what would you suggest?
banning players wives from supposedly talking?


I happy with how the clubs communicate with us at the minute and i dont have an issue with them denying that mckinnon was homesick whilst they discussed options.

even if gentle and mckinnon have fallen out do you honestly expect a statement saying they've fallen out?

well said, what happened did he say he was going out for a paper one morning and didnt come home or something, next she hears he is in hull????
not a chance, he should have thought it out before he left end of story, brittle backbone IMO and proper stuck a finger up at the club IMO.
Never mind all the namby pamby PC bollox some are spouting, HE LET US DOWN END OF STORY!!
And yes before another ferkwit asks, i have lived away from my family of three kids for months at a time ongoing for last 29 years, try marine engineering / repairs all over the planet.
Wade grow a set IMO

Dont know if this has any relevance to it, and is something my mum noticed at the Huddersfield away game.

Mckinnon and Seymour had a big argument after the game on the pitch. Mckinnon walks off the pitch, walks back on like a man on a mission, claps the fans then goes immediately down the tunnel again. Probably nothing, but if he has fallen out with other players + the weather/wife not here etc then maybe that has helped his decision to go

I think you are being harsh, not everyone is suited to living abroad or away from the culture they grew up in. And when you start feeling down/low/lonely etc little annoyances can quickly build-up.

Doing research and moving 1000s of miles away are different things altogether.

I agree maybe I am Harsh but we are talking a 3 year contract - most people if they are with their wife/husband they work through it - glad he has gone though we move on.

Before poster have ago have they lived abroad for 3plus years .People do get home sick and want to go home
from 1959 to 1965 I lived in Gib and Germany. only in the last two years when the wife was with me in Berlin (1963/65 )did I start to enjoy being in the Army .Even the wife got home sick and wanted to come home .In that 2 years she came home twice (on leave )I know how the lad feel you do miss your family around you .nobody to share your troubles with .Before poster have ago try living apart from love ones more so ladies apart from they mother.

Should have seen the season out IMO. He's let the club, his team mates and the fans down badly

My thoughts too . A big let down .
Leaving at the end of the season would have been more honourable.
McKinnon has shown a complete disrespect to all associated with Hull FC.

Noticed that Gentle was quick to point out to Gwillym on RH tonight that McKinnon "wasn't one of my big signings" when G said he was losing one of his big signings. He definitely gave the impression that he wasn't a fan and seemed to be critical of the lack of research done by the previous administration when they signed McKinnon saying there's more than just what a player does on the field to take into account.

With all due respect, being posted overseas in the army in the 1960s (during the cold war tensions et al) cannot be remotely compared to being away from a wife (with no kids) in the 21st century when you're on a bloody decent wage and not been forced to be somewhere were you are under threat from an enemy (Even if some parts of Hull can be a bit iffy it isn't the same as the FRG and I assume you had no say in your posting detail?)

Even if he were too tight not to have his missus fly out now & again he could 'see' & speak to her via video calls on a daily basis which cost nothing. Also it isn't as if he couldn't go back home for 3 months. of the year.

As I mentioned first up after everyone had given him the love in, he's a grown man & needs to grow pair or just man up & tell the truth if he got a better deal elsewhere. Had respect for him as a player, lost it for him as a man...

This is what I'm thinking, Gentle didn't want him at the club, didn't rate him and know's how much of a wet blanket he is.

Good riddance.

He lives near me, it's definitely the weather. There are a lot of Ozzies who wont even come here because of it.

It's a good job that there aren't many Australian explorers, nah sod it Bruce this North pole is too fecking cold, lets go home...talk about whinging