Back to full fitness isn't he? Did he play for Hull last week. Could he be an option on a short term contract?

Would he be quota/non fed and if so do we have space?

Salary cap?

woundt class on the quota becasue he was here in 2004 before thenew rule was brought in same as manu

He might do a "kris radlinski" if he was asked nice enough

Injured again....

Th FC curse even affects ex players

No cap space either.

Would not be too sure about that. I cannot see how we are at the maximum with the squad we have unless we are paying vastly inflated wages which is not in the ethos of the club nowadays.

At the very least we should have Raynors wage, surely?

Definitely no cap space unless Rule is telling porkies.

Asked on Airlie Night if we could afford to buy a winger or bring one in one loan and Rule stated that we were at maximum cap. I can't understand where Raynor's wage has gone, though.

It was spent before he had left. We knew he was going mid way through last year.

Really, if we were that sure why not keep him and sack him when the outcome of the case was known? (which it still isn't)

The timing of Raynor's departure remains unfathomable to me.

right decision - if found guilty, yes
right timing - nope
should he have been gone when he last got found guilty - undoubtedly

Agree he had to go. Why not do it at the end of last season so we'd have had a fighting chance of getting a replacement.

If, as MrZHead says, we knew he was going half way through last season why was he given the 5 shirt? The nuances of the degree of seriousness of the court case will have been known by Hull, so what were they holding on for?

no disagreement here

Someone posted a timeline on here a little while back. IIRC the club expected Raynor's case to be done before the season started, which would allow them to either get rid or keep depending on the result. It got postponed at the last minute so they were faced with keeping him and possibly losing him later, or just getting rid and having less disruption once the season was underway.

Thanks, Kosh.

So he went at Christmas in the end. Still don't understand when we spent his wages between then and the start of the season.

The cash side of things seems unclear to say the least. A number of people seem pretty sure that we have no cap space left though.

Aye - Rule was adamant.

he may have well been, but he's no Prince Charming!

(don't worry, my coat is in my hand!)

Made me chuckle.

Poor Motu, one of my favourites, but it seem's to be that foot injury yet again (although not sure if it's the same foot).

I would of grasped the chance to have him back if we could do it under the cap and he was injury free but alas it is not to be.

Hope he makes a quick recovery and we could maybe give his wife a job on a Wigan/Warrington salary (tee hee) whilst he plies his trade for the black and Whites out of the kindness of his heart.