Guys the rumor has died, it was TAB Sports Bet that said it was done and all the radio stations got on twitter and reported it to everyone, now they have all retracted the statement lol, and saying Orford is yet to gain a released from Bradford, so looks like this sh#t will continue.

FFS i'm starting to get sick of this crap

Your starting to get sick of this crap? we've been sick of it for 3 months!!! Just pay a bit of money and he's yours! SIMPLE! then we can get our stand off

We have some news from a media manager at the Raiders after the rubbish today.

The Raiders position on this situation is that they are awaiting outcomes of discussions between Orfords Manager and Bradford before getting a response to the deal offer to him.

Until this has been resolved there will be no announcement or comment either way regarding his potential signing with the club by the Raiders.

I can understand both clubs' predicament. It must be very hard for both of them trying to negotiate with a sack of rat droppings.

Canberra must be desperate.

Fact is someone's going to have to cough up some cash whether it be the Raiders or Orford himself. It looks like we're playing hardball.

Maybe Sack of Rat Droppings will have to front up with the cash, if it transpires he has badly misled his client...?

they are getting desperate over there www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 18od1.html The bit about the Bulls owing Awful money in upaid wages is interesting! He wants his cake and he wants to eat it! That could be a choker (intended) in the negotiations!

they are getting desperate over there www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 18od1.html The bit about the Bulls owing Awful money in upaid wages is interesting! He wants his cake and he wants to eat it! That could be a choker (intended) in the negotiations!

Their press seem to be making it up as they go along tbh.

Hmm...

This transalates to me possibly as "Bulls did not pay Wnakford after he buggered off home - although we had all assumed he was still being paid; Bulls do not intend to pay Wnakford, even though may well have a liability to; Bulls want transfer/release fee for Wnakford; Item A approximates item B; Bulls Wnakford to drop his claim in exchange for them releasing him for free; Bulls thereby get what they (and the fans) want and either Wnakford or his new club have effectively paid -thats between them."

Given of course that the Oz press is normally the journalistic equivilent of an open sewer, so it could be yet more speculation. This one does seem to have a hint of legs in it, though.

Given that every man and his gerbil now seemingly believes Wnakford had no intention of coming back, and lied to the club to keep his entitlement to salary running while Sack of Rat Droppings looked for a new NRL deal for him, then if my own bit of speculation is right then the club does totally right IMO. If, of course...

I thought orford asked to be released from his deal, therefore not wanting to play for club anymore and shopped him self around, therefore basically breaking his contract to say he would play for us.
Bradford said ok you can have your release but we want compensation for having to go out and look for another halfback, having to pay agents fees, airfares etc, so are holding onto players registration to play until get said monies owed.

We wont have stopped paying him when went to aus to recuperate as he will have been paid via insurance, when in AUS rather than rehabilitate he was off swanning around behind Bradfords back trying to get himself a gig over there, therefore not doing what was asked of him to get himself fit and playing for us, thus breaking his contract.

As sson as he said i dont want to play for you anymore, Bradford are within their right to stop paying him.

Hope noone pays his release fee and he has to sit out two years unpaid.

Only asked to be released in late October though. So what happened to his pay from May? And are you SURE a club can stop paying a player because he has had surgery and is recovering? And are you SURE the club will have had the provable grounds May-Oct to stop paying him?

If we'd not paid him since May I think we'd have heard about it.

I'm sure not many on this forum could take the high ground if that were the case. If your employer had not paid you since May, I'm sure you'd be after another job too.

That won't be the case though. In regards to us not paying him since he asked for a release, I can believe that to be true. If he's deluded enough to think we'll pay him he needs to get a good lawyer who will point out he's a berk and probably entitled to naff all.

In some ways I can see this being the end of Orfords career. Nobody wants to stump up £100k for a 32(ish) year old guy who's just beggared his shoulder and could feasibly do it again and officially end his career with the first tackle he makes next time out.

I think that this will drag on for a long time yet with no compo coming our way, but at the same time Orford getting less and less likely to play ever again....

Whenever we stopped paying him, it sure seems we have by now anyway from the big hint in rlConnor's Twitterrl. Also makes clear Herbert cannot be registered until his predecessor is gone. Sounds like should be some news maybe next week?

So the information that we can use the quota spot freed whilst retaining Orford's registration is nonsense?