Re: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:38 am  

HamsterChops wrote:

Northus wrote:

Toronto have just confirmed the signing of Steve Crossley for 2017.

Where's that?

Canada

Re: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:40 am  

vbfg wrote:

Canada

Ok I asked for that.



The reason I asked the initial question of where the info came from though was that there's a spoof twitter account doing the round for Toronto, announcing various player recruitment as signed and sealed, including James Laithwaite and Richard Whiting, which some are taking as the real deal. When actually the official Toronto website and Twitter has only announced Liam Kay and Craig Hall as far as I've seen.

Re: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:55 am  

HamsterChops wrote:

Ok I asked for that.



The reason I asked the initial question of where the info came from though was that there's a spoof twitter account doing the round for Toronto, announcing various player recruitment as signed and sealed, including James Laithwaite and Richard Whiting, which some are taking as the real deal. When actually the official Toronto website and Twitter has only announced Liam Kay and Craig Hall as far as I've seen.

Yeah I realised afterwards that it isn't the official twitter account of the club. However, it's not a 'spoof' account, it's clearly run by somebody affiliated with the club, and the official account even links to it on their page. Fleming and Crossley were both linked to be making the move to Toronto earlier in the season so it wasn't much of a surprise to see their names on the list.

I guess time will tell just how accurate the list of players turns out to be.

Re: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:06 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Yeah I realised afterwards that it isn't the official twitter account of the club. However, it's not a 'spoof' account, it's clearly run by somebody affiliated with the club, and the official account even links to it on their page. Fleming and Crossley were both linked to be making the move to Toronto earlier in the season so it wasn't much of a surprise to see their names on the list.

I guess time will tell just how accurate the list of players turns out to be.

I suspect the list will be almost spot on. As you say, the players mentioned have all been linked with the club anyway. It's either announcing things too early, or it's guessing based on rumours, MG style.

Re: NoRe: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:31 pm  

MicktheGled wrote:

Ok, no more cryptic posts. Apologies.

Didn't even last 24 hours...

@TheGameCaller at 14:54 26/07/16 wrote:

I still hope the RFL have contingency plans in place for what is around the corner. The game is built on quick sand. Wake up."

Re: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:46 pm  

I know about quicksand, but WTF is quick sand?

Re: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:58 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

I know about quicksand, but WTF is quick sand?

Really, really fast sand.

Re: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:47 pm  

debaser wrote:

Really, really fast sand.

aka shifting sand...well I think the ground beneath our feet is a little tenuous to say the least!

Re: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:30 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

I don't mind Radio Leeds. In fact, I thought Phil Caplan spoke excellently about the situation. Not sure who the other bloke was, as it didn't seem to be JD who normally does it. Missed the introductions though so never heard.

Schofield the less said about the better. He's just trying to keep himself dining out on the sport despite offering absolutely nothing useful to it since he retired.

Phil Caplan's exact words were "you do wonder about the financial position of the Bulls".

The club should make sure Yorkshire radio get a letter from their solicitors and they are banned from the ground.

I'd have BBC, BCB and T&A in too for a reminder of what acceptable journalistic standards are.

Re: Next Year : Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:02 pm  

Yorkshire Radio have a lot to answer for. It was their initial report that started the administration hysteria.

I don't listen to Yorkshire radio at all so I don't know what angle they approached this. I once listened to coverage of Wakefield v Bradford and the commentary was so wakey biased that I've not switched it on since.