So Andy Lynch has good stats because he spends longer on the pitch than our other Props. Wonder who will 'make up' those extra minutes on the pitch if/when he leaves..

As I have stated previously, our pack needed to be improved for 2012.. not weakened. Ok we might have a quota spot available in Dec.. but will a good quality Aussie/Kiwi wait around until Dec to get absolute confirmation that he can join us?

It's not so much the fear of losing Andy Lynch.. more a fear of who we'll decide to replace him with. Perhaps I've lost a little faith in our recruitment after some of the decisions the club have made in recent years.

Agree with all that. We may be rumoured to be after some decent Aussies but like you I'm far from convinced we'll get anyone with us having to wait until Nov/Dec to be sure we can fit them in.

A pack minus Lynch next season without a decent replacement doesn't bear thinking about. If the club think Morrison can plug that hole then they're deluding themselves.

Quota I'd snap him up personally.

Actually that might not be the case, because Sheldon from our site who's pretty up to the minute with all things NRL told me he played for Tonga early days. So I guess he'd be non fed....?
Like I say i'd take him at Hull no probs.

We can't sign an overseas player because of this ongoing saga with Sammut. It looks like they're doing their best to screw us over with another joke ruling yet again, as if it wasn't bad enough last time with the whole James Evans situation.

But basically, if Sammut does not get his dispensation (which he probably won't) then you can forget about replacing Lynch with someone from overseas.

The only option we would have would be to use the fee we get for Lynch to buy out the contract of another prop currently in SL. Griffin perhaps? Or maybe even (whisper it quietly) Bailey?

Nooooooo not Bailey!!!

Are there any Crusaders players still looking for a club - by which I mean prop forwards, preferably!

I realise I'm grasping at straws.....

"Rumour"?!?! My, you are on top of the info

Surely it's a rumour until confirmed?

Lynch will be gone soon. It's fairly obvious that the personal terms are agreed & we are just dickering over the transfer fee

Since we have confirmed you have made an offer it blatantly isn't a rumour anymore now is it?

Ffs we will dicker about demanding £200k then we will settle for a measly £50k and Ewan Dowes

That would be typical of the Bulls if that happened.

Please, stop it!

The smilies are funny. Did you Google it?

That would be a bad deal as Dowes is OOC!!

I know

Thats why it would be typical of the Bulls

If he wants to leave because he wants to win things then he can't be going to Hull.

Battered (again) by a frankly poor Leeds team. Is that 4 times this season?

You are missing the point.

They have a sugar daddy now.

From next season, he will buy them success.

Don't need a sugar daddy. Hull have enough income coming in via season ticket sales and merchandising without Pearson having to dig too deep.
You on the other hand selling season tickets at 30 bob or what ever they are up s*** creek if you don't reach your pledge target, which looks a long way off at the moment.
Maybe that's the reason he's (maybe) moving on, to help you out financially.

Oh but you do.

Your fans know you do.

Main non-match topics of conversation on your forum revolve around how Pearson and his money is going to transform the club (which it surely will). Being able to appoint an Oz manager AND a director of rugby is one example already. Being able to pay transfer fees is another. Maybe an ability to elasticate the cap a la Wire will be another, who knows?

As I said, from next season he will buy you success, same way the wealthy owners (not the pretend wealthy ones like Hudgell) elsewhere have.

Are you for real?

On what are you basing your assumption that we're up s*** creek if we don't reach the pledge target? All that will mean is that we have less season ticket holders for 2012 than we did for 2011.

And tbh, this whole "Lynch is going because Hull are the better side" argument doesn't really hold that much water now does it?
Yes, you made the play offs this year and we didn't. However, reaching the play offs doesn't really matter if you get tonked and knocked out the competition at the first hurdle now does it?

I think Lynch is probably coming to us because we are a better club.

Based on what? Seriously. On what basis is Hull a better club? Yeah, you're a tenant in a better stadium than the one we've got. But what else can Hull boast? You've won nothing more than we have in the last 5 years so what are you basing it on?

Based on the fact that despite the damage inflicted by Agar's terrible tenure the gates are still in the five figure band, whereas yours have dropped dramatically despite the cheap ticket offer.
It,s ok announcing your crowds at whatever the amount of season tickets you have sold is, but if the said people are not in the ground spending money on food and drink then your loss leader is not really viable.
Also Adey, we were paying transfers before Pearson took over the club so that kind of weewees on your sugar daddy theory. Jealous much?