Big Marty off to Wasps?

[Donny B.]

Am I missing something in that article that everyone else is seeing? No-where does it say he's staying, just he may be considering a uturn.

Exactly!

[jezzer]

If the photo in the 42 article is anything to go by, Johnny won't be sorry to see him leave.

[Logorrhea]

It's basically just a lot of made up stuff masquerading as insider info.

Exactly. As was the earlier one stating he had gone to Wasps.
They are just printing whatever the agent tells them to print (their insider info) and we are clicking away soaking it all up.

[simonokeeffe]

If the photo in the 42 article is anything to go by, Johnny won't be sorry to see him leave.

yeah they paired up badly for those piggy backs

maybe Nial Woods gets 2 signing on fees this way? and do Wasps now get our Kane Douglas transfer fee?

[molloyjh]

If the photo in the 42 article is anything to go by, Johnny won't be sorry to see him leave.

yeah they paired up badly for those piggy backs

maybe Nial Woods gets 2 signing on fees this way? and do Wasps now get our Kane Douglas transfer fee?

We still don't know if he actually signed anything with Wasps, and we may never. As I said earlier the initial reports said nothing was signed but it looked like he was leaving Leinster where-as the latest reports are saying that he had signed but looks like he will be staying at Leinster. How much of any of it is true is anyones guess.

[Dave Cahill]

He wouldn't be the first Irish tighthead prop who had to be bought out of a contract by a panicking national coach

[paddyor]

He wouldn't be the first Irish tighthead prop who had to be bought out of a contract by a panicking national coach

Hint?

[Dave Cahill]

He wouldn't be the first Irish tighthead prop who had to be bought out of a contract by a panicking national coach

Hint?

Peas

[Icarus]

He wouldn't be the first Irish tighthead prop who had to be bought out of a contract by a panicking national coach

Hint?

Peas

Of the 'mushy' sort?

[simonokeeffe]

yeah Buckley signed with Bath, shouldve gone
just like Nagle to Northampton that time

either way Moore needs to shoot lightning bolts out of his backside against Wasps this weekend now

[molloyjh]

If the photo in the 42 article is anything to go by, Johnny won't be sorry to see him leave.

Is that not Cian Kelleher?

[Armchair]

it is

[Oldschool]

He wouldn't be the first Irish tighthead prop who had to be bought out of a contract by a panicking national coach

It's fair to say that Joe doesn't do panic.

[Flash Gordon]

He wouldn't be the first Irish tighthead prop who had to be bought out of a contract by a panicking national coach

The fact that this may be happening is ridiculous. How does an international prop get to a stage where he's signed for a foreign club before the national coach makes a decisive intervention? Its not like the IRFU/provinces are massive 100K strong organisations dispersed all over the world! It's a bit of a joke shop to be honest.

[molloyjh]

He wouldn't be the first Irish tighthead prop who had to be bought out of a contract by a panicking national coach

The fact that this may be happening is ridiculous. How does an international prop get to a stage where he's signed for a foreign club before the national coach makes a decisive intervention? Its not like the IRFU/provinces are massive 100K strong organisations dispersed all over the world! It's a bit of a joke shop to be honest.

Assuming of course what we're hearing is true.....which it may not be. We were told recently that James Cronin was moving to LI only to hear hours later that he'd signed a contract extension with Munster. The amount of horse manure out there on these things means it's hard to know what to take seriously and what not.

[Cianostays]

I suppose the answer is that we can't take anything seriously until we hear from IRFU or Province involved. Journalists, sadly, are no longer reliable sources of info re contract negotiations.

[Logorrhea]

Also there is a difference between agreeing terms (as was reported) and signing the contract.

[neiliog93]

'Paying a fee to buy him out of the Wasps contract'. I rate Marty but I draw the line there.

[simonokeeffe]

'Paying a fee to buy him out of the Wasps contract'. I rate Marty but I draw the line there.

Ulster could have swapped him for Pitau instead of Rodney

[meinster]

'Paying a fee to buy him out of the Wasps contract'. I rate Marty but I draw the line there.

Agreed. Madness if true. Unlikely to be true, given the history of media reporting on contract negotiations.