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| Quote ="east hull FC fan"Anyone else think the Allam million was to pay Mason off?'"
Why would we pay him off wen he asked to be released from his contract
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| Quote ="blakeysrobin"Feck!!!!!!! 6 months!!!!! he was expensive!!!!!!
Have a word with yourself.'"
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Quote ="gingerspice"Why would we pay him off wen he asked to be released from his contract'"
And that's the hat-trick!
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| Quote ="Katie.Smithson"£395,000 x 3 = £1.65million? I know the standard of education isnt the best in hull, but seriously? Its not even ball park'"
Err no love. Considering I'm responsible for paying thousands of pounds of tax payers money on a daily basis, including some extremely complex calculations taking in excess of 3hrs, then I'm perfectly capable of managing a simple calculation of Willie Mason's Toulon deal:-
Currently, rounded up to the nearest penny, there is 66p to the Australian dollar so 2.5M Australian dollars X .66 = 1.65M English pounds.
Come back when you have something useful to contribute soft lass.
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| Quote ="WormInHand"You sure you're old enough to remember Zook Ema? You appear to be barely old enough to to remember Cooke being in breach of contract when he spoke to Rovers. Don't remember Hudge shaking his head sternly and telling Cooke he shouldn't be doing it. Hmm?
Rovers need to get their own house in order before pointing the finger so much. Mason's had enough and bitten it off. Good on him.'"
yes i do remember zook ema I watched him play loads of times which is why i chose the name. I am more than old enough to remember paul cooke and you would have every right to say what goes around comes around and your right.
as for rovers getting there own house in order I totally agree we as a club should share the blame. and in future I would like the club to fully focus on developing our own youth system and bring through local lads, so we may not rely on overseas players in the future. will that happen well I can only hope.
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| Quote ="Roverswall"He was being paid wasn't he?
If we had not been paying him all along then I would have done the back door dealing he had but that isn't the case, Like it or not we had still been paying him as a HKR player he then chose to go elsewhere knowing full well he was still reciving (sp) monies for that contract.'"
exactly ,
this guy got offered a massive amount of money to ply his trade elsewere,passport or no passport he would have taken the offer either way.
he was clearly here for the money.
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| Quote ="General Zod."Rovers board have been truly outstanding since Hudge took over as Chairman but I have to say I'm very disappointed in how the board have handled this saga and how they have treated Willie Mason for the following reasons:-
As I understand it, it was reported last year that Galea was due to get a Maltese passport and Mason was signed as a quota player who would play for Rovers under an Australian visa and be registered as a quota player. Had this happened, Mason would have been in the country before xmas doing pre-season with the rest of the squad.
It then transpires Galea won't come off the quota so they tell Mason he's going to have to get a Tongan passport himself. We then have a 30yr old player who has to go through the bureaucracy of sorting out his own passport when all he wants to do is come over and get on with things.
At this point I (under contract or not) I think it's perfectly understandable that he or his agent looks at other options given the fact he's unclear of how things would pan out at Rovers considering he's in his twilight years and all he wants to do is play rugby.
He eventually came over and showed effort and enthusiasm whether on the pitch or on the bench (even though he was tucked out wide when he should have been played in the middle until Dobson was in the team) only for Rovers to bin him off because he's looked at other options whilst the club had told him "sort yourself a passport out or you can't play".
The board may say that Mason was out of order in approaching Toulon, but I feel in this instance, they should have cut him some slack considering all the messing about Willie Mason has been subjected to.
And all this talk of Mason being a "money grabber" is total non-sense as far as I'm concerned; if someone offered me 5 times my salary then I'd jump ship without a second thought - and I expect most people reading this post would do the same.
I've always stated that the FC board got what they deserved over their treatment of Paul Cooke and I'm not the sort of person to change their tune now the boot is on the other foot.
I do applaud the board and JM for the tough stance they take with all players because it benefits the long term culture of the club but I feel they gone a step too far this time.
Willie Mason will earn the equivalent of £1.65M during his next 3 years @ Toulon and I wish him well.'"
Agree completely, just hope lessons have been learned from the whole situation
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| Quote ="east hull FC fan"Bite 1
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Yes HKR have dropped a clanger here but that gives you no excuse for clear trolling.
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| Quote ="east hull FC fan"Bite 1
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77 exclaimation marks and a laugh.
