To be honest I am no fan of the way Nicklas has acted on a couple of occasions but I went to see one York game and commented at the time it was a waste of time him being on the field as they seemed literally incapable of passing to the side he (and most of the FC boys that game) where playing on. He just looked completely frustrated and wasting his time. Again as I said at the time it looked like 2 different teams on the pitch - some York players who had trained more together and likewise the Hull players. Maybe York (and us) have left the relationship too early after all it was always going to be a learning curve to see how it played out in the first year with different expectations from both sides.

Exactly the same thing has happened at Doncaster with Wakey, www.newsnow.co.uk/A/667263076?-17215:2422 Its OK but some Clubs saw it as a means of getting players on the cheap which is fine and thats what they did until injuries kick in then the Super league team has to protect its own interests not just by playing these players but when injuries hit really deep keeping them on the sidelines in case any more come. I expect we'll form a liason with Doncaster next season which with the quality of our present crop of youngster should suit them fine. The following year of the 'renaissance' I expect some sort of A Team set up to return because Duel registration won't work if after 23 games you find yourself playing against your Duel Reg team.

Exactly the same thing has happened at Doncaster with Wakey, www.newsnow.co.uk/A/667263076?-17215:2422 Its OK but some Clubs saw it as a means of getting players on the cheap which is fine and thats what they did until injuries kick in then the Super league team has to protect its own interests not just by playing these players but when injuries hit really deep keeping them on the sidelines in case any more come. I expect we'll form a liason with Doncaster next season which with the quality of our present crop of youngster should suit them fine. The following year of the 'renaissance' I expect some sort of A Team set up to return because Duel registration won't work if after 23 games you find yourself playing against your Duel Reg team.

Wonder how many times Morley , Briers & the rest of the wire team turned out for Swinton ...

Briers played at least one game for Swinton.

As John Guildford (York Chairman) said: "We did not fall out and there was no big issue. It was just not working."

No biggie. I understand frustrations on both sides, but thats just the way it is. Thornton wasn't expecting world beaters every week, just available players when they were promised. Going from 6 on a Tuesday to 0 on a Friday must be frustrating.

No one's begrudging your young lads playing first team (and good on you for playing so many young English lads!).

Jamie Shaul's attitude was shocking at York, but fair play to him for getting into your first team. The less said about Danny Nicklas the better.

Thank you for Jack Briscoe and Dean Hadley, who were both excellent every time they put on a Knights shirt, I hope they both go far (and I hope Jack finds a new club soon).

Thank you also for helping us restart our scholarship and pinpoint players for our excellent U20s team. That in itself is more important than any dual-registered superstar!

Good luck for 2014.

As did Morley.

There's something I don't understand; how did it go from surprise that we weren't offering Briscoe a new deal to not offering him one yourselves?

I think we did, then we got relegated!

York's coach is looking to blame for his ineptitude in getting then relegated, nothing more.

It was never going to work when York wouldn't play Shaul at fb.

Paul Cooke is Donny's coach in 2014. Should be interesting.