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| Quote ="Alex Mc"constatine155 Constantine Mika
@EllisAmbler Hi Little Man! Im Friends With Gareth Ellis So I Randomly Typed In Ellis And I Saw Your From Castleford The Place Im Going To!
(Oct 8 )'"
His bio says the same, 1 tweet to an 11 year old from Castleford who happens to be the only person he's following, smells of fish to me.
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| Nothing to say that's his twitter account. That picture is on google images and knights website
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| Quote ="dum-dum"His bio says the same, 1 tweet to an 11 year old from Castleford who happens to be the only person he's following, =#0000FFsmells of fish to me.'"
And not the famous Fish Van.
Any activity in Tweendykes Chinese Take Away people?
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| Quote ="Sandra The Terrorist"And not the famous Fish Van.
Any activity in Tweendykes Chinese Take Away people?'"
Just that they got through the last HMRC raid without them finding any foreign nationals working illegally.
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| Its showing up on Wikipedia (sorry) that he is going to Castleford?
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| Quote ="dum-dum"His bio says the same, 1 tweet to an 11 year old from Castleford who happens to be the only person he's following, smells of fish to me.'"
Even fishier, have a look at @EllisAmbler (the only person that Con Mika follows AND took the time to tweet), He Types Like This, Rather Similar To Constantine Mika.
Detective inspector dum-dum strikes again.
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| Quote ="dum-dum"Even fishier, have a look at @EllisAmbler (the only person that Con Mika follows AND took the time to tweet), He Types Like This, Rather Similar To Constantine Mika.
Detective inspector dum-dum strikes again.'"
Good work that. I know the kids only twelve but deary me.
Nick was also quick on the draw there...
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| Quote ="Paul T - HKR"Its showing up on Wikipedia (sorry) that he is going to Castleford?'"
Anyone can edit Wikipedia(Someone keeps adjusting the established date on Hull FCs) just as anyone can make a twitter account. Only an 11 year old would make the mistake of putting his career at Castleford as 2012/11.
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| Quote ="Alex Mc"constatine155 Constantine Mika
@EllisAmbler Hi Little Man! Im Friends With Gareth Ellis So I Randomly Typed In Ellis And I Saw Your From Castleford The Place Im Going To!
(Oct 8 )'"
That isn't his twtter account. Its @conMEEKS
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| Quote ="Theboyem"That isn't his twtter account. Its @conMEEKS'"
And said this;
Quote Constantine Mika wrote: "@conMEEKS con mika
@JohnMarcr0ft maybe sometime down the track mate, stil gotta year with the knights
4 Oct" '"
Last week.
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| Don't these rumours just do ur head in
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| Quote ="dum-dum"His bio says the same, 1 tweet to an 11 year old from Castleford who happens to be the only person he's following, smells of fish to me.'"
Slightly suspicious that Constantine can't spell constantine.
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| Quote ="Sandra The Terrorist"And not the famous Fish Van.
Any activity in Tweendykes Chinese Take Away people?'"
Closed on Monday's, so I expect the signing will be delayed.
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| Quote ="SirStan"Closed on Monday's, so I expect the signing will be delayed.'"
Take your shorthand book to casino!
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| Looks like it on according to the HDM, he will sign at the expense of the Sheffield player, bit harsh on him, makes you wonder who's decison it was to sign him?
Leaves you looking short at FB though, unless you can sign Mcdowell (?), you couldn't fit him under the quota could you, find it all very confusing?
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| Quote ="Dave K."Looks like it on according to the HDM, he will sign at the expense of the Sheffield player, bit harsh on him, makes you wonder who's decison it was to sign him?
Leaves you looking short at FB though, unless you can sign Mcdowell (?), you couldn't fit him under the quota could you, find it all very confusing?'"
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| Quote ="Dave K."Looks like it on according to the HDM, he will sign at the expense of the Sheffield player, bit harsh on him, makes you wonder who's decison it was to sign him?
