mathead88Mathew Head
James Rule involved in drug scandal. #hullfc He was the ONLY reason I wasn't resigned, wish he was gone in 07 @hullfcofficial #IWanted2Stay

May I suggest before making such statements, you'd be wise to actually look up the English Law regarding libel.

So is Longy being at Preston RU (not covered by UKDA) rather than coaching Salford related to this?

Enlighten me Dave.

Might of missed this bit but it says on sky sports that Gleeson was banned for two years one month after the offence in May. Now if this is the case then the personal problems are a massive cover up of the total disaster the t!ts Rule and Cooper made of it. Also how the hell did this never come out?

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I`ll agree with you on that ! It is never dull supporting Hull !

Anyway might even make ITV news tonight its even more farcical than unions "bloodgate"!

Wrong. In the good old UK, bastion of free speech and all that, it's up to YOU to prove that your statement is true. And even then you can still be found guilty of libel if your true statement is considered defamatory.

If you defame anyone, it is you who are obliged to not only prove the allegation to be true but also that is was not defamatory.

This is why this website and many others run scared. All the complainant has to do is bring an action, it is then the respondent's responsibility to prove the allegation was a) true and b) not defamatory.

The classic example that is used is: You saying that Peter Sutcliffe never had a TV licence. It way be untrue but it's hardly likely to be defamatory. The onus would still be on you to prove that he didn't.

Green tea and maximuscle diet should have done it ! It worked on me . I s**t a stone in weight out in 7 days!!!

You clearly haven't attended any games involving us over the last few seasons, it was nothing but dull

His ban wasn't made official until October due to the ongoing investigation. It was backdated to June (the date of the original hearing and guilty verdict) due to his cooperation with the investigation into Cooper and Rule's shenanigans. It's entirely possible that his personal problems were genuine - given all he'd had to deal with in his personal life it wouldn't be surprising if the positive test tipped him over into full-fledged depression.

Ok but i dont remember seeing anything about it in October either.

Why do you think you should?

Rule's case wasn't settled until the 14th December or thereabouts. Since all the cases were linked my guess would be that nobody could talk about any of them until all three were settled.