No he said

"The last he knew was that Rankin was going home to Australia"

I think MC is being a bit of an egotistical prat to be honest.
Rumours of signings are good for the club but more than that they are just good fun for the fans. I don't know why he feels he has to shoot every rumour down.
Just tell us when you sign someone and leave the rumours to us.

Mind games? Mingle, mangle, mingle,mangle.

Way off topic,I'd lock this one for sure

I'd say the topic is transfer news..
All I was saying is we shouldn't feel like we can't talk about rumours just because MC keeps knocking them down.

Hopefully there will be more transfer news so I wouldn't expect to lock it unless something offensive was said or the topic ended.

It's well on topic, and you're bang on. Careful Poptart you're in danger of coming over to the negative side where you will be accused of moaning and agenda driven posts if you dare to disagree with the Carter stance, even if you appreciate other elements of his tenure!

A positive rumour does the club no harm at all and and its free promotion of the club. There is little to look forward to next season due to the uncertainty so reports about player recruitment may lift the spirits of the support. There certainly isn't a need to hammer them down.

The only egotistical prats are the regular contributors on here like your good self.

Tongue in cheek,bit of a joke,whatever,but never mind Pop carry on.

If the rumour is true then there could well be good reasons for MC to play it down. There could be agreements between the clubs not to announce it until a certain date. Maybe Rankin has only signed for us if we stay in SL? There could be other criteria.

For Carter to say that he thought Rankin was going back to Australia doesn't mean anything. I'm going to Hull KR this afternoon but it doesn't mean that I'll be staying there more than a few hours. I certainly won't be playing there.

I think Carter's message is simply don't believe anything until the club have officially confirmed it.

Remember the Washbrook back to Hull rumour started months ago in the Hull media and was true. Yet it took a long time before it was confirmed, for reasons unknown to us.

I read on the superleague site in the interview with Kevin Locke that Brain Smith has been helping MC with recruitment for next year, and he thinks that they are building a good squad, but it's dependant on retaining SL status...maybe this is one of those cases?

Not often I agree with you Poptart but on this your spot on. If anything rumours of new signings help to generate excitement and anticipation for the new season which is crucial for any club but especially ours after this dismal season we've had this year. MC really does need to work on his PR skills - instead of shooting everyone down and coming across as rude to the fans, he should either keep silent or release a generic statement like "would prefer not to comment on other clubs players" neither confirming or denying rumours.

I am very grateful for MC saving this great club but he often damages it with his use of twitter although not as badly as koukash damages Salford yet when he is interviewed by the media he comes across really well. If he just thought about what he is putting on twitter and used the media more carefully he would stop upsetting genuine supporters ans start bringing the lost ones back.

Would people be excited and upbeat if MC were to announce a raft of signings for next year, only for us not to retain our SL status, then he would be accused of 'getting our hopes up', for no apparent reason.

And there lies the problem.

Damned if you do and damned if you don't