I assume nearly everybody has a line though. That we want to feel a sense of pride in our team. That line might be in different places for different people, but I doubt there'd be many keen for us to sign a player who had done something they regard as truly heinous. Having principles does not, IMO, make me a sanctimonious whatever. Inevitably I compromise them everyday, because life is complicated and sometimes they're mutually incompatible. I don't think that makes me a hypocrite either.

One of my favourite books is Journey to the End of the Night. Its author later came to be regarded as an antisemite, not entirely unfairly. Whether the things people do can or should be seperated from who they are, is... complicated too.

I suspect I'll enjoy watching Carney play. The leadership at our club have a duty to pursue success, balancing that against ethical concerns. My gut feeling is they've done what's best here.

It's not really a question of ethics, but of morality, what's right and wrong. You're right, we all have our own 'line', and Hudgell laid out his line in the wake of Cockayne's racist remarks a few years ago. He's now gone back on that, twice.

Ultimately Rovers and Hudgell have taken advantage of another club having a much higher moral standard, and were able to pick up what is & will be a quality player, who otherwise wouldn't have imagined playing in the championship.

The distinction between ethics and morality is very fine, and I don't think we have an argument there.

I agree that this is a pragmatic and opportunistic decision.

I think you perhaps give Salford too much credit given how quickly they signed another non-fed player.

That's me then.

Hi, Geoff you big daft racism apologist.

If my friends started spouting racist comments, started being homophobic or being gormclops sexists I'd have a word.

But then they wouldn't because I don't knock about with s.

The thing is when a player does something that leaves the club with no choice but to sack him there's always another club that snaps him up spouting the usual crap like he's served his ban ,clean slate ,he's full of remorse when really there thinking we've got a great player on the cheap let's hope he doesn't mess up again

If other clubs ( perhaps a little closer to home?) had those same high moral standards, we could have picked up a prop and a winger recently. Damn.

that's about the truth of the situation but doesn't sit with DGM istas agenda of having a potshot at Hudgell and Rovers again. Pearson has contradicted himself in his time but again it's conviently forgotten by the great unwashed.

Might be quiet on here this week? Magic ..

As ripostes go, quality. Proper made me laugh out loud

Or Geoff.

I don't think you get it...any of it. You won't mind if our new signing f#cks your Mrs then?

We won't touch on his racism ban....we'll let that slide then cause he's signed for us. If I was German I'd let Hitler's more excessive behaviours go cause he's German...

I'll give him a chance. He's got less previous than the Bigot.

You can tell the club are sensitive about it. Sheens goes back a long way with him so here's hoping he contributes but we needed other positions filling.

The Magic weekend....the gift that keeps giving.

On Ben Barba possibly signing for Warrington. To quote Terry O'Connor ...someone's nose will be out of joint.

Wait while he gets there everyone's at the party will be.

I'm off to be sanctimonious elsewhere.

He was actually Austrian by birth. Something Austrians have done a good job to keep quiet about. Perhaps Rovers should get the Austrian PR firm to do some work on Carney!

Now you've blown it.

It was going so well for them until Hitzel. Now this.

Just read 16 pages of quality posts over on our neighbours board.Seems a 45 -0 loss is ok seeing as we are in the championship and saints walloped us once at magic.Hulk FC Humiliated in their spiritual home.Jake won't mind as any Hulk FC Loss is irrelevant and I expect a flurry of 3 or 4 year old posts dredged up by Mrs B or its multiple to deflect the royal rodgering the Curly Turds took today

Hoping Mild Mannered Janitor posts shortly.i like his signature and would like to see it tonight

I wouldn't count on it

We were a shambles but it's only a game