Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:22 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

It was already public to everyone anyway. I think the RFL have made an error, it probably didn't need a war over it.

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It's a huge 5hitstorm now and there's the potential for everyone to be covered.

It was public to everyone getting in a lather on forums. It wasn't public (in the press) to those with a passing or no interest in RL. Because of the RFL's ill-timed release it now is, so what you've got is RL in the news with homophobia headlines.

The alternative way of dealing with this was to wait until they'd actually investigated the incident, then either 1) There is no story, because Hardaker hasn't been proved to have said anything, or 2) The story is a positive about the result of the RL dealing with a homophobic incident. Instead you have a massive mess. This is the same RFL media department that announced Sinfield's international retirement in the middle of transfer deadline day.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:25 pm  

craigizzard wrote:

It was public to everyone getting in a lather on forums. It wasn't public (in the press) to those with a passing or no interest in RL. Because of the RFL's ill-timed release it now is, so what you've got is RL in the news with homophobia headlines.

The alternative way of dealing with this was to wait until they'd actually investigated the incident, then either 1) There is no story, because Hardaker hasn't been proved to have said anything, or 2) The story is a positive about the result of the RL dealing with a homophobic incident. Instead you have a massive mess. This is the same RFL media department that announced Sinfield's international retirement in the middle of transfer deadline day.

Their level of incompetence knows no bounds.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:38 pm  

William Eve wrote:

When deploring witch hunts, there's nothing more imaginative than countering with a retaliatory witch hunt of one's own.

Oh dear. I appear to agree with Billy Eve.

Hardaker and Silverwood's roles in all this remain unclear. They are both innocent until proven guilty. If I were the RFL I might have thought about this and quietly moved him to another match.

The RFL handling of this has been a massive clusterf**k.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:40 pm  

Isn't there a case for the RFL charging themselves with bringing the game into disrepute?

Also where does that smug Mr Cummings stand in all this

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:41 pm  

Juan Cornetto wrote:

Also where does that smug Mr Cummings stand in all this

That evil genius orchestrated the whole thing.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:48 pm  

This is what happens when you let pu ffs run the show

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:49 pm  

Juan Cornetto wrote:

Isn't there a case for the RFL charging themselves with bringing the game into disrepute?

Also where does that smug Mr Cummings stand in all this

Maybe the South Stand's chants at the end of the game gave him flashbacks to his time on the pitch.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:12 pm  

Just been on FB and one silly so and so has just said 'why shouldn't they release his name ? And names get released when they've been charged' then he called Hardaker some kind of an obscenity .i can see Hardaker taking this further too with the clubs support.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:51 pm  

The people who are slating Silverwood have you ever thought that during the match he heard something and thought rubbish that's not important and hence why he did not report anything.

He is getting backed into a corner now as well. If he heard anything then a lip reader would not be needed.

The video ref decisions are now going to have four people making the call. Two refs, one lip reader in case naughty words are spoken by the defense and a psychic in case the lip reader misses something.

Re: Zak Hardaker - Statement : Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:54 pm  

Some of the obscenities that are now being used on various social media forums FB in particular describing Hardaker is absolutely vile.