Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:18 pm  

WormInHand wrote:

What I can't understand, is if he failed the test after Salford on the 13 May, although he didn't play in the cup against Widnes, he did in the league against Hudds and Rovers, before the hearing on June 9th.

Seeming madness, or desperation by the club to keep the pressure off Agar and try to continue the limping "success"?

Agar picked the teams between those dates. Not being legally clued up, I may be reading more into this than necessary, but surely he should have been sidelined pending the investigation?

We'll see how deep the rabbit hole goes in the coming days, I'm sure.

Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:22 pm  

Great to see so many Rovers fans on here today, mainly lurkers, especially our friendly moderator R.B.A., who can't get enough of it and has superglued his finger to the "refresh" button, apparently. Flies and $hite spring to mind. I see RoversTrace was on earlier too, even though she's apparently not remotely interested in F.C. Such gloryhunters. At least I make a t!t of myself on a daily basis on their board. In it for the long haul, me.

Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:27 pm  

This is another kick in the vitals to the club and the game as a whole, it could not have come at a worse time. The RFL will hold an inquiry and who knows what they will uncover, I hope they do and we need to get to the bottom of this once and for all.

Clearly I can see why certain actions have now happened and we need to get full answers to one or two questions. I am not going to list them here, but this is not going to go away over night and its going to linger for most of the year.

Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:29 pm  

Club stick the boot into Kath et al in statement

Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:30 pm  

Brian Fowler - spot on viewtopic.php?p=16188731#p16188731

Brian Fowler - spot on viewtopic.php?p=16188731#p16188731

Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:31 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

The thing I can't get my head around is, even if you have the inclination to cheat and the feckwittery to lie about it, "Why bother?" FC under Agar were awful and were never going to win anything, with or without a knackered and troublesome centre. Why would two people risk their career over it?

It is ludicrous, and the only think I can think of is that we were hitting a relative purple patch after the near hanging, drawing and quartering of Agar that was being demanded after the atrocious start, and the board didn't want a return to having to face the sacking of Agar.

I can only assume they thought Gleeson implemental to this, rightly or wrongly. Plus I think that whole thing probably snowballed from a small lie, that Rule maybe thought he could control, then couldn't. I cannot believe that only Rule, Gleeson, Long and Cooper were aware and party to the whole thing.

It also makes a lot of the remaining vague mysteries fall sharply into place, imo.

Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:32 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

Club stick the boot into Kath et al in statement

Be libellous that wouldn't it?

Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:33 pm  

Hutchie wrote: Brian Fowler - spot on viewtopic.php?p=16188731#p16188731 I was remembering that!

Hutchie wrote: Brian Fowler - spot on viewtopic.php?p=16188731#p16188731 I was remembering that!

Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:34 pm  

MrPhilb wrote:

Be libellous that wouldn't it?

Have you read the statement, and are you a libel lawyer?

Re: UKDA Confirm Hull FC bans - link : Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:37 pm  

I was a big fan of Rules and stuck up for him quite a bit, but this situation has proven that he was operating far beyond his competency,

this kind of cover up has led to a fairly benign offence becoming a "scandal" and is unforgivable,

I read this situation as;

Major incompetency from Cooper > Gleeson being naive > Failed drugs test > Gross misconduct in the form of a cover up from Rule (no doubt encouraged by Kath et al) > Hull Fc being dragged through the mud again

My only question is, why did the RFL allow Rule to perform the cover up? Surely it was obvious to all in the know.....

And I thank god that all involved parties are no longer involved with the club,

This just furthers the image of the previous regime as a "spin machine", and as a fan, I feel deeply let down