I'm not entirely sure why tickle wants to move closer to Wigan.

At the vast majority of home games his wife/girlfriend has been there along with their 4 kids. I'm thinking they must have moved over here??

If I had a wife and 4 kids in Hull Id probably want to move to wigan

I've thought that, I'm all for openness with the fans, but there are some things we don't need to hear, like that we've opened contract talks with players.

Damned if they do and damned if they don't. Some people clammer for any information and try to read things into it which are not there.

Personally I'd just wait until the club announces something concrete. ATEOTD worrying about something you cannot change is fairly futile.

Put Manu down as a yes . He changed his mind this week.
Club withdrew offer and moved on . Money to be spent elsewhere.

I cannot see this being true. If Manu wanted to stay the club would have snapped his hand off.

I think the club are doing this to make sure that the fans don't get angry if they don't sign a new contract, by thinking that we did nothing to sign then. I hope Tickle signs, and by the club making it public it adds more pressure on the player to sign as there could be a backlash from some of the fans

Things change, he appears happy with his new partner who is from Hull.

Like I said I hope he does stay . Just dont think he will

Aye,you dont get many Saints fans wanting to live there

Depends. With the club being in talks with other players, doing so would send them the message that they can mess about as long as they like and change their mind if they want.

Maybe they'd already committed the money elsewhere

Where has this Manu changed his mind story come from? Can anyone put any meat on the bones?

If it's true that Hull knocked him back, then that's a good benchmark to set, tbh. Shame it had to be Manu who dithered. Reminds me of Briscoe's sad departure.

Agree with that, if of course the rumour has any truth to it. If true it lets players know we will not be held to ransom by players regardless of how good they have been.

Quite possibly, but even they hadn't it sends out a message of no messing about with contract negotiations, which I'd personally be in favour of. 'Absolute clarity, we'll do exactly as we say, don't think you'll be any different.'

Would be another great boost if he signs. I want Whiting, Sharp and Kent soon as well. 2-3 years each.

I'd also keep O Meley you can see today how much we have missed him, I'd be shocked if we sign a better prop than him in SL or the NRL.

Did well but dont see him staying, looked bit overweight.

He always looks like that for the first game or so back from injury.

Thought he played really well tonight.

Whiting should be our priority I would be devastated if we lost him.

He must be knocking on the international door IMO.

Thought he did well, but dont see him staying to be honest

get tickle signed up asap, playing very well at the moment,running as strong as ever

Tickle is immense for us.

Tickle is more important to us than Manu I think.
God knows how he can't get near the England squad.

Well luckily for us one of the players keeping him out has signed for us