Larroyer another 12 months - well knock me down with a feather! Last close season I felt more optimistic about the team than for several years - with confirmed signings and forecast departures now feel the exact opposite. Hopefully now we're going to start getting some good news- as others have said though i just don't think there's the money available this year at Fax. Just glad Oldham didn't get promoted last year.

Don’t worry Connor Davis is coming to save the day .

Have you heard who we will be DR with next year.

Do you know if we missed out because Donny offered more money or was it another reason.

That will be his midseason target only.

I’ve heard Leeds rhinos .

How utterly depressing. So we all thought Finn was gonna sweep thru only to retain a load of bang average players and miss out on some great lads who were free. Pft.

Bradford. We will be using their academy players.

In the last week two independent people have said that Briscoe was targeted to replace Walmsley but we had missed out, no reason was given.

Likewise two sources have said Wombat on his return has told the club he no longer wants to stay, Wakefield made an offer, Fax asked for more and unless an agreement can be reached it’s going to tribunal.

How depressing!

If the rumour about signing Connor Davies is true, not sure what logic is being applied other than cost. Listed by Dewsbury as a hooker; from memory of his time at Fax he wasn't really big enough for any other position in the forwards.
So looks at the moment that even with a smaller squad we'd be running with 4 hookers, when we've still got the 3 hookers we couldn't keep happy last year. No insight into who's responsible for recruitment at the club but while obviously early days the plan at the moment appears to be letting players go where we have little or no cover and signing others where we're relatively strong. Really hoping for some positive news soon - in recent years the off season has probably been the most exciting part of the year - perhaps we're just trying to reverse this!

Not heard anything Terry but I guess its a forgone conclusion that we will have to go down that route again.

Its playing out exactly as I expected it to. As soon as Wakey refused to pay the original fee it was always going down this route, Fax now have to take less than they wanted or go to tribunal and get screwed over. It was always going to be a bad situation for us and Walmsley sleep walked straight in to Wakefields plan. I don't blame him for wanting to go full time the way he has gone about it though is poor form.

We will get some announcements this week regards new signings but this was never going to be the season where Finn could put his own stamp on the squad, a lot of the business had already been done and now these players are coming available we simply do not have the money to bring them in.

Wakefield refusing to pay the original fee is not what I have heard and the amount of their last offer and what Fax have asked for isn’t a couple of grand either.

I don’t agree with your thinking on how Fax are going to get screwed over at a tribunal either based on the following reasoning.

1.) You have to be a SL club to trigger the release clause of the contract.
2.) Any club deemed to be in SL must pay at least the amount recorded on the contract.
Both are part of the contract, you can’t have one without the other.

That’s what the rule involved states in black and white and is legally binding on all parties including the clubs and the RFL.

How and why would a rugby league tribunal panel vote against it’s own rules in this setting just to favour Wakefield and screw another club.