Cant see it being for anything other reason than court case tbh. Think we were likely to see k.pryce being announced in next few weeks anyway even if raynor was staying. This might mean we see another back recruited too.

edit: just a thought, wasnt that union player on trial at the open training session a winger? maybe this has been on radar for a while and club have been looking at options?

It just gets better and better. So two of the few players who gave it their all are off. Brilliant. Lets wait for the announcement of Koppy leaving now...

What, why, when and how? Would hull have had to pay a transfer fee for raynor as he signed for 2012 season. Thought he was up for it with bulls?

get big les back

Typical, there you go again, all doom and gloom.

My take on it, by contrast:

It just gets better and better. So two of the few players who gave it their all are off. Fekking sodding brilliant. Lets wait for the announcement of Koppy leaving now...





Just hope there is some kind of happy ending to all this.

As a Bulls supporter, I now tend to expect disappointments rather than a happy ending!

I'm beginning to look forwards to the end of next season

I've seen nothing that leads me to believe next season will be any different to this season! Same Coaches and mostly same players and same type of players. I'm expecting lots of disappointing walks away from Odsal and mostly the same excuses being rolled out!

"We're Doomed!!!"

Interview with Lynch in the Hull Daily Mail tomorrow apparently.

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=507403&start=945 lynch looks set to be confirmed as a hull fc player for 2012 tomorrow very good signing for us, your loss is our gain

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=507403&start=945 lynch looks set to be confirmed as a hull fc player for 2012 tomorrow very good signing for us, your loss is our gain

The 'loss' to us will depend on a few factors. The amount of fee received and our intended replacement.

Although right now, I'm struggling to see how we're planning to replace him and at the same time improve our pack from this season.

Is there anything else we already knew that you wanted to share with us?

Yep. Lynch definetly a Hull FC player in 2012.

Well someone will have to pull their fingers out next season to replace Lynch's workload. With our best winger leaving i am really fearing for nexy year. Ainscoughs' great, but is very much a confidence player. I really think we will struggle next year. Are things that bad at the club

Like several others, feeling a bit dejected tonight

Fair play to Lynch, and I wish him well, but I really don't know where it leaves our club. We desperately need a quality replacement - something that will give us a 'feel good factor'

And Raynor leaving is just another piece of bad news. At times this season he seemed to be the only one playing with a genuine pride in the shirt

Very worried about next season at the moment.

I can't conceive that Raynor is anything other than the court case, surely? Maybe the club was unaware that there could still be serious consequences? As we were till we read about it in the paper? Nothing else makes any sense!

Well the fans have stood up to be counted again, 10,000+ pledges. It's again up to the Club, Coaching Staff and Playing Staff. Good will only goes so far, lame excuses won't wash next season. We don't want to hear the "We know what we did wrong and will put it right in training". They have a full off season to learn how to play this simple game of Rugby!

2013 will be our year!

so our most consistant, reliable forward and captain is off, to be followed by our most consistant, reliable outside back....excellent. The club need to announce some good replacements but I won't hold my breath.

On a side note whilst I was looking at Raynors stats I noticed something about our top try scorers from this year, only 1 player in double figures and 3 of the top 6 are off;

Royston - 10
Lynch - 9
Elima - 9
Ah Van - 9
Kearney - 7
Ainscough - 7

so we're losing 3 of our top try scorers, our captain, our best forward, top try assit man (Herbert) and our goal kicker.



I really want to be positive for next year but I'm struggling atm, hopefully there will be some positive news soon.

All the best to Andy and Gareth, thanks for the efforts and good luck.

What he said.

I hadn't seen those stats before Duckman. I knew were pretty lame in attack this year but it's a poor do when a Prop is our 2nd highest try scorer. Ainscough missed a large part of the year and still registers joint 5th.

I really hope the rumours about Crookes leaving aren't true now, otherwise we are seriously thin on the ground for wingers.

Indeed, the next 3, on 6 tries are Koppy, Whitehead and Sykes. Poor outside attack/strike threat linked with powder puff defence equals losing more games than we win...as we've seen.

Tries per game Ainscough is very good, 7 in 11 games. If we can keep him on the field and get a decent on his inside who gets good ball from the halves then he still looks an excellent prospect to me.

If a better replacement were available then Hull would have just got him

Quote ="Adeybull"I can't conceive that Raynor is anything other than the court case, surely? Maybe the club was unaware that there could still be serious consequences? As we were till we read about it in the paper? Nothing else makes any sense!'" ther was a piece in the hull daily mail a week or so again, he has been ordered to pay back the money he scammed off ebay, his assests have been frozen untill repayment is made, if not he would return to jail www.broughpeople.co.uk/Ex-Hull-r ... story.html

Quote ="Adeybull"I can't conceive that Raynor is anything other than the court case, surely? Maybe the club was unaware that there could still be serious consequences? As we were till we read about it in the paper? Nothing else makes any sense!'" ther was a piece in the hull daily mail a week or so again, he has been ordered to pay back the money he scammed off ebay, his assests have been frozen untill repayment is made, if not he would return to jail www.broughpeople.co.uk/Ex-Hull-r ... story.html