Because that is the way it is supposed to be approached.

I seem to remember that Griffin wasnt happy to sign at first. He then sampled the set up and signed on. Maybe if we could ask Bradford to put him out on a loan basis we can all have a look and just maybe he will have a change of heart. The Bulls seem to be wanting to be rid of him so surely a smart move.

Think its EW who wont sign for you guys, maybe hes hoping (no offence) a bigger club comes for him, sure his move is ok with us just his personal terms, he needs to sack his agent.

We would like to get rid he is a large drain on our cap and £100k would do us nicely.

I understand that but it isn't compulsary by law to make public via the media that a transfer fee has been agreed before a club can talk to a player? The point I'm trying to make is why allow Bradford to make it public before talks had even taken place with the player or his agent. If it then doesn't happen supporters haven't had their hopes built up for nothing. All it would have taken was Salford requesting to Bradford that the offer was kept private until they had spoken with the player or the offer would be retracted.

I think calling Salford unfashionable is like calling a certain Fascist Dictator Naughty , I think more Pariah and I guess this senario has occured more than once without it hitting the press or forums , Noble's little Black book will have more cross outs than ticks and this will not be helping one bit. rlAngry-Salford-owner-blastsrl

Eh ? Who with ?
Whitehead is diappointing , not that he was a marquee signing , but in truth £100K could be better spent is the a silver lining

Dear Salford fans

Please allow me to apologize for what I said regarding Elliott Whitehead been "tapped-up". My behavior was extremely inappropriate, immature, and lacked the respect your club deserved.
It was embarrassing and I have now learned that nobody appreciated my poor behavior. In the future, I have every intention of curbing my thoughtless actions and learn to adjust my behavior befitting this forum.

Again, I am sorry for my actions and I hope that we can put this matter behind us. I look forward to visiting your forum again without upsetting anyone. If you have any thoughts in this, please feel free to share.

Sincerely,
Tigerade

Irony, I assume.

I wouldn't necessarily write this one off just yet.It may get to the situation that we are his only plausible way out

It's nothing to do with my sensitivity (although I do bruise like a peach). It's actually to do with the fact you keep talking sh*t. Simples.

Three words - heretically determined individual.



Please elaborate? Is it simply that you can't accept any constructive criticism of the club or can you not understand the point I'm making about keeping a lid on it before a deal is sealed?

Not sure what your job is,mate.
Also not sure what part of your job qualifies you to tell the club how it could have handled the situation more professionally.
It seems to me that the club were damned if they did and damned if they didn't.
Stick to your knitting

I offer my opinion as a supporter of the club for over 45 years on how I think the club could have done something better and it's frowned upon. I could understand the reaction if my views were emotive, personal, disrespectful and insulting but they are not.

I just find it strange there is no counter argument to my views only insults.

1. Stop moaning go somewhere else.
2. You are talking $hit.
3. Questioning what I a do for a living.
4. Mate (insulting)
5. Not being qualified to comment
6. Stick to your knitting.

Ok,I disagree with your views.
I think the club acted correctly.
I think it wrong that you called the club unprofessional for proceeding through the right channels.
I was surprised that we hadn't tapped him up first,but there you go

I wasn't saying the club were being unprofessional for going through the correct channels that they went. I was saying they should have requested Bradford keep it from the media until talks were concluded with the player or players agent. Surely you must be able to understand the reasoning and benefit of that? All this did was get supportors hopes up that we were making a good signing when the player had no interest in even talking to us.

I agree with this. I think the media side of things could have been handled better by both parties. In saying that however, we've somehow managed to keep our '6 new signings' under wraps...