Sport is in the entertainment industry and by simply saying "tough luck, pack your bags" to overseas players because of a situation that they have no control under would severely impact super leagues ability to attract quality (entertaining) overseas players going forward.

I remember traveling to Australia in 2000 and was shocked when I picked up an RL magazine that had a 4 page spread on overseas players not been paid the money that they had been promised by English clubs. The majority of the article focussed on Peter Walsh (that name still makes me shiver) and Gary Lester, who surprisingly, painted a very bad picture of our club. There was no mention that any shoddy shenanigans that might have taken place were conducted and carried out by a previous regime and the article left the reader thinking that this was how our club and the game in general was run in this country. It did make me wonder for how many years this type of publicity could have impacted on our overseas recruitment.

Jamie Foster is 1 off the 6 we've signed for next season, we've just got him in early on a loan deal for cover this year

Will the Hull Daily Mail run this before or after today's piece with Rangi Chase in a black and white shirt? Which itself was 2 days after Chase signed a 3 year extension to his 4 year deal at Cas, wasn't it?

We could essentially do the same with Chase. If we're sure his visa will come we should sign and register him, then just play the waiting game. That could be expensive though.

I ment to add, dont quote me on that



all this rumour talk drives me mad, i really just want the club to start confirming some of these rumours

3rd time lucky? makes sense to me, good signing if we do