Always seem to have loads of injuries, capable of beating or losing against anybody. Around the 6th or 7th mark for me.

Squad

Sharp 2012
Whiting 2012
Yeaman 2013
Briscoe 2013
Horne 2013
O'Meley 2012
Houghton 2014
Westerman 2015
Tickle 2013
Manu 2012
The Old Faithful - The 18th Man
Turner 2012
Lyne
Moa 2012
Kent 2012
Liam Cunninham 2013
Jack Briscoe
Chris Green
Ben Crooks
Danny Nicklas 2012
Josh Bowden 2012
Lawrence Pearce2012


2012 Signings

Wade McKinnon 2013 (3rd year option)
Jamie Ellis 2013
Aaron Heremaia 2013 (3rd year option)
Brett Seymour 2014
Eamon O'Carroll 2014
Andy Lynch 2014
Tony Martin 2012
Martin Aspinwall 2012
Mike Burnett

unpredictable,best way to sum up hull..may get a few good wins at home..be surprised if they finish higher than 6th or 7th....

Fairly odd-looking set of half-backs, Richard Horne for me continues to live on promise that he never really fulfilled. I know he had a bad illness at one time but it's a tough game and he hasn't been up to the standard for a while. Seymour and Ellis could both be great or terrible.

Tony Martin is a bemusing signing but at least he's a good honest pro, they certainly need a few of them.

Andy Lynch will replace the grunt in the forwards previously provided by Fitzgibbon. Westerman showed a few encouraging signs in the latter part of 2011. As you say, their pack will get them past a good few teams, but I think it will be a while before they start showing signs of exciting rugby. I may be wrong.

I would agree with 6th/7th, and I think they'd be relatively happy with that in their first season under a new coach.

Hull won't make the GF but they may well set their stall out for a Wembley appearance. They are good enough to do that.

In SL they will make the 6 and in the CC they will make the Semis (with the luck of the draw).

Hull completely remind of Warrington during the Cullen 'good years' !!!!!

Lots of talented individuals, capable of some goods wins on their day, but in the end - just mis-managed into an inconsistant team.

May have a flutter on them to make a Wembley appearance,i would love to see a Hull v Hull kr Semi final for a change..

Finnishing anything above 6th would be a great achivement for them i think.

To me they have more of a look of Warrington during the Van de Velde years. An ageing side with some journeymen, some players that were top quality 4-5 years ago and some players with question marks over their off field exploits. At least Cullen's team would make groundbreaking signings of current or recent internationals and top NRL players every season.

i think hull will do really well next year, they have got a high quality squad and when hull play well they can beat a lot of teams. They have made some quality signings.

Lynch, and?

I hope the people predicting a Wembley appearance for Hull FC are proved correct. I'd be straight down the bookies that day - Hull's results at Wembley are more predictable than a Pope's choice of religious denomination.

They've made a lot of changes and also have another 12 players out of contract at the end of this year. Of the signings they've made, four are questionable on the grounds of age/ability and discipline. Richard Horne has always been a player with lots of ability, but has always finished up being a big letdown. It looks like more of the same for me with another big turnover of staff at the end of the season.

Thats odd I thought I made another post on this thread earlier but it isn't showing up.

Ah well to sum up I said I thought 7th-10th for Hull.

Top six will be some order of Warrington, Wigan, Saints, Leeds, Hudds, Catalans. I would be surprised if another team breaks into this as there is a gulf between these and the rest.

That leaves two more playoff places for the other eight to contest. You can split the other eight into two rough groups: Castleford, Hull FC, Hull KR and Bradford who will probably be fighting for the playoff spots, and Salford, Wakefield, London and Widnes who will probably be the bottom four.

In the Challenge Cup the four semi finalists are usually three of the top teams and one surprise package who has got there through an easy draw. The four of Cas, the Hull clubs and Bradford are a fair bet for being the surprise package team. Most of the time this team will lose the semi as the top clubs prioritise the CC semi at this point of the season but there is history of lower table teams causing an upset in the semi: Hudds v Leeds 06, Catalans v Wigan 07, Warrington v Wigan 09. In all those clubs cases they were clubs 'on the up' and gained in confidence after their cup final experience.

I can see Hull making it to a CC semi if they have a good draw but I'd be surprised if they could beat one of the top teams in a semi this year, I think their squad is quite flaky.

There seem to be a few posting problems on the site currently, posts don't always register first time.