Pretty sure he did but we did the right thing and let him bail out.

He definitely did and we gave him the option to back out thus letting him go where ever?

If he hadn't signed we wouldn't have needed to give him the option to leave.
He wouldn't have turned down Wigan wihout a place to go.

find it hard to beleive that we gave him the option to back out. Players and their agents never show loyalty so why we chose to take the moral high ground on this one I just don`t know. He signed a contract with us we should have made him honour it, I don`t care if we oversold the club to him thats irrelevant. We could have sold him to Hull, even for a nominal fee, say £ 3,000.00, thats a lot of shirt sales or foxy bingo or club 1873 or season tickets. It would have been easy money.

We sold him a vision plus of course an acceptable contract. I presume we did not try to renegotiate his contract so he did not move to Hull for the money. The obvious conclusion is he did not like the new vision which I presume he thought would be detrimental to his future career prospects.
I ask can we the supporters be advised what the new vision is because he obviously thought it was not a risk worth taking.

Don't think I need telling, unless we get over 3,000 members the future looks less than rosy, it would have been financial/career stupidity for him to sign for us, no guarantee regarding quality of players, wages, being in SL in 2015, does it need spelling out any clearer?

There is a difference between being a player and a supporter though.
We are aware what the vision is this has been explained, but it wasn't the vision the player bought into when he was signed.
Personally I think we have done the right thing although it may well bite us on the booty.
If you as a supporter need a rosy vision to be able to back the club I'd suggest you aren't going to get it, and if you don't know that by now you never will.

Think we needed this as much as Tuson. Clearly what we offered him will probably allow us to sign 2 or maybe 3 players to bulk up the squad

Shame it's got to this but think it makes sense for all involved. Now we've saved some cash get on the phone to those young ones OOC!

Exactly. We'd have looked like mugs making him sign and then not having enough money to pay more than 17 players

If we can't sell the vision to a squad player at Wigan what standard of player can we look to recruit especially if you hope the money we were to pay him would allow us to sign 2 or 3 player. I presume these players must also lack ambition or why sign for us. I will note with interest if we do sign any players if their contracts exceed 12 months.

He's not coming.

Aren't most contracts 'Super League' ones that expire if the team gets relegated anyway or did I dream that?

In light of the current situation what standard of player do you think we are likely to attract exactly?

Confirmed by Hull. Not a shock but still very disappointing.

Well thats a big suprise that is.

Its a good job we kept hold of Mariano, i realise Tusons a far better player and its for the best

Let's see if this comes to fruition.
Did Agar go to Oz looking for players as he was pretty sure that Tuson wasn't coming and knew what he could spend?

OK hes gone,but i hope Anakin & Trout are the future.

Wonder if a Hull FC will let Paul Johnson go now? He'd be worth re-signing for Wakey now we've saved the Tuson money.



Carter told the Express last week that if Tuson decided not to move to Wakefield the money would be invested into another player signing.

I never rated Johnson especially when a prop, lightweight and too small.

Tuson tweeted last night to apologise to Wakey fans but hopes we understand his decision to join Hull.

No qualms about it whatsoever - the lad has to look after himself.

Lets see who we can get as a'bit of a bargain' then...

Paul Johnson....hardworking....unspectacular....squad player at best - is he our level?

Unless one of the faithful has some luck with the euromillions, it's looking like a season similar to the season that led to Kear's departure.
Kids and Loaned players and a couple of bargain basement players.
A season sure to test the mettle of all of us and with the spectre of relegation hanging in the air.
Another last day escape on the cards ?

No surprise really and can't blame him.