Here's the thing: there's the thick end of half a million prize money difference between doing very well and doing quite well in the Championship nowadays. Regardless of whether you agree with DR or not, if them's the rules, and you're the chairman pumping thousands upon thousands into your club, you're going to do whatever you can within the rules to give your team the best chance of winning one of those bigger prize money chunks.

And to the fella who said get your own squad rather than using everyone else's, what about Salford's Sarsfield and Castleford's Boyle, whilst the likes of Saxton/Smeaton/Maneely/Robinson etc were farmed off elsewhere?

To be honest I don't think there's a team in the Championship that can get holier-than-thou over DR. Every team has used it I think (inwardly or outwardly), hardly any fans like it, but it's what we're stuck with at the moment.

There is a big difference between the loan market-which has universal approval-and DR.

People keep saying this, but in practice is there that much difference? I know at one stage, at least, Sarsfield's deal was a week-to-week and he could be recalled at any time. I also seem to remember Craven suddenly being recalled by Widnes when he was with you last season.

Take our situation for example,Marshall controls what he wants on loans either 1/3 months or extended with recall clauses.Yes they can be a gamble,but that's always been the case.What we don't want is HKR telling us we have to play Robinson and Cox on sunday as they need a game.

Loans are different. The player has to be there at least 28 days. The club knows he's available.

DR - you don't know til Thursday at best.

It's a nonsense - return to the system that stood us in good stead for over 100 years.

Yep, it's true that all bets are off after 28 days but, to be fair, that 28 days is often, in itself, a fair commitment. You may of course, send him back after 28 days and have him return on the 29th. In which case you get a new 28 day commitment.

The loan system was never intended to be open-ended. It's to cover short term injury crises and the like. You shouldn't really be relying on loan players for a whole season. Sign your own players instead of cadging off other folk. In that sense, I don't think the rules are unfair. There's a balance to be made.