Radford before tickle !!

7 Chris Thorman 2009
10 Peter Cusack2009
11 Lee Radford 2010
12 Danny Tickle 2010
17 Graeme Horne2009
19 Paul King 2010
27 Sam Moa 2009

in an ideal world.

if hull are ever to move forward they need to cut all of them. this is what the franchise was brought in for,to allow clubs to build long term without the worry of a bad season or two

He'll be a mega money 1 season wonder wer will fitzgibbon be in2 years sat on his arris in aus after screwing u lot for big bucks. wer as wheelden could well be pushing fot international honours wether at hkr or elswer

p.s. if he doesn't perform will u all give him the same treatment as u do thorman (disgusting)

Andyhullofaretard .

Well said.

whys that then u gimp thought this was a forum wer u can air your views and opinions

Indeed it is, however most of us use English, rather than some sort of text/chav language.

tut tut oh dear!!!!!!!!!!!!1

to sum fitzgibbon up, crocker in 4 years, had same acheivements and same style of play

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I think Crocker would have been a much better player than Fitz; he is regarded as much of an enforcer on the pitch which is exactly what we need from to improve our pack

Fitz will be a decent signing but we never seem to be able to attract players in their prime; hopefully we can do this with orford though

This attracting players in their primes comment....apart from the odd one or two players most of the imports are either at the latter stages of their playing days or haven't made it (yet) in the NRL.....we are no different than any other SL club.

Inspirational lock Craig Fitzgibbon suffered multiple injuries- the worst been his ankle- that are likely to sideline him for a fortnight.

Took from the match report of Roosters v Knights at weekend.

Lyon (albeit special case), Soliola, Webb, Newton, Whatuira, Solomona, Chase, Chalk, Phelps, Roberts. 10, all off the top of my head who I think came/are coming to SL in their mid 20's, and would IMO stand a fair chance of a place in our 17.

There are many more as well; the likes of Meli / Dobson / Donald / would have been Eastwood / King / lauititi and many nore have come to super league in there so called prime

A few years ago it could be well argued that all Aussie imports are 30 + and just after the pay check but super league is an attractive option to players now

Precisely, those were just the quickest to mind. I think saying we're the same as everyone else is hiding from the truth a little.

yeah got to agree with that - there is something funadmentally wrong with the structutres of FC to be missing out on the above calibre of players after reaching 3 major finals in the last 4 years

We have a fantastic stadium / have the silvareware to back up these players ambitions / and should have the money to reach their demands

No offence to these players but if you look at Saints squad compared to ours:
Cusack - Cayless
Byrne - Soliola
Fitzgibbon - Puletua

I know the three players i would rather have in my team

Or maybe they've realized if the come sooner they have more years to collect bigger ammounts of money! Super league is only financially attractive to ALL Aussies or NZ. Let's not kid ourselves.

Maybe so but i would rather pay bug money for these players in their prime than when they are 30 +

as long as they are good enough quality and give 100% every game I couldn't care less how old they are.

Thats were my opinion differs, while I agree that he will have an influence on the squad especially the younger players, I dont think the problem with the team is attitude, just quality, we need some players with real attacking flair and quality and although he is many things he will not bring this, as I have already said he wold be a massive signing with the right additional players, with this club I cant see it happening though.

But our two previous coaches have brought in utility players to cover many positions (not that it does any good when 50% of the squad get long-term injuries. Anyway, just to compare the players seeing as you brought it up... Jason Cayliss played 11 times for NZ but has no Southern Hemisphere Grand Finals or State of Origin. I think Soliola has played 5 games for NZ and no GF or SOO. Puletua - 22 times for NZ, 3 for Samoa in WC and 1 grand final victory. Cusack 4 GF. Byrne 1 GF (not sure if this is all), Fitzgibbon 15 times for Australia, 8 SOO, 5 GFs. So I think the Hull lads stand up pretty well actually because they have all played at the highest level in the best league in the world.

And yet depsite all that I'd take the Saints 3 every time. They're simply better players.

Oh well with facts like that I must give way to your superior.... oh hang on I think I can argue with that...

Oh no they're not because my dad says so, so there



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