Pointless reading 10 pages. It's way too late for us to do something now. Again, the board are a bit slow, should have cut our losses first time.

I now want to see Rule confirm that Hull FC has spend not one penny on Crockers wages

Wire did



And Bradford 3 year ago



Oh and Rovers need cash

Are'nt we giving Rovers some cash for Makka?

Dobson's not worth £2.4 million

An organising scrum half and a class player = priceless

When did Briers leave?


Not really.


I honestly believe that Hudge the Grudge would sooner see them go under.

1 ) This season

but im sure you knew who i was refering to and he did play 6 too





And yes i do believe Fielden was the Bulls best player at the time

Well if he wasnt i would like to knwo who you woul value higher

Same here, but then again i'll reserve my judgement on dobson until the end of the season. Looked good in 2 poor teams (catalan and wigan) couldn't make it in the NRL and has gone missing in some of rovers bigger games.

Neither Gleeson nor Fielden were the most [iimportant[/i players at their respective clubs IMO.

I never mentioned [ibest[/i player.

Who,s that Sir Les Patterson

Click your heels 3 times Dorathy, it may be true.

He was, at best, their third best prop in his last season there. After the WCC against Wests he didn't have another genuinely good game (and hasn't since).

Well I am truly gutted that we won't get the chance to see Crocker play for us. I honestly believe he would have had an amazing impact on the club and squad much like Kearney did and I also think he would have added hugely to the quality of SL.

However after being rejected for a second time I think Hull are right not to pursue it any longer and need to identify other targets.

We all know we need a SH but we won't get one this season as their is no one free, however we need to make sure we sign a top SH for 2010 its an absolute must!!

Best of luck Mick!

do a deal with south sydney rabbits. get craig wing from them

Not the type of player we need.

Obviously I'm not happy Mr Crocker will not be with us but I wish him the best to do what is best for him in the future. If we can get him next year great. If he choses a deal to be in Aus for the next few years then that is all well and good.
I'm a big believer that as one door closes another opens so let's see who we can get in the future for our team. Even the board bashers here will believe that they will be keeping their eyes open for available talent.

FWIW I think the immigration authorities have it all wrong, why the hell are they rejecting someone who has a job to come to (and a very well paid one), who is going to pay tax and NI into the system, who is now a family man with responsibilities and all because he made a small mistake a few years ago while allowing all and sundry from god knows where who cannot prove who they are (and in some cases where they are really from) and have pasts we know nothing about enter the country.

Bloody crazy.

Just read back through the letters pages in [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/The Independent[/url for some even crazier examples

What a shame that we and SL will miss out on his talent. What a shame that our youngsters will not have his RL skills to learn from. What a shame that the country will miss his contribution to the higher tax limit. What a shame that our country allows serious offenders into our country and those people looking for state handouts and yet keeps out people who have speeding fines and minor affrays to sully their good name. What a shame that we cannot forgive someone who has paid his dues for a crime committed years in the past. The only good thing is that the High Commission are on the other side of the planet and can't directly affect our lives with their tortoise-paced beaurocracy.

Fundamentally, I think the decision not to let someone enter the country due to a criminal record is the right one, however we all know that this isn't being applied consistently across the board which is the disappointing thing for me

Expect his signing in due turn...

Sad not to see him in the black and white but guess thats life move on!!!

On another issue didn't luaki apply about the same time crocker re-applied?? In which case surely we should have some better news soon

It was about a fortnight later when we signed Lauaki so iwould expect it to be a couple of weeks before we hear anything

It does? It is enshrined in law that people who have been convicted of serious offences are allowed to come into the country? I haven't seen that one.

It is ridiculous that he's not allowed over, but to suggest that we operate an open door policy for murderers, rapists and terrorists is boIIocks.

We've now signed a youth development agreement with an Aussie club, to ensure we have no such visa problems in the future.

These are the potential recruits: