of course they wont boo him when he returns!

at the end of the day they have a job to do on the pitch. like any other job, leave your personal problems at the door, do what you have to do.

i'm not condoning what reardon did but on the pitch why should it matter? he's a decent player and god knows we need them right now!

My wife and I often link arms. Do you think I should be more careful in future? Stop trying to butter it up. Like saying he threw his face at Cockaynes boot.

We do not know this yet..it is done now so maybe we need to see how he goes..one thing is for sure he is an experienced full- back, aparently he has kept on top of his fitness so this maybe the change he needs to get his game and life back on track..

fooks sake I thought this was a wind up

I wont. Already made my feelings clear.

And well said they were.
I cannot believe we have done this.

I am not condoning what he did. Terrible, breaking into somebody's home and assaulting them, maybe the RL should look into punishing players in the game. But until this happens we need to jump at any opportunity to sign decent players because we don't seem to be able to in regular circumstances. But what the guy did was not as bad as what Cokayne did so a custodial sentence is very very unlikely.

I dont think you have to worry becuase as far as I know you cant be charged for bruising a blow up doll.

Nice one

.... withholding a puncture repair kit is in this case an offence tho'

lets be fair our club do a lot of things we do not understand.

It is difficult we complain when we lose, we lack specialists in certain areas a player becomes available so we take him..I do not condone what he has done however if Pryce became available how many sl clubs would be interested?

I understand he has no previous so he has clearly made a terrible mistake which I am sure he will regret for a long time..we already have players who are no angels..we need to put this into perspective and give the bloke a chance to make amends.

You can bruise one??? thanks for the tip.

Would we all be getting more holy than thou if it had been leon pryce we signed??

Lets face it, he'll only play 2 games, then its the big house.

Eh?

Reckon we will need to sign a probation officer as well at this rate, how many more ex-current offenders are we going to have on board? Makes a mockery of what the ballons were released for yesterday. A great example Hull fc on this one

Had a chance to familarise myself with the case..like I said I do not condone his actions however I like many others had an initial knee jerk reaction..

I was just pleased to read Pryce never held the women down whilst Readon kicked and punched her in the head..Grabbed her arm causing 3 bruises not good however hardly in the same league as most of the thugs

So why bother for all the bad PR it creates?

The tip is what causes the bruises.... anything further than a semi will puncture

We will be releasing balloons for those that have been released soon

Quite correct Wilf.

Its about time the RFL took a stance againt this kind of behaviour because clubs are clearly not capable of looking at the bigger picture.

Where did you get that information from?

You mean now you've signed him you've changed your tune

I wondered that.

While on the surface people assume the Cockayne case set a precedent for non-custodial sentences for violent RL players, and even while Readon's common assault arm-grab is peanuts compared to Ben's blow out, the fact remains that different judges hand out wildly differing sentences for the same offence.

This coupled with the fact that this judge has taken a dim view of the fact that Readon and Pryce broke into the victims' house to commit the assault and his words of doom regarding the custodial sentence does make it seem that Readon will indeed be wearing black and white gaol stripes in a couple of weeks.

So why have Hull bothered? Surely they must have anticipated our disgust?

Or are we THAT desperate?

News on Motu should be demanded, now, I think.

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Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool