blinkers

anyone have an actual link to the story? I cant find it anywhere.

Not wanting to get into an arguement over illegal approaches or not but I have to pick you up on fish. We know what good fish taste like in West Yorkshire. Thats why virtually all Fish & Chip shops in West Yorkshire, certainly Wakefield, fry Haddock and not Cod so please don't insult us.

Indeed I will be having a nice piece of Haddock for my tea, with a few chips of course and some mushy peas.

Having not got access to the express, in what way do they think the approach is illegal?

Don't really know much about these things so no idea what is illegal and what isn't!

If it is an illegal approach I hope we do them for whatever we can. Sick of clubs like Hudds and Hull poaching our players, we'll never truley be competitive if this carries on.

Can't find a link on Express website, but main headline on back page is "JOHNSON DEAL ANGERS CATS", and basically goes on to say that we had offered Johnson a new deal, but that Hull approached him before 1st September, and then signed him without informing us. Elston claims "it was about 4 weeks before September".

Cheers! Doesn't sound right, does anyone reckon something will come of it.

Didn't we get fined £5000 for an illegal approach for Jason Robinson when our "saviour" John Pearman put in the briefest of appearances ???

Gentle seems to be able to turn average players into good players

Is that a "typo"...???, you put Gentle when I think you meant to put Agar !!!!!

I recall quite clearly all the Hull fans we were stood with at BV saying just that.............................................not!!


My momma used to say Forest, Fickle is as fickle does!!!!