Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:15 am  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

In all honesty, why bother? He's an average Championship player, what are we likely to receive in way of fee?

In any case, his comments since leaving would suggest his attitude is one we are better off without. We saw enough players 'going through the motions' last season. We need players who fully buy into the Bulls and are prepared to show a bit of fight for the badge.

Even if we got £20, it would be better in our coffers than theirs. They certainly don't look like they'd miss a chunk of money.

I would suggest it's the principle though. As long as it doesn't cost anything to hold the registration, then it's a "We've done the right thing by letting you out of your contract early, but if you've lied to us, they can bloody well pay for you". If he never plays again, all feelings remain good and no harm done to anyone.

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:47 am  

HamsterChops wrote:

Even if we got £20, it would be better in our coffers than theirs. They certainly don't look like they'd miss a chunk of money.

I would suggest it's the principle though. As long as it doesn't cost anything to hold the registration, then it's a "We've done the right thing by letting you out of your contract early, but if you've lied to us, they can bloody well pay for you". If he never plays again, all feelings remain good and no harm done to anyone.

I agree, plus in 2018 if he comes out of retirement he could well be playing against us for a promotion rival when he should have been under contract to us. Perfectly fair to hold his registration, but Id guess we haven't.

[Bulliac]

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:52 am  

Duckman wrote:

I agree, plus in 2018 if he comes out of retirement he could well be playing against us for a promotion rival when he should have been under contract to us. Perfectly fair to hold his registration, but Id guess we haven't.

Not sure how 'registration' works tbh. Do we actively have to do anything -eg renew it annually or something - or does the player's name simply remain on file until someone else attempts to register it for a new club?

As the old contract, ie the one we've just let him out of, would presumably be registered with the RFL, I'd guess they would look askance at any attempt to register him for a new club if his name were still down as being with us. As we found out in the past [eg Harris] there does seem to be some sort of checking going on at Red Hall.

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:55 am  

Bulliac wrote:

Not sure how 'registration' works tbh. Do we actively have to do anything -eg renew it annually or something - or does the player's name simply remain on file until someone else attempts to register it for a new club?

As the old contract, ie the one we've just let him out of, would presumably be registered with the RFL, I'd guess they would look askance at any attempt to register him for a new club if his name were still down as being with us. As we found out in the past [eg Harris] there does seem to be some sort of checking going on at Red Hall.

The precedence I'd be looking at is whatever we did with Karl Pryce when he went to Gloucester. Whatever we did to hold the registration then, Wigan had to pay us a transfer fee when they signed him back to League.

Although admittedly, I'm still not 100% that it was a real thing that Wigan signed that useless sack of....

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:11 am  

Some signing news today apparently.

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:14 am  

Nothus wrote:

Some signing news today apparently.

If the rumour I was told last night is correct (and I don't know if it is for sure), await meltdown.

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:32 am  

DILLIGAF wrote:

If the rumour I was told last night is correct (and I don't know if it is for sure), await meltdown.

I'm hearing Bailey. Won't be as bad as the Mathers signing.

[Bullseye]

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:41 am  

Not Bailey.

An Aussie.

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:04 am  

Bullseye wrote:

Not Bailey.

An Aussie.

Matt Orford is coming back?

Marketing slogan: Unfinshed Business?

Re: 2017 Squad : Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:05 am  

Bull Mania wrote:

I'm hearing Bailey. Won't be as bad as the Mathers signing.

I've heard Bailey too, but I think I heard it on here.
Any truth in it?