He's right in what he says though - Mason could/should have been here a good while already. I'm not having a pop at the club - but they did make a misjudgement, even if wasn't necessarily the result of poor judgement.

When you're deliberately shoehorning 10 players into 5 slots I'd argue you should be all over the situation and scenarios like a rash. 25 weeks to sort it out is a [ivery [/i long time.

4 years is a very long time to sort out losing your best and most influential player to your bitterest rivals, looks like it's going to be at least 5

Possibly, but to do it twice - less so. I won't get to, but I'd be curious to know why Galea has encountered problems that Vella didn't. An extra generation since family left Malta or they've changed their rules, is all I can think.

In terms of shoe-horning, you're right, but several of those 10 players are irrelevant to this argument.

Sensible and on-topic or suffer the 'organised fun' of bicker thread.

But Mason's visa should have been processed [url=http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/processingtimesby now[/url. Think Tongan visas are processed via Fiji? If so, should be done and dusted within 30 days max.

I think we will nominate you to get onto the case and find out what is happening for us, cheers for that

I know. I've said all along I can't wait for him to get here. Far too laid back on those South Sea Islands



Still, if the great legal brain Hudge has made no leeway, I fear the odds are very short on my geeing them up.

Looking on the bright side - perhaps (now the 30 day deadline has long gone

), the visa has arrived and he's just waiting for that pesky payment. Although I can't imagine that'd be late too

.

Its not about the payment he is been paid his wage as we speak as it was not his fault he had to get a Tongan passport, on the other hand he should have his visa by now whose to say he hasnt and KR are going to introduce him and announce him the way they did Clinton.

Was wondering about that. That's OK then. So, with his signing-on fee, and his wages since Octoberish, how much do you reckon Rovers have shelled out so far to keep him on the beach? He could at least have taken a Hull KR towel and undertaken some of the promised promotional work at the same time.

Rovers will have only paid him from the point that he had to apply for his Tongan passport due to Rovers messing up with the Galea situation I would suspect.

Rovers will have paid him from the commencement date on his contract. And quite rightly so. Unless his non-appearence is due to a reason that Rovers have no knowledge of due to him not disclosing it.

Why would we have been paying him from octoberish? His contract didn't commence until December 1st

Might make the home game with Wire

That's ok then, he's only received 3 months wages for doing nowt, not 5.

At least that is the exception rather than the norm at Rovers.

Good work.

So Crocker wasn't the exception at Hull?

In terms of not arriving, yes. In terms of 'doing nowt'...

Well if you put it like that I can see where you're coming from lol

Long, Horne, Dykes, Calderwood....Need I go on?

Not so sure it is an exception, you paid Cookie for sitting in the stands for long periods.

I think its unfair to compare players who are injured through no fault of their own with players who aren't pulling their weight.

I think we've had our money's worth out of Richard Horne in the last 10 years.

Lets face it you've also had a few who've taken the money without delivering the goods - Michael Smith, Garret Crossman, David Mills to name three.

I see so you are now saying that is Mason's fault that the UKBA are dragging their heels are you?

Think thats harsh. Smith was very good for Rovers abeit at a lower level of the game. In Crossmans season with Rovers he played every game other than one. Not a world beater by any stretch but clearly did enough to keep his place. In the same season Mills was an ever present. Lets skip past 2009 and 2010 with him.