Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:43 am  

Rocknrolla69er wrote:

Well that sorted that one eh hahaha!!!

I don't think Hodgson is sold on Fonua, if you go back to the start of the season he didn't start, that speaks volumes for me.

Hodgson dropped Fonua when he was at Wests too when we was in the Reserves.

After hearing what Fonua did to breach Covid protocol, I wouldn't play him for the rest of the year

[Chris71]

Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:48 am  

ccs wrote:

If Fonua's contract was up for renewal at the end of this season then I'd have fully agreed with you, but there's over a year still to go, so getting rid at this stage is not an option, especially when club finances are at rock bottom.

If I wasn't clear in the way I put it then I'll hold my hand up but I wasn't talking about simply getting rid by cancelling his contract or paying him off (as I would have said that) and certainly not when the state of the game is financially rocky and the club can ill afford to pay a player off. Not getting the level of performance or consistently as would have been expected from him is costing the club on the field. We all know he can play much better than he has done so so far and when you look at Faraimo who for me was a bit hit and miss but this season he certainly seems to have improved his game and performance levels but for some reason Fonua just doesn't seem to have since he returned.

Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 12:36 pm  

Irregs#16 wrote:

Hodgson dropped Fonua when he was at Wests too when we was in the Reserves.

After hearing what Fonua did to breach Covid protocol, I wouldn't play him for the rest of the year

If it’s that bad surely there’s a case for breach of contract?

Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:10 pm  

Just seen Salford gave been fined by the RFL for breaking covid regulations which then caused two games including ours to be called off, surely in this case we should get the points.

Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:10 pm  

Armavinit wrote:

If it’s that bad surely there’s a case for breach of contract?

Well he went against the owners wishes - but not technically a breach of contract

[Chris71]

Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:22 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Just seen Salford gave been fined by the RFL for breaking covid regulations which then caused two games including ours to be called off, surely in this case we should get the points.

I'd tend to agree that if these games were called off as a direct result of the breaking the covid regulations then the teams who they were due to play should be awarded the games as wins 24-0.

Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:24 pm  

Wigan v Leeds tomorrow, which result favours us, a draw perhaps.

Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:26 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Just seen Salford gave been fined by the RFL for breaking covid regulations which then caused two games including ours to be called off, surely in this case we should get the points.

Not according to the RFL, the Cas v Saints and Huddersfield v Cas games have been awarded to Saints and Cas @24-0, because in both games there were no grounds for a postponement.

Salford breached Covid protocols (as did Cas), resulting in games being postponed because of serious Covid outbreaks. There were grounds for postponements, a subtle difference, I guess.

Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:44 pm  

ccs wrote:

Not according to the RFL, the Cas v Saints and Huddersfield v Cas games have been awarded to Saints and Cas @24-0, because in both games there were no grounds for a postponement.

Salford breached Covid protocols (as did Cas), resulting in games being postponed because of serious Covid outbreaks. There were grounds for postponements, a subtle difference, I guess.

I see the difference in the situations and if teams get covid but te following the rules like us and Rovers, but this is their fault, so we should get the points, we wont though.

[Chris71]

Re: Season over? : Tue Aug 24, 2021 2:02 pm  

Riderofthepalehorse wrote:

Wigan v Leeds tomorrow, which result favours us, a draw perhaps.

Can't see past a win for Leeds tbh Rider as Wigan are very poor of late and seem to be getting worse.