Agreed. He even went back and edited it to a slightly different yet still pathetic comment. He probably thinks people who don't like it are "woke".

Maybe the investment is a lot less than we thought it was going to be. Some kid who wigan don't want as our 1st choice hooker? Surely not when we have a highly regarded youngster In balmforth at the club

I noticed that as well. Dug a deeper hole made a bizarre comparison and wisely said goodnight and beat a hasty retreat.

We all should move on. Unless we hear more of this rubbish.

Who said he was going to be first choice/starting hooker?

I rarely listen to the rumours and those 'in the know' as 90% of the time it's b.s , as have been proven MANY times

When his super-duper covid mask 'slips', well, his super-duper covid mask 'slips'.

It's all part of the fun!

I will say that some of our higher profile signings like Ese-ese and Asiata have come completely out of the blue.

That's why I'm confident Damien Cook will be announced shortly.

Trust your type to not have self awareness to realise the crassness of likening a drink to being a racist. All of the masks on your many faces are slipping….Big Ben Bonaire.

How much do people think it’s going to be? In his Humberside interview AP clearly said that we’d always spend to cap anyway and aim to be self sufficient, mentioned us and Leeds I think as the two who could do that. Whenever he mentioned investment he said he’s offered equity FOC for someone to invest and hopes that investment might allow a little bit extra to allow us to use the marquee exemption more then we do, and that looks to be the case with Asiata and possibly JA, didn’t seem like he was describing a sugar daddy scenario like Moran at Wire, Davy at Hudds or McNeil at Rovers. He said it’s a decent investment opportunity for someone but he’s struggled to sell it.

It’s only people on Twitter and the usual rumour mill that have decided someone’s going to pump in millions for no return. Those type of benefactors tend to be local people with a lifelong affinity for the club and AP ruled this out. We now know that any investment is likely to come from a bloke with a lifelong affinity to another club. It’s still welcome for me and don’t think we are in a situation to be picky, but people are just making up the figures in their own heads at the minute.

You are now officially the go to man for rumours!

Wait until you hear about the Api Koroisau one

Im lead to believe that Balmforth has fallen behind Hodgson in the hooking pecking order and the club see him more as a loose forward.

Maybe that explains the signing, but in truth we are not going to replace everyone at once. It will take time, as far as I can see everyone weve signed improves the squad.

Need to get Hodgson signed up, HDM didn't have him on the list of players signed for next season.

Is he any good the new hooker?

I quite like him when I've seen him. Crisp service from DH, can scoot when opportunity arises, and hits above his weight in defence. As the 'bench' hooker behind an NRL 9 (fingers crossed), I am quite happy with that

It feels like a long time ago that AP did that interview but what I do recall from it was that he really didn't want to be drawn on specifics and came across as quite vague on a lot of things, particularly surrounding the investment. Which I think in fairness is understandable because there will need to be a great deal of confidentiality about such things.

But of course that leads to speculation but there's no actual facts beyond knowing that Pearson is seeking investment and confident it will be done by the end of the season. For all we know, AP could be selling up altogether, could be giving up a major stake but still retaining part ownership, or could be just offering a minor stake and remaining owner. The appointment of Myler as DOR came out of the blue and seemed a really left field choice which drew a lot of people to Thirkill but of course that could just be people putting two and tow together and coming up with five. The club has also seemingly gotten it's hands on capital from somewhere recently due to the changes such as the sacking of Smith and Gene, paying off Hoy, Pearson's promise of marquee players next season (a far cry from previously saying we can't operate with marquee players) etc. Again, a lot of people are presuming (myself included) that it's a sign of investment but I suppose it's also possible that Pearson has just put his hands in his pockets knowing that changes needed to be made, particularly to attract investors.

Like many, I have my own theories on what's happening but I have no facts backing these up. Just a lot of supposition and guesswork. I would be curious to hear if anyone has anything more concrete they can share. Or even rumours!