Seems to write a very wide variety of articles. I reckon he's a made-up name they put against stories they've bought from independent journos etc. Makes you wonder where the original source of this story was, in the week before a Derby game.

I assume that Blunderside will now be spending as much effort tracking down the numbnuts who created this story as they did promoting it? Maybe a significant amount of SportsTalk could be dedicated to it like last night?

Done a little digging and apparently he's the Star's sports editor, based in the north west of England

Hmm

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Perhaps the story would have been better coming out just before the Salford game then. After all, as the great Ted Bovis said "the secret of comedy is timing"

It was Jeremy Cross' name on the article when I read it yesterday morning.

I was thinking it was intended to unsettle us for the Cup Final against another north western team, rather than the Derby, but as you say it would have been more effective being released nearer the time.

That's the name I saw so was confused by the Julia Stott name. I looked for Jeremy Cross on Twitter and although he has not tweeted he has an account - His title is' Northern Football correspondent of the Daily Star'

I couldn't give a monkey's what it said when you got around to reading it the original story was attributed to Julie Stott. Take a look through this thread and you'll find reference to James Smailes saying she had denied ever writing it.

Jeremy Cross is in fact Chief Sports Writer. From the Sports Journalists Association:

The Daily Star has confirmed the appointments of Jeremy Cross as chief sports writer and David Woods as chief football writer.

Cross joined the Star three years ago from the Wardles Agency and before that worked for the Yorkshire Post.

He was recruited to cover the Manchester clubs and will continue to be based in the north.

You need to remember who owns The Star. Richard Desmond, the same man who owns The Express and Channel 5 (hence the Star's fixation with Big Brother)

Don't read the rag and never will, the word journalist and chief porky teller are one and the same to me.

perhaps a email barrage of Daily Star may give them a kick in the vitals they clearly need.

Plus several dubious top shelf publications, chat lines and other stuff that doesn't qualify as wholesome family entertainment. Not a nice individual, he often appears in Private Eye articles in a less than complimentary manner. IOW anything associated with Desmond has credibility on a par with work associated with the Murdochs and Hudgells of this world.

Maybe she denied it because she didn't write it, and her name was put on in error?

Why the do we want to know when he was recruited and what other things the owner of the Star owns? 'I couldn't give a monkeys'. Completely irrelevant, like most of the stuff you write.

And I could not give a monkey's what you think. And for your information I read the article at 6 yesterday morning when it was attributed to Jeremy Cross. The Stars owners being owners of other right wing rags and Big Brother have bod all to do with RL. So just calm down and give up with the lectures.

I hope this story hasn't unsettled Gentle because @RLW_Mole has tweeted that Wests are about to part company with Mick Potter.

Possible Gentle's thrown his hat in for the Tigers job & Peason's found out about it?

People said he had an opportunity before they appointed Potter - cant see why situation would change now

If he is feeling less secure at Hull now than he was then, that might change things.

Mole spoke to Gentle yesterday. More likely Wests have sounded out Gentle and that's where Moley got his story from!

Looked at his tweat and he said Gentle was ok.. Hopefully he stay's with us because he is a good coach and has done wonders with the youth upto now and hopefully we can kick on with the first team.

Farce of a club.

Has the entire roster been through your missus or something?

Not worried about Gentle going to Wests, can't see it happening but, if it did then we get a new coach.

Why? They are.

Hopefully not Potter.

Not arguing with you, you just seem to dislike them a lot!