Leaves you looking short at FB though, unless you can sign Mcdowell (?), you couldn't fit him under the quota could you, find it all very confusing?'" Its starting to look likely that the RFL have broken their own rules on the none-fed trained rules and anyone who has been over here for more than 3 years is off that list now.
So if that is now true then Dobson comes off.
That leaves us with.
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Leaving us one None-Fed spare as Withers and O'Hara are exempt for this contract period.
I personally don't like it and I would say so to MH/MS if I could but there is little that we as fans can do about it.
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| I will say that Sandercock is clearly his own man and has told the board that he is picking his team.
I for one am glad to hear it.
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| Quote ="Anakin Skywalker"Its starting to look likely that the RFL have broken their own rules on the none-fed trained rules and anyone who has been over here for more than 3 years is off that list now.
So if that is now true then Dobson comes off.
That leaves us with.
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Leaving us one None-Fed spare as Withers and O'Hara are exempt for this contract period.
I personally don't like it and I would say so to MH/MS if I could but there is little that we as fans can do about it.'"
I have to agree with your last comment. I hate the fact that all clubs will seemingly do anything to fill their squads with 2nd rate overseas players (hull included). Until we get away from this mentality, the quality of the British players won't improve
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| Quote ="Jake the Peg"I have to agree with your last comment. I hate the fact that all clubs will seemingly do anything to fill their squads with 2nd rate overseas players (hull included). Until we get away from this mentality, the quality of the British players won't improve'"
The link you make between opportunities for British players and their quality, is arguably a logical fallacy. It is just as possible (more possible IMO) that the dearth of quality explains the reliance on overseas players rather than vice versa.
Giving young British players more opportunities makes sense as an end, more so than as a means.
If we put aside the goggles of patriotism for a moment, we know, deep down, that '2nd rate overseas' is by SL standards 'quite good'. That's why those whose livelihoods rely on results sign them.
That said - 11 is a lot. As long as they win games, I suppose.
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| Players like Mika are the ones you should be signing.
NRL clubs have about 30 under 20s players each year, of whom maybe 10 could go on with it to be NRL standard, but at each club there are about 3 or 4 spots in the senior squad to fill each year.
There are a lot of 21 and 22 year olds like Mika who could still be anything.
Signing old guys who are on the downhill slide is why your comp is going backwards.
If you changed the rules and plundered the NRL for promising 20 year olds you would improve rapidly.
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| Where does everyone reckon he will be playing then, my guess after looking about is 2nd row - a decent size with decent speed with a great offload in the tackle.
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| Quote ="very red robin"Where does everyone reckon he will be playing then, my guess after looking about is 2nd row - a decent size with decent speed with a great offload in the tackle.'"
2nd row makes sense but coming off the bench to make an impact. I would say the same for Paea as well, which would mean playing Galea at loose, his best position in my book.
McDonnell is all but signed up, and like the signing of Meeks I don't expect Rovers to officially announce it until they both get visas - but you never know with Smithy lol!
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| Looking at some of those clips i think he has the look of Sam Stewart about him. I will be very happy if he turns out to be as good as that great backrower we got from Newcastle.
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| Quote ="Mild Rover"The link you make between opportunities for British players and their quality, is arguably a logical fallacy. It is just as possible (more possible IMO) that the dearth of quality explains the reliance on overseas players rather than vice versa.
Giving young British players more opportunities makes sense as an end, more so than as a means.
If we put aside the goggles of patriotism for a moment, we know, deep down, that '2nd rate overseas' is by SL standards 'quite good'. That's why those whose livelihoods rely on results sign them.
That said - 11 is a lot. As long as they win games, I suppose.'"
Maybe, or maybe clubs could invest some of tehat cash which is going overseas into improving their youth systems and likely improving teh output from them.
Not sure I agree that 2nd rate overseas is quite good by SL standards. There are plenty of overseas players in SL who are garbage
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