That's very tru AS

This where we are ATM.
Humberside run a story about our full back going to FC.
BOTH clubs have since denied it through the HDM, Jake Webster tweeted that Shannon himself had denied it and Webster thought it was credible enough to put it on his twitter account, Scott Murrell also thought it was credible enough to retweet it on his twitter account, Wilf has happily stated that his contacts from both clubs have denied it and have stated that as far as they are aware Shannon is going home for 2013.

Now I'm not saying Humberside have got it wrong but there is a hell of a lot of indicators showing that they might well have done.
Also as much as Mike White gets it right a lot of the time I seriously doubt he is right 100% of the time and this is purely a Mike White story.

Run that by me again? Is Shannon going to FC?

I think both clubs are aware of the reaction that will take place if they announce McDonnell has signed for Hull.

It would be understandable if the clubs had agreed that for the players sake, to keep quiet for now.

That's why I neither believe or disbelieve the denials. Obviously he hasn't signed for Rovers yet because we would have been told about that.

The longer it goes on with no announcement the more likely it is that he has signed for Hull IMO.

I will be glad when he does go or stay we can then get on with our lives he is not and never will be a world beater at the moment he is playing well lets hope until he goes he carries on playing well if he stays its a bonus

That must be me blonde streaks I don't care who shoots me down Paul a lot on here don't like it when u argue back and were is Easty

That's it, on a web site that lives on people having an opinion it's always best not to have one.

The thing that I find strange is that it doesn't suit anybody - either of the clubs or the player - to release this now (if it were true). The report was too certain and detailed be be dismissed retrospectively as speculation - somebody has dropped one, I think.
The only other possibilities are in the realms of conspiracy theory and cock-up always seems more likely than conspiracy to me.

Sorry about that, stinks doesn't it?



Guess whose fault that will be...

Roger, Mike Smith, Casey, Broadhurst, Kellett, Burwell, Young, Agar, Watky, Miller, Prohm, Lowe ...........................................................etc

They have all left the club, but we survived.

Shannon Mac is a good player and I would like him to stay, but if he leaves I doubt he will be missed as much as 10% as much as the above list and by the time 2013 kicks off, he will be forgotten.

But was it so certain?
It didn't give figures apart from the 'substantial' tagline it didn't even say he had signed if I remember right.
It was very similar to the Shenton story with him going to HKR and we all know how that ended.
My point is still that we are supposed to dismiss the comments of the player, His team mates, Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers all on the say so of Mike White.
He may end up at FC but some won't even entertain that Mike White maybe wrong.

I would entertain Mike White.

Maybe do some juggling for him, a little bit of singing (not my forte I might add), throw some stilt walking in there and finish off with a strip tease. Could do all of them at once.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

I didn't hear the Shenton story, but the impression I got was that they weren't hedging their bets especially. There was all the 'understand' and 'sources' stuff, but not much equivocating with 'may' or 'could', iirc. Only listened once, tbf.

'Agreed', rather than 'signed' I think they said. I think we can be confident he definately hasn't signed, and that the story was groundless has to be entertained, at least. I don't think it is clear cut, either way. We'll see - the kid is free to ply his trade wherever he wishes, nowt for anybody to get their knickers in a twist over IMO.