Depends who is providing the pen and if it has any ink at our club

It could also be a little bit of mischief created by his agent to get him a better (long term) deal.

Yep...he has been offered an extension but not signed it.

He should have told Houghton!

Good luck to him, 100% every week, great scoot & defence - distribution needs a bit of work. Will go well and improve in NRL with better coaching.

Bottom line is the salary cap and exchange rate will make it much easier to poach english players.

Danny will probably go on double money, beach front apartment and be a squad/3rd choice. They can afford to 'take a punt' and put effort into his development.

He might make it big and never returrn or not succeed and come back. Lets face it every one on here would be gone like a shot.

Fearful similar approaches for Briscoe, maybe yeamo and Westerman in the next year also ?

Yeaman won't play for another club, he certainly won't go to the NRL.

And Briscoe and Westerman have a few years to run, so we'd at least get a fee.

Players rarely do sign their first offer. Glad Danny has come out and made a statement, he won't be going anywhere for at least another season.

Not good enough for the NRL (yet).His distribution needs to improve immensely,before he can expect a good deal from down under,but saying that,both Fitz and Ogre have in the last 18 months,heaped massive praise on him,so perhaps NRL clubs are watching?

Berro did the same and we all thought he was going know where for his final 4th year, but he did!!

Wasn't Berro 'forced' out?

Hardly the same.

Irrelevant of the circumstance, Berro still went on record saying he was staying etc etc...then as we know that changed.

And at the time Berrigan wanted to stay but the club didn't want him?

Or is that irrelevant?

Thats how i understood it, Hull were prepared to let Berro go, i don`t think the club feel the same way about letting Houghton go

Depends who you hear it from but the board gave Berrigan a nudge.

Completely different. To use that example I could list loads of players who said they are staying and have.

Berrigan was already proven in the NRL so had no shortage of takers, he was also 'going home' and we had a quota spot to utilise with him leaving.

Maybe someone is Danny's family did say something to you but maybe they did not have all the facts? Either way I will be amazed if he is not here in 2012.

What is different about a player going into the public arena declaring their love of the club and claiming they are going nowhere, then weeks later going ?
My point is there are several examples of what is said to the fans and what is done a few weeks later!

Houghon is a very honest person and if he says he will stay I would believe him.

Unless a good NRL offer comes in Houghton will play the rest of career with Hull if we want him.

I very much doubt that.

There's a suprise.

What are you basing this on?

the same as what you are basing your observations on, opinion formed on the basis of information given to me by other people, and my own knowledge of the situation.

we'll see who is right in due course I guess.

Yeah lets book mark and it 5 years if Danny leaves for Wigan you can come back and tell me you told me so.

I do know Danny and some of his family, but obviously you have your own people.

He is certainly happy at the club at the moment, he has turned down better offers than Hull in the past, obviously you never know what the future holds, but I would surprised if Danny leaves Hull for another SL club.

Because it's a joint statement from Hull and Houghton.

Berrigan went to the hdm.

It's different for the reasons I stated about Berrigan, his situation was completely different to that of Berrigan's. The facts are Hull and Houghton have said he is going nowhere so for now that's good enough for me.

I don't know what information you have to think otherwise?

If it's a family member they could easily be wrong, Danny might have mentioned he is keen to play in the NRL one day (like he did in the article) but that does not mean he is going anywhere now. As for turning down his initial deal, that happens all the time as part of negotiations.

Correct , DH family are as much amused as he is over this..... Like I said Paul we dont however know his 5th cousin 3 times removed tho who possibly divulged this credible info