Maybe we're also going to be saving on a backloaded contract?

If Pritchards going (and he i hope hes not) then i hope he takes Tuimavave back with him. Not fit for first team in any position and the team would look a whole lot better without him in it

Bit unfair he's played out of position a fair bit for our club, we will see the better out of him if he gets regular game time at centre.

Not unfair mate, His NRL stats are none existent as quite frankly he was a bit part player. We signed him post last season when we was to be quite honest fighting around for scraps but then things changed. Abdull deserves to play before him as hes a better player and now weve got Conner who can play there too who is also better then an abundance of centres who are also better meaning Tuimavave isnt needed.

You don't just bin someone off because we've got better. It's upto them to push eachother, healthy competition, look at fetuli now he couldn't get a gig either.

Can't have it both ways, he's a stand off, he's stated he is, a few on here in fact have said it's his position.

Frank was great for the Club in many ways but on the pitch he did not warrant his salary.I would have liked to see him stay and show what he can do.You hear he was played out of position blaming Radford ,do we really think that radford would not want him to do what he did best? What frank did best was reading the play and popping up at the right time ,for me he seemed to be off the pace and that hindered him.His effort was never in question and like i said i think he could after another pre season come good.

I hope the Club have done this with Franks cooperation. Reports are saying he was told over the phone . Not good PR by the Club bearing in mind how Frank conducted himself and how tight the team seem as a group.

Shame if he goes.

Can't fault his effort and the spirit he's brought to the club. The problem if you can call it that, was the role he was being asked to play. Despite stats showing he put his hand up and performed what was asked of him to a high standand.

The NRL Frank we've all seen rampaging down the channels wasn't the one we got to see unfortunately (or the one Radford wanted him to be), which meant a lot of fans got on his back. The other side of that is, was he still capable physically of doing what he used to anyway?

The issue is, do we need a player coming off the bench in spells to effectively cart it up the middle (albeit carting it up pretty well), on a marquee player salary? Probably not if being totally honest.

If he leaves it'll be with his head held high and his name written into our history as one of the players who brought the cup home from Wembley.

Which reports? Is he back in Oz? I'd be surprised if we've instigated any move for pritchard and it seems unlikely we've rung him and told him to find another club

Quote ="Jake the Peg"Which reports? Is he back in Oz? I'd be surprised if we've instigated any move for pritchard and it seems unlikely we've rung him and told him to find another club'" upthecream.co.uk/6123-2/

Quote ="Jake the Peg"Which reports? Is he back in Oz? I'd be surprised if we've instigated any move for pritchard and it seems unlikely we've rung him and told him to find another club'" upthecream.co.uk/6123-2/

He never looked fully fit to me.

People need to give their heads a wobble if they believe any of the guff written on that site.

So some 21 year old kid, he knows as much as me.

Nobody knows what has gone on, if it's the club decision then Frank could be due a huge payout from the club.

I hope we have been fair with Frank as we don't want the clubs reputation tarnished and we don't want players like Fonua and Manu upset with the club, also Frank deserves to be treated fairly after his effort this year on and off the field.

Agreed. Just bits and pieces lifted off other news sites with a bit of artistic license (BS) thrown in.

You might want to wait for a more credible source. Which would be pretty much any other source.

Quite....

I see the 'article' has now been amended....

Yes he is back in Australia.
Already doing a bit of pre season training with his Brother and Inu

... he's been back to aus for over 2 weeks.

I doubt the club would have been looking to move Frank on.
It looks more likely that they were holding off on Michaels to accommodate Kelly and the Eels offer to Frank has come out of the blue whilst he is over in Australia.
What is means now if Frank signs for Parramatta is we can expect another Overseas wing to sign in the near future

Amended being the understatement of the week. Couldn't believe what I was reading this morning.

Does it? Or will we just sign michaels?

I think if Michaels was staying it would have been sorted out by now. I can't imagine a 1 year contract extension would need to much negotiating. I like Michaels and he is popular with the fans and players but if we have enough cap space we should be aiming higher. Sio would have been a brilliant signing but if Justin Carney is available he would be as well. However as he was supposed to be signing last year but the players effectively vetoed it I can't see what's changed. According to a Rovers fan Carney was going to sign for them if they'd stayed up but she has a 100% record of getting rumours wrong.

That one and "Hull FC News" are a joke. Fed up of seeing retweets of the guff they both post.

With Frank going and another 3 or 4 going, loans or otherwise with Franks 175k and the others monies we are looking at a big chunk of cap. Kelly on much reduced salary means we could be looking at potentially a marquee player.