If we do have space for him (and I hope we have), I would get him signed up soon. I recon there will be quite a few other clubs in the waiting for him. His price tag will end up being more then we are prepared to pay.

Because people always want to know the how and why. We dont think we have a quota spot left, he does. We want to know how and why he thinks we do. We also have a distrust of the way that our club is ran as per the co*k ups of previous years so are naturally curious here to ensure they club are understanding the quota rules correctly.

Youre probably right. So wheres the middle ground then of being professional but telling us something? Is professionalism an easy excuse to be secretive sometimes?

Especially given the !dawning of a new age of communication" that was trotted out a few days ago.

And as i said yesterday, if FC agreed a new contract with him that expired 2009 rather than 2010 (ie 1 year shorter) it would legally overwrite his existing one. Meaning that when we then agree a new contract with him for 2010-2011 he could come off from the end of this season. Maybe this is what FC are doing.

Indeed.

Would the RFL see through that though? Sounds like a bit of a loophole to me

They will have made sure that teams can't do that, this is the dynamic, forward thinking RFL we are talking about.

It was 9PM last night, someone asked a question, which he took the time to answer and you think he should have spent even more time explaining the how and why when it wasn't even requested?

Surely people can see that it is very difficult to answer this question. Apart from the complexities of the quota system, there are people's careers potentially being discussed here. For all we know there is a quota spot open because Hull is letting a player go and that player either does not know themselves or is in discussions about early release. I am pretty sure that if he alluded to any such thing on this forum before it was settled then the hounds would be after him for a lack of integrity as well as everything else he is accused of.

He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

I wouldn't call not releasing confidential negotiations being secretive. Until something is finalised I think they have every right not to "announce" anything.

Its a big loophole but under contract law they cannot stop a player signing a shorter deal. Would be interesting to see if FC have tried this or are negotiations to try this currently.