I agree we are strong enough in ths forwards. We obviously need a 7 and I think another centre

Disappointing news today....but look on the bright side, at least we haven't started to target any Batley players to strengthen our squad just yet.

I would say naive more than hollow , its obviously not from the lack trying on Pearsons part tbf .

Were do we go from here is now the question because can not see miller happening .

Seymour is far better player than the dross he served up last year.
I've watched him enough times for the Warriors to know he is a decent player and maybe playing alongside a quality 6 in Holdsworth we'll see the best of him.
At the end of the day Chase or Prince would have likely made us challengers for honours, but we'll never know.
Is AP is willing to pay a big transfer fee for a SH I doubt so we'll go with what we've got.

AP won't give up, he was very close with both Chase and Prince and it's certainly not for the lack of trying that we haven't got our man so far.

Another thought though is we were told we had left final offers for prince n miller so if Potter is addament miller is a no then how could we offer him a final offer ? Is he ooc ?

Problem for me is Seymour is a 6 rather than an organising 7. He'd probably shine playing along side a good 7. 2 stand-off's aren't going to work IMHO.

Wasn't Seymour playing injured for most of last season?

Might see a big improvement in him if he got fit?

IF Briscoe has no intention of signing a contract extension, why not offer him to Wests in exchange for Miller now?
or pay a fee to Wests.

If not, we need to resign Goldie, IMO , he was more creative than Seymour last season.

Rumour is ,he has a chronic knee injury,that cant be fixed. - would we re-ignite our interest in Chase again?
if a change occured in his visa status?

Don't take it out on us, just because your recruitment hasnt panned out as promised.

We've not finished yet. AP's "going again". Relentless. Got to admire his persistence.

Apart from his rumoured knee injury the other thing that concerns me is Seymours motivation.
Is he going to be tempted to cry off injured which could mean we'd have Richard Horne back at 7..God forbid

Yes he's persistent alright, he's like that lingering fart you can't get rid of

Anyone got Terry Smirk's number?

How about this for an idea,why dont hull let seymour know he isn't wanted,go to aussie to sign prince or miller,but let it be known miller isnt 1st choice,spend a week and a half being messed around by prince and his agent,in the meantime miller decides to stay at wests and the slug and gentle come back with a nice tan.
No,what a stupid idea !!

I think Barnabus might have it lol

Disappointing re Prince as I thought on balance he would sign. Seems like the UK was never an option for him in reality so better him not come at all than clear off early I suppose. As Pearson said on the radio if neither target (Prince/Miller) came off the club would continue its search for quality. Let's hope it does.

Don't doubt AP will contiue looking for a quality 7 but not expecting any rabbits being pulled out of hats now (Hope I'm wrong). Before we were linked with Prince we were looking to retain either or both of McGoldrick & Aspinwall. I think we will now keep Goldie for cover in the halves and if we want Aspinwall then we have until tomorrow to sort something otherwise his SL clause on his Leigh contract expires. Whatever we do with these two will reduce the amount we have left on the cap.

Expect us now to run with Seymore / McGoldrick at 7 for 2013.

Some of the fans on here and on twitter seriously need to get a grip. Saying Hull FC and AP have let them down by saying they are signing prince and then it falling through. It's your own faults for getting your daft hopes up. Believe nothing until its on paper and confirmed by the club. I would have welcomed the signing but I didn't get a rock on during negotiations because anything can happen. As for the mods letting a 27 page thread going about rumours/speculation/negotiations, does this mean we can sack the rumour topic off and talk about individual players?

quality 7's are at an absolute premium at the minute, especially over here....to have a club like the broncos going back for a player they ditched nearly 10 years ago really shows how bad things are....
prince, i dare say, will be earning a small fortuna at the bronco's, and having been paid out for his final year at the titans he would be mad to play for another 3 years in the uk.... i honestly beleive the guy has 2 years left in him, max.... and thats living a lifestyle that he leads now, ie: sun,surf, good food etc etc, and in a happy environment, his desire would be seroiusly tested if he was to come to the uk.... lets be fair, if seymour was A. any good and B. a model pro, then he wouldnt be in the uk, simple as...
the days of aussies coming to these shores for a final payday are over, the situation with berrigan was fuelled by money and the loophole system being slammed shut by the uk tax man meant his depature earlier than expected.......
prince would have been a good siging, but weve seem it all before, slightly past his best but commanding top whack $$..... miller would have been a top siging, ala best...young, and hungry to succed, not a guaranteed nrl starter at the mo, but 2/3 stand out years in the uk and with marshall getting on, it would have seen him fill the 7 shirt in afew years back at the tigers

I'm guessing we were offering Prince more than Miller. Does that mean we will go back to Miller with an offer he can't refuse?

The evidence suggests it's not for the want of trying

If chase and prince had been spoken to but fans not been aware then it wouldn't have been an issue. pearson must be very frustrated with the situation but you can't knock him for his efforts