that article is an absolute Shocker we should be absolutely ashamed.
I dont Know who the Club source is but they should be sacked.
If we lost out, we lost out, just have the good grace to say so and wish him well.
the whole rugby League world knew about Ben Barba and his Cocaine bust, most knew of his alcohol and gambling problems and some will have known about his alleged assault. Anyone looking to pay a huge amount of money for him will have known all of this.
its like wanting to buy a burnt out car and offering daft money and then when someone else buys it instead of you you say I didnt want it anyway it was burnt....
I'm not disappointed we have missed out on Barba but I am absolutely gutted at this shocking story.
they stated that he signed because he was coached by Holbrook before ?? When was this? Holbrook has never been a first team coach before and he coached the reserve side at the Bulldogs when Barba played in the under 20's.
Why the hell didnt we get Kevin Sinfield then? he really was coached by Tony Smith once.....
utterly pathetic and a really worrying sign that we are heading for a level of professionalism of an early Marwan Koukash style.
