Dont really understand the negativity?? Im happy with that signing...very good addition in my opinion!

He is but we still have room on the non fed quota but not on the overseas quota.
So getting rid of dykes/byrne would make more sense

Very astute signing, if we can get him back in a pivotal position then we could have a gem of a player in the side. Good all round kicking game, looking for a fresh start and willing to impress I'd imagine.

think he's a good addition myself, i would assume this would spell the end for Dykes or Webster, on that note the signing may of been made to free up a quota/non-fed spot?

Agreed. If we don't retain Webster than we have a Non-Fed place available. Wiki for a season would do us just fine.

No point in keeping Webster now, he would only be a back up player, on decent money and taking up a quota place

I was told earlier from someone in local media that Dykes is going nowhere, so bye bye Webster, or will Thorman play full back??

A good signing rather than a showstopper.

Thorman is a good half back (very good on his day) with a decent kicking game and will provide much needed cover at 6 and 7. The one year deal is spot on too.

Looks like bye bye to Webster.

Hope not, Tony has his critics but he is a superior FB to Thorman.

Think he is a good signing personally, got a good kicking game and a bit of versatility. Lets give him a chance.

Thorman is as much a Scrum Half as Richard Horne. So what do we go do, sign our Stand Off on a two year deal then go sign another Stand Off on a one year deal.

Right laugh!

I don't think we do if we sign Webster. AFAIK we have one spot left so if we sign Webster then we've no spots left whereas if we don't we've got a non-fed place spare.
We have Dykes, Byrne, Cusack, Berrigan and Crocker on the quota plus Manu and Tony on the non-fed thus leaving a single spare non-fed spot.

Where is Sheldon he seems to be on top of all this.

put it this way, if it was between webster & thorman then thorman for me based purely on natural talent and added bonus of goalkicking

not an outstanding signing but the club have put themselves in a position thats created a bit of panic amongst the ranks

he'll do a job when dykes is out injured probably

does this mean tommy lee being shipped out on loan and no deal for webster now??

I'm willing to give the lad a go. He'll be good cover at HB and FB and although he's not really going to direct things he does have an excellent kicking game, which we are sadly lacking.

So does this mean that Dykes is going nowhere?

Well done Hull Fc. Im personally very happy with this signing.

If this signing means we can sign a big aussie or non-fed player then I am chuffed.

Played some of his best rugby at SH for London.

I do remember watching a Hudds game on SS when rocket rod had a nightmare at FB and Thorman came in and made things worse...me thinks he needs to play SO or SH to be effective.

'kin 'ell.

Probably, which I'm OK with. If he gets his knee sorted out (it was his knee that he did pre-season wasn't it?) then I think we'll see a bit more of him next year.

Horne to FB.



We needed changes from last season, esp at halfback.

Well done Richard Agar.

Would tally with a rumour that I've heard about Tony possibly heading back to the NRL. Maybe Agar's trip to Australia is to replace quota players.

...and when he did this what was Londons highest finish?

Not slating the player himself, cracking player but I see him as a reasonable quality English Stand Off. We already have one of them so I think we've thrown our money the wrong way.

Either way he's signed now so welcome aboard and I sincerely hope im proven wrong.

i think dykes having the op will turn out to be a success, he'll play every game and we'll do the double next year and thorman wont get a game

Not a great signing I'll admit but all things considering is not too bad a signing in the context of the fact we don't have many options for player recruitment due to the scontracts in place already.

At least we have someone who can actually make some distance with the kicks to touch from penalties instead of the 10-15M we been getting all season.