Your MY 1st bite.
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| Quote ="Roverswall"How about you post contructively?
Yes HKR have dropped a clanger here but that gives you no excuse for clear trolling.'" Ok, Rovers recieve cash injection, few days later deal is agreed to end Mason's time at the club. Is this merely a coincidence?
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| =#FF0000Right let us get one thing straight.
This is a board for The Mason situation.
That doesn't mean you can post what ever you want and the AUP still applies.
So trolling and posts that are slightly dubious will still be removed and if needed the posters will be dealt with.
You have been warned.
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| Quote ="east hull FC fan"Bite 1
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| Quote ="east hull FC fan"Ok, Rovers recieve cash injection, few days later deal is agreed to end Mason's time at the club. Is this merely a coincidence?'" Possibly I haven't got that information, I would imagine neither have you.
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| Quote ="Roverswall"Possibly I haven't got that information, =#FF0000I would imagine neither have you.'" What gave it away? It was the question mark wasn't it?
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| Quote ="east hull FC fan"What gave it away? It was the question mark wasn't it?'" Probably.
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| Quote ="east hull FC fan"Ok, Rovers recieve cash injection, few days later deal is agreed to end Mason's time at the club. Is this merely a coincidence?'"
If Rovers have agreed to let him go I would assume its to let him talk over contracts with other parties or we're shagged, we cant play you.
I would assume he has been paid up to a certain date and then told no more. If it was to the end of the season I would imagine it wasnt for a figure approaching anywhere near the input from allam.
If I were Mason and recieving that kind of money (allam) I would sit on my hands in the RM stand and say play me when you can im ok thanks.
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| Quote ="blakeysrobin"If Rovers have agreed to let him go I would assume its to let him talk over contracts with other parties or we're shagged, we cant play you.
I would assume he has been paid up to a certain date and then told no more. If it was to the end of the season I would imagine it wasnt for a figure approaching anywhere near the input from allam.
If I were Mason and recieving that kind of money (allam) I would sit on my hands in the RM stand and say play me when you can im ok thanks.'"
I thought Rovers were getting a fee, not paying paying one out.
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| Quote ="ComeOnYouUll"To be honest, who can blame the bloke?
Toulon
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mmm pot kettle have you seen the dump to the west of Hull ie the Boulevard, Hessle Rd etc. at the end of the day we are all from Hull and live in postcodes HU (unless you live out of the area)so you could take it as the town in general east or west.
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| Quote ="blakeysrobin"I would assume he has been paid up to a certain date and then told no more. If it was to the end of the season I would imagine it wasnt for a figure approaching anywhere near the input from allam.'" I never said it would be that large a sum. Just that Hudge may have wanted rid, but Mason wanted paying up first. Money isn't easy to come by (for most SL clubs) especially half a marquee signings yearly wage. Just saying the investment could have helped speed the process up.
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"I thought Rovers were getting a fee, not paying paying one out.
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"I thought Rovers were getting a fee, not paying paying one out.
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I don't think any one but the club and Mason are going to Be privey to that information, and to be honest Wat ever Mason does now good luck to him, I don't agree with him talking to another club but not a lot can be done bout it now, saves us messing with that pesky passport now, lets see if toulon have better luck obtaining it.
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"I thought Rovers were getting a fee, not paying paying one out.
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Mrs B, with your superb accountancy background even you would know thats not good business, and again which one of your sources has confirmed this ........ er guess non hear say as usual oh well makes good posting for you.
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| Quote ="gingerspice"I don't think any one but the club and Mason are going to Be privey to that information, and to be honest Wat ever Mason does now good luck to him, I don't agree with him talking to another club but not a lot can be fond bout it now, saves us messing with that pesky passport now, lets see if toulon have better luck obtaining it.'" Toulon don't need it.
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"I thought Rovers were getting a fee, not paying paying one out.
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To be honest dont care. Glad to be rid and can now move on with a settled squad without distractions.
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| Quote ="megadyne66"Mrs B, with your superb accountancy background even you would know thats not good business, and again which one of your sources has confirmed this ........ er guess non hear say as usual oh well makes good posting for you.'"
Eh? Could you repeat the question?
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| Quote ="east hull FC fan"Toulon don't need it.'"
Er yes they do as they have all they're quotas filled that was one of the things they required. So stick that in ur pipe and smoke it
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