Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:54 am  

Let us not beat around there. Andy Ackers has been tapped up by Toronto. He should have come out and done the decent thing and said that he had had a good offer from Toronto and wished to leave.
To use the old, London is too expensive, I miss my family and then sign for a club that plays on a different continent is rather pathetic.

Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:06 pm  

Absolutely gutted to lose these two players but I thank them for their time with us.
Hope William goes on from strength to strength at his new club, he's got such talent.
Wonder if we could tempt Brad Dwyer back to London again?

Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:15 pm  

BRONCO BILLY wrote:

Absolutely gutted to lose these two players but I thank them for their time with us.
Hope William goes on from strength to strength at his new club, he's got such talent.
Wonder if we could tempt Brad Dwyer back to London again?

I am sure I saw that Dwyer has sgned for Leeds.

Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 3:40 pm  

Really disappointed to lose these two players, they have been important this season and we were still no quite there, like others to say about wanting to return home and join a club on the other side of the world, is a big let down.

Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:43 pm  

A shame that the club or player or both had to bullshit us.

Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:52 pm  

But Akers is not leaving to go live in Toronto

Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:57 pm  

northernbloke wrote:

But Akers is not leaving to go live in Toronto

So just tell the truth! Ackers is taking a great career opportunity that allows him to spend a bit more time (not a great deal more) up North. I don't have a problem with that. I have a problem with the released on compassionate grounds bullshit. You might believe that Ackers completed a deal from start to finish with Toronto one day after his release. I don't.

Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:12 pm  

I don't think anyone thought he asked to be released to go work in b and q he was released because he wanted to be closer to home.
Playing for london he spent Feb to Sep in london with the odd break here and there. Playing for Toronto Feb to Sep he will spend at least half that time at home with his family, can't see what's wrong with that.

Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:32 pm  

northernbloke wrote:

I don't think anyone thought he asked to be released to go work in b and q he was released because he wanted to be closer to home.
Playing for london he spent Feb to Sep in london with the odd break here and there. Playing for Toronto Feb to Sep he will spend at least half that time at home with his family, can't see what's wrong with that.

These Northerners are rather prone to a bout of homesickness... And they call us the Southern Softies.

Re: Ackers and Barthau : Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:45 pm  

Lol problem is when you move between wigan Leeds Hudds etc you don't have to up sticks and move house. To play in london it's not really commutable is it? Upping sticks and moving the family lock stock is financially a massive ask for a rl player or any of us whippet strokers to manage. Remember we lost Paul Sykes because of the same reason many years back, his family were still up north.
Re Toronto, anyone know how they run things? Has anyone said they will get the grouping of games like last season? Do the squad decamp to Toronto as a whole group for that 4 weeks? Where do they base themselves when in the uk
I know as the season went on the accommodation for the visiting teams dropped in standard, some clubs complained being in what was student accommodation at the end.