'As for the fee... that was pretty much a token payment... It was no big deal. It wasn't the money that was the issue, it was the way the deal was done that hurt'


Ha,.....is this the same way Dr Koukash is NOW conducting his business?????

3 words POT KETTLE BLACK

Haven't you heard? Marc Sneyd is actually the 'right one'.

You are correct... what goes around does indeed come around... But I don't agree with it. I'm not overjoyed about my club conducting this practice... I'd much prefer to win nothing for 10 years and build a great system where we nurture our own players with the odd star thrown in for good measure... similar to Leeds and Wigan.

And... BTW... My hatred in by no means irrational.

Yes, like Wigan who poached many a top Wire player ( and other clubs' players, too ) despite their 'nurturing' system. BTW, any hatred of any club is irrational unless that club has deliberately and knowingly done you personal harm - I seem to remember yours being associated with a father of an old girlfriend.

Do agents not have to be accredited in the UK like they are in the NRL? That would seem a good way of squeezing out the Offiah's and Andy Clarkes of this world.

I still don't see what the issue is about Offiah's actions over the Myler deal to Warrington. Everybody seems to say "he acted disgracefully" but what did he do?

Is it that Salford offered Myler more than Warrington did, but Offiah persuaded Myler that it would be in his interests to join us for less money, so he could get better commission himself?

Or is it just that he was successful in getting the two clubs in to a bidding war so Warrington ended up offering Myler more?

What did Offiah actually do that was "behaving disgracefully".

I remember him talking Myler up in the media and implying there was lots of interest but thats just kind of a sideshow to promote his player, that is really an agent's job. Look at how Gareth Bale's agent is making a lot of quotes to the press about what an honour it would be for him to be approached by Real Madrid, to try and strengthen his position.

Offiah's job is to represent the interests of his player so if he got the best deal for Richie Myler he has done his job. It wouldn't be exactly surprising if the two clubs offered similar deals and Myler chose Warrington because at the time Salford were crap, the Salford fans knew it, on their messageboard they were always saying what a joke they were, what a joke McRae/Simms etc were. His rugby prospects were going to be better at Warrington. In the same way if Warrington and an NRL club offered him similar deals I can understand if he wanted to try the NRL as long as he felt he was realistically going to be a first teamer.