I meant the metaphorical line.

I can just see him now reading this thread and calling us all pr!cks.

no, he'll be driving,late for training,after getting p***d up last night.

Gives strength to the old argument that being a bit dim is a prerequisite for playing prop.

TBH, I think the smartest thing to do would be to see where Lauaki plays and how he settles into SL. If he props and takes to it quickly over here, perhaps bye-bye Thackray, if not there should still be no more than another year on the table.

Although there are still 2 or 3 props I'd like to see the back of first, it's just not quite as easy for those.

he's just called his best bud tickle a p**** so guess we are all p*****

Since i've been hanging out with some of the countrys best (although ex) RL Players with the Allstars....... I don't think I need an encyclopedia Kosh.....Some of the stuff they come out with....IN PUBLIC.....is pretty close to the knuckle. I'd never repeat any of it though, its just part of the banter involved in ANY SPORT!!!!! Thack's 'outburst' is nowt compared....Yes REALLY! You only have to listen to boxers for example.....Some of the tripe they come out with at the pre-fight press sessions is earbending.
I'm sure loads of ya just love jumping on this and that bandwagons for various reasons......But IMHO......Thacks has done nob-all wrong to get a multi page slating from 'supposed supporters'.....Pathetic really!!!

Or maybe my eyes and ears are a lot 'arder than yours

I guess it's a question of how high your standards are.

or low



(ah - found the wink emoticon)

It may have escaped your attention, but Thacks isn't a boxer. And neither is the target of his tirade an opposing sportsman that he might be trying to get a mental advantage over.

And I really don't care what ex players come out with as the key word there is EX. As in former. Completely different to a current employee of the club crudely slating the opposition coach in the national press.

But I don't expect you to be able to see the distinctions TBH.


I think the answer is that your standards are simply much lower than most.

have i missed something but where is this statement from? is there any substance to it??

Yep......You may be right.....BUT I DON'T READ THE F**KIN SUN MATEY







Or believe it word for word! I sat and spoke with Thacks last year.....He comes accross as a genuine guy that wants to play well for Hull FC...He is truly greatful of the 'second chance' offered to him. I'm sure the fact that he has suddenly become the 'next fans Judas' and scapegoat will really bother him.....Yeah and Craven Park is a classy stadium!!!!! You obviously see me as a lesser person than yourself Kosh (going by your reply) You carry on son.....i'm sure you are right about me....Being 'Mod material' and all that

It's from an article in Rugby League World magazine which goes on sale this friday.
Monday's League Express printed the part of the interview where Thacks is talking about how Mcclennan treated him when he took over.
He say's he did'nt want him at Leeds,did'nt talk to him most of the time and when he did just fobbed him off with a lot of bulls**t.
Basically he calls him a p***k for the way he treated him.

yes i heard about this but whats the stuff regards tickle being called a pr**k or am i mis-reading??

Neither do I. What exactly was your point?


It's a direct quote, backed up in another publication.


You really do specialise in complete overreactions, don't you? Judas? Scapegoat? Where on earth have you got those from? He's been criticised for shooting his mouth off in the press, and some people don't think he's worth another contract. That's all.

Get a grip.


I don't know you at all. I can only respond to what you post on here. A lot of it I disagree with. I'm sure you'll survive the experience unscathed.

from his facebook saying dannys fault his dog is missing that must be his word!

Personaly mate I couldn`t give a rats ass what he said.He is entitled to an opinion,as we all are.

well since the article is in "alledgedly" the worst newspapers EVER, I'd not believe what it reports. If they said my name was mike green i'd check my birth certificate, expecting a different name.

If he has i'd be dissappointed if i were the club, fancy talking to that newspaper !!!! oh well tomorrows fish n chip paper, or tonights bog roll after a extremely hot curry

The Sun got it from Rugby League World magazine, it was also carried in this week's League Express.

You can bet on it.......C'mon Kosh.......Don't turn into Mintball or TB on us......We don't need a carbon copy of those to dough-lovers!!!!

Ah......sense at last!!!!

Or not.

Thacks enjoys a privileged position as a professional RL player. However, there are also some responsibilities he has as a representative of the club. One of those is keeping opinions like this to himself.

I don't care that he has the opinion. I care that he plastered it all over the press.

Like you stated in my direction...........I'm sure you'll get through it unscaithed



You'll find most FC supporters, and RL supporters in general couldn't give a kippers eyelash what a rugby player says (allegedly) to The Sun (or whatever rag/mag) Some folk are far to sensitive for this game

Whist I can see where you are coming from Kosh,I think most people realise that rugby players arn`t shrinking violets,and are likely to come out with the odd juicy comment or two.He maybe let himself down a bit with his comments,but he is obviously highly miffed with the situation.

agreed, sounds like thacks has lost the plot with mclennon...im not suprised either...if i had to work with a guy who's voice sounds like he's speaking thru his nose, id want to give him a spray and a serve myself!!

He's let the club down. He's an idiot but we already knew that