https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/63259212 Released so he could go back to Hudds. Rumour has it has a knee injury that's more serious than first thought. Are we making cap room do you think ahead of the World Cup?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/63259212 Released so he could go back to Hudds. Rumour has it has a knee injury that's more serious than first thought. Are we making cap room do you think ahead of the World Cup?

Sorry to see him go but Smith is the coach now and I trust him.

Released? No fee, bloody bonkers. Must be more to it, if he’s got a serious knee injury, why would Hudds give him a 3 year deal

Class player. Sorry to see him go. But like most things we are not aware what goes on behind closed doors. Smith will be calling the shots and we have to trust him. Good luck to the lad. But we move on. Hopefully have another couple of signings lined up

Had to happen in my humble opinion, big part of the 'reboot'.

No doubt talented but not what we need at the moment, we clearly need the cap space.

Just a tad disappointed that others hotly tipped to be shown the door seem likely to be here next year.

In AP & TS we trust, at least getting on with it, not writing next season off just yet.

Think maybe a player exchange is involved
Dont like the club insinuation that he has a much more serious injury than he has.Makes the club look foolish and a bit petty given Hudds 3 year contract.
I am certain their medical staff have done their homework

The club hasn't mentioned anything, it was the HDM - but they may have a genuine concern about his injury

Because nobody else would take them, so we are stuck with them.

HDM clearly acting as a mouthpiece for the club to try and put a spin on him leaving.

Be interesting to see how much of the season he misses

the information though has obviously come from the club just like the HDM revealed several weeks ago that the club would be willing to let Connor move on.
I have said several times i would be happy to see Connor move on if we could get a decent fee for him to help the club move forward and possibly help moving Taylor and Griffin on.
If we havnt received a fee seems to me that there is possibly a player exchange but as i said i dont like the way the club are trying to downplay the loss of Connor by saying he may have a very serious injury when the medical staff at Hudds have cleared the move for a three year deal.

If any, Greg Brown isn’t held in such high esteem for nothing.

where does it say the club say he has a serious injury? its the HDM . Maybe he has maybe he hasnt, But once again cant wait to have a dig,

3 scenarios:
1. The HDM totally made it up
2. The HDM have access to his medial records
3. Somebody at the club let that information out

What do you think is most likely? Or do you have a 4th scenario?

my point it wasnt a direct quote from the club. not hard to understand is it. Its all conjecture till FC come out and tell us.

There is no chance any club would come out and say that they are releasing somebody because they think he is injured. The club and medical staff would look incredibly foolish if Connor lines up for Huddersfield in round 1. Leaving it up to the media to report on it being a possibility saves face.

Hilarious how people are now saying what I said over a year ago





Weird how fans change their views once a player leaves





Connor Is good against the minnows but go's missing in the big games ie Wigan saints Huddersfield QF

He's also a liability with penalties etc

I said back in July the club and player were looking for a release
Huddersfield is a good fit for Jake, lot less pressure.
Some posters on here believed saints, wigan and host of Nrl clubs were after him. Yet Somehow he’s gone back to Hudds!

Yeah, he averaged 0.7 a game this season, shocking.

Do you ever think it's because the better teams managed to nullify our 1 attacking player over the last 2 seasons

Yeah that game this season against Wigan at home he was awful, think it was just the 5 tries he set up

He was far from a liability and whether you like it not without Jake Connor we would have been in a very different position as a club. Other players around him failed to create to a consistent level and this pass season failed altogether. Jake Connor was an integral part to most of the points scored.

I think the movement is in all honesty best for both the club and Jake.
With the signing of Hoy and Truman I think Smith had an issue of what to do with Connor and where to play him. Hoy is the obvious choice for FB and just don’t see Connor as a half or one that would link well with a player like Truman.
So with a year left on his deal and him unlikely to renew plus the possibility he will miss a chunk of the coming season it’s a sensible decision to move him on to use the cap space he takes up.

That said I’m still disappointed he’s gone as he is a talented player and would liked to have seen him under the guidance of Smith. Though hard facts are Smith needed to change things and quickly so moving Jake on means opening up room for changes earlier.

A meaningless game and iirc was before Wigans challenge cup final

Get your head on
The club via the HDM have said he could be out for 10 months.Tomlinson is the HDM spokesman for the club.He doesnt make it up its what he has been told and he would not be able to put it in print if the club havnt sanctioned it.
If thats correct dont you count 10 months out of action as a serious injury?

You don't half come out with some crap.

They played a full strength team.