Quote: mat "thats not the point mick. we shouldnt have allowed the story to go out until contracts were signed. as it is we look daft and have potentially blown any chance of getting pryce back as well.'"
I'm sorry, I don't intend to be rude when I say this but that's nonsense. Having worked extensively in papers myself I have a good understanding how these things work and that story last week will not have been the club's doing in any way, shape or form.
Connor obviously got strong information from other sources (maybe agents, maybe players, maybe officials) that Seymour was being chased and that Pryce was looking likely to sign for Catalan. Therefore he will have made every attempt to verify that information and put it out to exhibit he knows what is going on. It's common journalistic practice and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Hood's quote in the Seymour piece obviously suggests Connor approached him telling him he was intending on running the story. The non-committal nature of Hood's quote suggests he was keen to keep things under wraps as much as possible. It was a speculative story that turned out to be true - these things happen.
Plus, Mick's right, Andrew Bennett will have had nothing to do with this story. Duffy and Hood will be almost exclusively responsible for the dissemination of this kind of news.
