Being a little optimistic there Iain...

Surely that's a good way of offsetting his wages so they don't all count towards the cap?

Do the club get any dispensation for being the age he is?

We could have Kevin the club Locksmith.
Menzies the club newsagent.
Dixon the club copper.
Tommy Lee the club drummer.

General manager??? this isn't Smackdown!!! koukash is the new Vince Mcmahon.

Moz mentioned in an interview on Devil In Detail podcast he would like to get into the admin side of the game when he retired .this appears to be the the 1st step in that direction.Good luck to him in his new role.

What a ridiculous decision to strip Mozza of the captaincy, particularly in favour of Hansen. If you Moz how would that have made you feel?

Hansen plays less games than Hock through various injuries picked up throughout the season and wont be on the pitch anywhere near enough.

If Mozza decided to play on, he should have stayed captain. Simple as that. Bad management for me.

I gained the impression that Adrian Morley had willingly surrendered the captaincy so he could give his full attention to the playing side of things as well as the rudiments of the role of General Manager.
I thought it was a superb choice in allowing HH to be the captain.

I was already at the point of reminding myself of the old saying,'With friends like these who need enemies' and I am shocked a normally excellent poster like yourself has joined the others.

Have a read of rlTHISrl,remind yourself that Iestyn Harris lost himself a lot of money with the leed/Bradofrd/agent/solicitor brouhaha so rumours of his need/obsession with money is rubbish;he could get a job anywhere and if he is spineless he wouldn't have stuck around at Crusaders under those 2 owners and Rod Findlay.

Pleased I'm getting out of it.

I'd have thought more than Moz has decided too give his new off field position and final year of playing his full attention rather than being stripped.

I can't think of anyone better suited to being the captain than HH, like Mozza he leads by example and I'm pretty sure the younger players will look to him for guidance.

You 'gained the impression' he surrounded the captaincy, oh well that's ok then. In that case I 'gained the impression' Morley was p*ssed off and very disappointed that he has had the captaincy taken off him. It makes absolutely no sense to me in changing the captain from Morley who is a worldwide renowned and respected RL player, who commands instant respect from all the players. You only have to listen to how the players speak of him to understand the respect and honour they have for the bloke, even Kevin Locke 'Super Leagues marquee' signing spoke of his admiration for our current captain.

I have nothing against Hansen, he will make a good captain but don't tell me he is a better choice in 2015 than Morley because he quite simply isn't.

PS - this general manage role to me sounds like a sweetener as in "Sorry were taking the captaincy off you, basically it means nothing and comes with no added responsibilities but were giving you this new title instead so you don't get too p*ssed off with us."

Fortunately Mozza is the model professional who I imagine will continue to leading the team next season, captain or not.

Hopefully Harris will prove you correct by standing up to the owners ridiculous suggestion that the players only have 4 weeks off for pre season. As I'm sure you will agree, things such as pre season training programmes should be being set by the coaching staff and not the owner.

He's at it again, the mans a total plank

Nurse, Nurse, quick get the consultant he's out of bed again

Here's an off the cuff thought...

The RFL is run by people who don't love the sport and doing what's right for themselves.
Could be better if run by current/ex-player(s) but unfortunately, not many current/ex-players have the required knowledge of business management, so......
Is Marwan giving one of RL most admired and respected players the oportunity to learn 1st hand the ins and outs of administritive dealings within club structure????

May be well off the mark, however, if people like Moz can gain the required experience now, then perhaps the future of our beloved sport could be passed into the safe hands (no pun intended) of ex-players

It’s an absolutely ludicrous idea from a person who has no expert knowledge on fitness and conditioning. The players will be starting pre season training before some clubs in the playoff’s finish their season. With the new format next year all clubs will be playing until October so that will be almost a full 12 months without a break. I think ‘burnout’ next year will be inevitable and I think it could impact very negatively on how we finish 2015. Players are like vehicles, if you constantly drive them too hard it generally leads to problems.

I can understand the Doc is extremely disappointed like the rest of us with how the year has gone but he needs to either trust the staff he appointed to get it right or replace them. Without wanting to name names, I don't think the problem is fitness related it's more likely down to having too many balloons (with history) and/or mercenaries on the payroll.

As a supporter looking in I get the impression that there is a general lack of respect, pride or ignorance by players for the history and heritage of the club. It just feels to me like the club lost it's sole when we moved from the Willows and rebranded in 2013.

I think the idea would be the players stay on at the club until the playoffs finish, then take the 4 weeks off???

If so I get the impression the Doc thinks the players didn't want to make the playoffs so they could have an extended break and he's decided to punish them for it.

Sure plenty of promo work etc could be done. also some could say why get a few extra weeks off for not qualifying