mike riley just said on the radio penky as deffo NOT signed for anybody yet,

That would fit in with Rhino's comment on Tuesday night that there were a couple of players still holding out from signing.

Penky will have been the first player offered a deal. If he were staying he would have signed it weeks or even months ago. He is leaving, I think we need to accept it and talk about a replacement.

Not many players could replace him, that's the problem. Andy Ellis would be someone who could but he has got his chance in super league, I cant think of many players as good as penky that would want to come and play for fax.

Just been on pheonix fm penky not signed for anyone yet, one of the directors Mike Riley I think, being interveiwed

Snap

As it's past the deadline for players to speak to other clubs, would Penky necessarily have to tell Halifax if he has signed for someone else?

Probably not but why lie about it, he said himself yesterday that he hadn't signed for anybody yet. we have this every year!

One of my mates has text me to say it's confirmed in the courier today that penky is joining Leigh. Can't see a link on the website yet.

Just confirms the inevitable.

Good luck to the lad, Leigh have got themselves a right player there.

He still hasn't signed for anyone - courier heard of a source but thats it. They got it wrong.

Ok cool.

Im sure it's just a case of delaying the news until the play offs are over.

It wasn't me LOL !!!!


I'd like to say that i started this particular *rumour* but those Lobbybobbler's get into us every year about Penky signing for them....

They'll want to delay the announcement for as long as possible so as not to disrupt the business end of the season.

I hate mid to end of season player announcements like this - it's unsettling. Look at Huddersfield - riding high at the beginning of SL and then the coach and captain announce new deals with other clubs and destroy Hudderfields season in one weekend. They've bombed almost every weekend since.

Agreed. If Penky really has signed for Leigh, then there shouldn't be any announcement until our season is over (one way or another). We could be playing Leigh soon...

Talked to a bloke this morning who has a fruit and veg stall in Leigh, he says he knows a butcher in Halifax who knows a bloke in Featherstone who has a newsagents. The newsagent in Fev says his mate at Batley says he knows a bloke in Keithley, the bloke in Keithley says Penky is staying at Fax, but could go to either Leigh or Fev
but not Keighley, unless he decides to go there.
So there you are,
Simples.

Yep what a daft time for the player announcements.
All our attention should be on getting as far in the play offs as possible.
I'm sure that this contributed to the poor display against the Eagles last year at Bramall Lane when we got paggered in the play offs.

No we were just rubbish last season full stop. Apart from semi and final of northern rail, which we should have won last year as well as this.

Courier put it on Twitter that a deal was done but they were only going off the same Tweet everyone else has seen by Neil Barraclough. Even that starts "I've heard that...."