I rather us sign Eric.

I feel a little mixed on this signing, the only thing that worries me really is his age. In terms of ability we have signed the best SH this country has produced in years and outside of our own squad he has always been one of my favourite players. I still think he is the best British SH around but my only concern is his age and injuries. If he can stay fit then I reckon this signing will prove to be genius.

I do think it is a certainty that Horne wil play at 6 with Longy at 7 and I think Hull are now in the market for either a centre or a fullback. If Motu stays fit and wants to stay then I can see us signing a centre, that said I have heard rumours that we are trying to sign a fullback so who knows.

Well done to RA, he has delivered and seems to be convincing players like Fitzbiggon and Long that we can really compete for next season.

Welcome Longy, fantastic to have you.

I'd want to be 100% sure that Tony has fully recovered from his knee injuries before even thinking about offering him another contract. And I really rate him.

Me too, don't rate Sykes.

Sykes? Graham Norton has more physical presence.

The type of player that would work well with Long though.

I'll say this slowly

Saints....offered...him... a new....contract.

Nothing to do with him "not being good enough". Regardless of who'd signed him. The fact that othe clubs were apparently after him speaks volumes

Probably find rovers hoped to get him in return for the one they're losing....

Similar things were said when we signed Fozzard but he's given no less than 100% in every game he's played. I wouldn't expect any different from Long either, that crop of Saints players are winners.

Saints offered him a new contract - but only for 1 quarter of the games Hull want him to play.

Half you mean

I think you'll find with cups and play-offs he'd play a bit more than that for Saints...

Not really the 7 I hoped for, however he is proven, broke a few hearts I hope he can break a few over the next 2 seasons and lead our boys around the park.So welcome Sean.

I think we need a couple more signings to restore confidence in the fans and place bums on seats, it appears our club are progressing in a positive way

Considering our present 7 is Chris Thorman I find it hard to criticise this signing. I look forward to seeing Long in a Hull shirt next season.

He's gash mate.

Nope. I mean one quarter. Read the Saints press release - they are committed to bringing the kids (Eastmond) through. They only wanted Long for a transitional period where he gradually gives way to Eastmond. At most he would have started half a season, with Eastmond playing the other.

At least we've now got somebody capable of kicking a drop goal.

High five.

I did read it, but Eastmond is injured more then Dykes was last year!

I really hope Eastmond can hack it at the higher level. It's a tough ask and there are not that many home-grown 7s nowadays.

TBH I don't care what Saints would have done with him, Hull need a SH and have one. We have a good young lad at the club in Williams who needs someone to learn from and in Longy he is learning from the best.

Btw do you rate Eastmond as a SH, he looks more likea running 6 fro what I have seen of him. Who is the other young lad at Saints who can play 7, think he has been playing in the backs this season?

Fantastic signing for us. He and Horne should work very well together on papar but we really do need to sort out our tactics and gameplan for that partnership to work. Alot of people are talking about signing a new FB/6 but until Tony signs elsewhere we need to at least try very hard to sign him up.
We definately need a new centre. Whiting is doing very well but I would be much more comfortable if we had another centre there so that we have competition for places as I think that Yeaman is slacking in some games due to the fact he has no real competition for his place. I say that as I feel Agar is destroying Hall and I'm not sure he will recover.

Just a good job Arnold is just over half of Dykes' age then aint it.

Tony did say that quite a while back, but it was in a programme this season that he wouldn't mind staying. The cynical part of me thinks that's because his injury record over the past 2 seasons will hamper his chances of a decent NRL contract. I'd personally prefer some new blood.

Wouldn't mind if Thackray left so much if we got someone like Lynch.

For me, a clearout would ideally (I know some have contracts so are not so easy to offload) include: Tony, Thorman, Cusack, G Horne, Thackray/King, maybe Moa.

wheeler??