you would hope/expect that Mr Pearson has done his homework on the visa situation before we got into serious negotiation with Cas/Chase, i would like to think that if we`ve done our homework properly Chase will make his debut against Rovers.

Keeping Moa would be massive

I was never convinced that Moa would get a club in Australia.

I'm not the oracle you know!!

Your not serious are u??
The best half back pair in SL in my opinion!
Chases creativity and short kicking game, Broughs long kicking game and work rate! would be a outstanding!

This whole Visa situation is a worry mind, a complete farce, played here for years, actually represented England and there is a doubt over clearance, lets hope it is just paper talk!

Not as big as Tom on a 4 year deal

Your right biggest smokescreen ever...

Agreed, I coudn't think of a better partnership of all the sl players.

Thats not a 'Bazinga' is it ?

Correct. Although he won't play next week. Either Salford or Wigan

Don't care if it's this season, next season is fine for me for Chase.

if we don`t get it sorted before Friday it will have to be for next season as the deadline closes at some point, if we do get him signed by then i can`t see him not playing against Rovers

The transfer deadline is Friday I believe. If they are confident of the visa maybe they can sign him but not play him until its received? Otherwise it's next season.

There must be a way we can sign him, but put a release clause in if his Visa is not granted

I'm no expert but I can't see his visa being refused, how can they stop a guy from earning his living.. Especially that he has a kid born in this country. I rekon it's just a lil hurdle that will be overcome pretty soon.

I was thinking that, we announced Phelps before sorting his visa so surely he'd already signed something?

You could give him a contract 'subject to', but if he doesn't have a visa, he can't be registered. If he isn't registered by friday, he can't be registered this season. Unless you're very worried about being gazumped, it makes no sense to be paying without being able to play him. Also, if the visa weren't granted and you 'release' him that would mean writing off the fee, or at least or portion of it - I can't see Cas being keen to face the risk of having to hand back the money.

My guess is that the deal was agreed before the 'Hull FC lead the Chase' article, so the process will have been under way for a while

Just the mail being useless as usual

Yesterday it was a done deal and today people at the club believe it might not happen?

How many copies does Smailes want to shift



He'll make his debut on Monday

It would be a timely boost.

I'm not absolutely sure that's the case, actually. In fact I'm fairly sure it isn't. Crocker, for example, counted on our roster and salary cap but famously never received his visa.

He has signed a contract so he has beaten the transfer deadline and will make his debut when he receives his visa

The transfer deadline applies to when the player is registered with the RFL.

We must have registered him then

HDM are bunch of coños. They repeatedly print Chase headline stories, write a player profile of Chase on the net then tell us it might not go through and Smailes tweets Hull fans should curb their excitement. When its them f##kers who's wound us up in the first place.

But surely that would mean paying Cas some money?