two words

TAME TUPOU

If Whitehead wants away, fair enough.

But he goes under conditions that are suitable for Bradford, not as when it suits him. If he had issues with playing for a "lesser" club, last year when his new contract was on the table was the time to air them.

In the tradition of footballers everywhere, having issued a "come get me" plea, expect him to kiss the badge next time he scores.

At the moment he's on 'gardening leave' so he won't be scoring again soon.

The coach is quoted in today's paper as saying that there is no club actually known to be interested, so whether he is eventually brought back into the fold is open for debate, I guess. My gut instinct though is still telling me he wouldn't have gone down this route if he[or his agent] didn't have a firm idea about a destination. Time will tell.

Signed for Salford.... don't remember seeing them in the Top 4

Not signed yet. A fee has been agreed we still need the player to agree.

Given his stated objective, unless he has a crystal ball, that was a wasted discussion.

First in a long line of mercenaries. no great loss to Bradford.

First? I'm pretty sure others have jumped ship for cash before

Correct, here's just a few who have previously left Salford for such cash;

David Stephenson
Colin Whitfield
Ged Byrne
Paul Groves
Darren Bloor
Paul Fletcher
Terry O'Connor
Scott Naylor
Nathan McAvoy
Hudson Smith
Andy Coley
Richie Myler
Stefan Ratchford
Jordan Turner
Daniel Holdsworth
Joel Moon

It's nice to be on the receiving end for a change.

I meant under the new ownership.

how many of those left for the cash, or left to actually achieve something in their career?

how many players have salford released cos they're not good enough for salford?

I'm pretty certain that in all those cases (bar Homesick Hudson) it was a bit of both so I'm not really sure what point you're making there. In the case of Whitehead, we have to start somewhere and he might not even agree to come!

Also, it's no coincidence that Wigan, Bradford, Saints & Warrington figure highly in the list of destinations for those players given the era each player belongs to and the fact that in almost every case those clubs, at that given point in time, had the financial muscle to hoover up players from less well off clubs to either begin, maintain or further bolster their push for honours. In fact, just like the Snape era at Salford in the late 60's and early 70's, where we bought the likes of Colin Dixon and Steve Nash because we had the financial muscle to do so and we wanted to win things, which we did.

Whitehead has rejected a move to Salford.

There, see, he hasn't agreed to come after all, maybe he'll regret it one day, maybe he won't. We move on and the money is still available for someone who does want to come.