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i dont get it?

he had 4years to make a name for himself and failed.....boohoo....thats life.

Hull seem to be a good club at looking at the youngsters future, Tom and Jack Briscoe being good examples, insisting they finish their A levels over and above their training at the club.
As for more senior players you cant force someone to do a course, as we all know well, its hard enough to get some so called pros to train.
I worked with Sonny Nickle for a while he took it upon himself to go back to education and study. It was working out for him with a decent job and future.
The help is there but the players have to take some responsibility themselves.

I have no doubt that the clubs themselves could maybe do more, but should they really? I think they should encourage but certainly not pay for it.

At the end of the day the majority of the squad will be on an above average salary doing something they love. Why should the club spend thousands of pounds a year giving players skills for when they retire. Fact is some players won't make it and will drift out the game in their early twenties, some players would take the training then sign for another club, it is of no benefit to the club other then been a financial burden.

So it is down to the individual. Players know they are gonna retire one day so they should invest some of their wages into setting themselves up for later life

This is the part that will make many people have no sympathy.


Maybe instead of having a nap he could have done something more productive. What time did he start training? 9 or 10. 5 hour day then a nap sounds like he had plenty of time to do some studying etc.

I thought this thread was about the thousands of people who stopped supporting Hull KR between approximately 1990 and 2006.

sorry, Naylor was on enough money to have provided for himself and should have made sure he also had a back-up plan in terms of qualifications.

But then, this is Robbie Paul in Chris Irvine's blog spot, so hardly opinions of intellect.