Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:03 pm  

supersuperfc wrote:

Do other teams use good news (new signings), to try and cover up bad news (going out of the cup)?

Yes. Yes they do. It’s not confined to rugby by the way. Many businesses around the world attempt to do the same thing.

Any specific examples?

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:26 pm  

I'm hearing whispers about McMeeken still. Wants to come back to England. Can't announce it until after Saturdays game. The source has a 40% success rate

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:36 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Any specific examples?

I’m obviously not going to spend my time looking back at dates which signings were announced, then checking that teams recent form to prove my point.
I’m amazed that I’d even need to tbh. If you don’t think that a sports team wouldn’t announce a signing to try and keep fans onside after a bad result, I can live with that.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:02 pm  

Irregs#16 wrote:

I'm hearing whispers about McMeeken still. Wants to come back to England. Can't announce it until after Saturdays game. The source has a 40% success rate

40% puts them in the "in the know" category

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:45 pm  

nice to see Feke's son signing for our scholarship.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Jun 27, 2023 12:33 am  

supersuperfc wrote:

Do other teams use good news (new signings), to try and cover up bad news (going out of the cup)?

Yes. Yes they do. It’s not confined to rugby by the way. Many businesses around the world attempt to do the same thing.

Its called been Media Savvy but our club are total amateurs at it.
Little point in you trying to explain on here because most are deliberately deaf when it comes to any criticism of the club even when warranted.
My concern is that especially with overseas signings something usually gets leaked but not even a snipped of news has come out which is why i think we dont yet have an overseas signing and as i keep saying we are playing catch up now due to the poor management of our off contract players

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:55 am  

Some very good business from Wigan.
Hopefully we will do the same as in announce signings who haven't even been mentioned.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:39 am  

bonaire wrote:

Its called been Media Savvy but our club are total amateurs at it.
Little point in you trying to explain on here because most are deliberately deaf when it comes to any criticism of the club even when warranted.
My concern is that especially with overseas signings something usually gets leaked but not even a snipped of news has come out which is why i think we dont yet have an overseas signing and as i keep saying we are playing catch up now due to the poor management of our off contract players

We do things the other way, like giving Agar a contract extension on April fools day

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:55 am  

bonaire wrote:

Its called been Media Savvy but our club are total amateurs at it.
Little point in you trying to explain on here because most are deliberately deaf when it comes to any criticism of the club even when warranted.
My concern is that especially with overseas signings something usually gets leaked but not even a snipped of news has come out which is why i think we dont yet have an overseas signing and as i keep saying we are playing catch up now due to the poor management of our off contract players

Conjecture.

Re: Shopping list for 2024 : Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:24 am  

bonaire wrote:

Its called been Media Savvy but our club are total amateurs at it.
Little point in you trying to explain on here because most are deliberately deaf when it comes to any criticism of the club even when warranted.
My concern is that especially with overseas signings something usually gets leaked but not even a snipped of news has come out which is why i think we dont yet have an overseas signing and as i keep saying we are playing catch up now due to the poor management of our off contract players

Tony Smith hates departures or recruitment being discussed mid season, as he believes it can derail the current season. Slagging off the club for letting Smith run rugby affairs seems at best misguided. If you've followed Hull over the last few years, you'd have to be a total cretin not to believe at least one overseas signing is already done and dusted. I'm enjoying the season currently, and I hope they hold off releasing signing announcements to optimise season pass sales.