He has now joined fev on a permanent deal should now be able to play against us I think

He was free to play anyway

I think the important thing about this is that it will free some money up. I expect he was on a good whack which we should now use to strengthen the half backs - possibly Lilley.

Fev already had him for remainder of season. They won’t sign him permanently and have to pay more money unless they get him for longer than this season and it appears they haven’t, he’s still a Fev player until of 2019. There’s no benefit to Fev with this deal. Possibly we have had to officially remove him from our cap to bring someone in but let’s just say we were paying a % of his wages, Fev won’t have taken on the extra liability to get him for rest of season when they already had him for this period.

Maybe the case that they've taken him on permanently to take away the possibility of us recalling him.

Definitely a benefit to fev as can only have so many loan players playing. Now he isn't a loan player they can have an extra one. Spoke to someone at Fev about it and was told that.

I'm sorry but I just don't get this. If Fev have signed him permanently why should we pay any of his wages. It just seems ridiculous to me but of course I am only an old fashioned codger.

Good point re them wanting him permanently to reduce their number of loan players. There has to be some sort of benefit to Fev cos at the moment they’ve not signed him for any longer than they had anyway

Exactly the reason. Fev regularly play their full quota of 5 loan/DR players, and by signing him permanently, he doesn't count on that quota and they can use more Leeds DR guys. Especially while they have Tom Holmes on loan from Hudds too. Same reason that the Jack Ormondroyd and Josh Walters moves were made permanent from Leeds earlier in the season.

Well as he’s signed a permanent deal with them, I wouldn’t be surprised if his good form since joining them drops off

Except when he plays against us !

Chisholm's honeymoon period will soon be over.

Unbelievable that some of you are still harping on about his form dropping off and 'honeymoon periods'. No doubt the next time Featherstone come up against a side with a decent pack and get beaten up front, you will somehow twist this into Dane having a poor match and somehow say I told you so.

He's gone now so there's no point continuing the discussion, but even on his worst days Chisholm posed more of an attacking threat than either of our current halfbacks probably ever will.

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As I understand it he was signed as a loan player originally because his Visa was to play for Bradford, but we were paying all his wages. I now guess a new visa has come through to play for Fev meaning the signing can now be made a permanent deal (well at least for the rest of 2019), but does mean he will count towards the overseas quota for Fev and one less for Bradford.

I'm not totally sure he counts on overseas quota. Something about him playing for France, or having French Nationality, or having a fondness for baguettes and garlic. I forget the exact reason, but I'm sure I remember someone saying he doesn't count and it being something to do with the French.