In all fairness to the club they can't do much about rumours. There is no doubt that a great deal of bad publicity about the club has found its way into certain sections of the press.

Other clubs pick up on this and yet again we are seen as a soft touch and you get a bit of a feeding frenzy in respect of some of our better players.

Other than ride it out ,the only thing we can do is release some positive news. So if the club have done any player deals I would think they should announced ASAP . If we keep quiet and do nothing it only breeds further doubt and suspicion .

A player told my mate and a bloke overheard a conversation in Costa - I won't get the rope out just yet.

The best we can do is not spread them, most people who don't have accounts come on here to look at the stuff that has been put.

Correct .

The daddy of them all, the fact that we need to cut our playing budget by £200,000 was not started by anyone on here.

That's exactly what I feel.
It does not make sense and is illogical .
If turns it out to be true Kirmond ,Syke etc will surely feel that they have been conned?

A few interesting points worth noting:-

1. Clubs should manage their finances better and more prudently and leave sufficient headroom in their budgets to be able to better protect themselves from one-off events (such as the Eric France debacle).

2. Players are bound to become unsettled when a club receives CCJs and winding up petitions by HMRC. These players have mortgages/bills to pay and families to provide for like you and I, and are well within their rights to seek to maximise their income and importantly the security of that income.

3. Rugby club management often tout players to other clubs without the players knowledge, so as to extricate themselves from a contract which the club signed but no longer wish to pay for.

4. Agents act in the best interests of the players who they represent. There is a market for players to move between clubs and most players require/seek advice on how to maximise the return for their ability. Its a short career as a rugby league player.

Unfortunately it is the loyal season ticket paying fans who suffer when the club finds itself in a bad place financially (whether self determined or not) as its usually their beloved team's best and favourite players who look to move elsewhere for a more secure income to pay their bills/mortgages and feed their families.

Well according to Nick Rigg Wakefield Express Elston says there is no substance in Amor rumours and new contract negotiations are on going.
Also indicated Ben was staying put after HKR offer rejected.

No but it was put on here, there are thousands of people who visit this site everyday.

I agree with this!

Re the rumours, don't forget Poore was mentioned as leaving too! At this rate I might get a game!

I take comments on here with a pinch of salt, anyone can start a rumour but for some reason they tend to be taken as fact on this forum!

not very supportive of your club is it

Its not even silly season yet, can't understand why people get so worked up.


God help us come the off season, it'll be a meltdown.

On twitter James Elston denying Amor rumour, says they have not been approached by HKR and are in discussions to extend his contract.