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is Thorman off to Saints then

Bloody hope not

Why the hell would we want him. Even if we didn't have Smith, Eastmond or Lomax?

Back to Huddersfield I guess



I am sure I represent all Saints fans in wishing Sean the best of luck.

I am confident he will get FC back on track.

Farewell to the Lance Todd Legend.

It's been a blast.

good luck longy, will be sorely missed, can Eastmond step up to the plate?

2010 will be interesting. Longy has been a great player but now he has to do it without the Saints superstars around him.

Him and dobson doing battle in the hull derbies should be good.

I genuinely think this is a mistake by Hull. ( i posted the same thing on Giants site and did not want us to sign him). I do not think he will put his heart into it the way he did at Saints.

Lots of money for an oldie who may not want to play. Does not look good to me.

Maybe not.

Even if he puts 70% in it will still be 69% more then Thorman.

His Pension can now be topped up



Longy=Legend

Hull won't get anywhere near the level of performance from him that Saints have had. Great when things are going well, anonymous when they aren't, he won't have the players around him to show his class.

You can have a nice, shiney golden bucket, but if you fill it with sh*t it's still just a bucket of sh*t.

Good short term fix, but in 2 years they'll be looking for another Scrum Half...

He'll be on very good wages too.

He's not much older than Orford (who we were also reportedly after), will be cheaper and saves us a quota place.

Like has been said i personally wouldn't want him at my club simply because he's Saints through and through and i cant see him performing for any other side like he did for them.
If he was still a world beater Saints wouldn't be letting him go !!

Do you not think it's slightly underwhelming though? He's been inconsistent this year.

The signing can go one way or the other.

Put it this way, the rest of the league would be more worried if you had announced Orford instead.

I can see both sides of the signing, good luck to him.

He's still a decent player and he's certainly been the best British halfback of the SL era, he'll do a job for Hull.

Posted this on the FC forum...

Saints wanted him for next year. So did several other clubs. He may be past his best, but he will finally bring a whole bunch of things that we've desperately needed for years.

Plus we know that he can do the business in SL, which hasn't always been the case for high profile NRL signings.

He's also English, saving us a quota spot and any potential visa issues. And cap space over some of the other names touted around in all likelihood. That gives us more options to strengthen elsewhere.

Looking at the whole package, this is a good signing.

It's underwhelming to those who expected us to sign a world class no 7 like Orford. He's a 'go to' man, something that we've been missing since Cooke left, and even if he's not playing 100%, he's still capable of that one special play.

Totally agree with you, it could be a masterstroke, or it could fail miserably - time will tell.

But they wouldn't guarantee they wanted him the year after which is probably why he took the offer from Hull and understandably.

Gutted to see him go and good luck too him for the future.

In a way I'm suprised and in a way I'm not.

I think Sean's past his prime. I was hoping we could get him for another year. But if he's got a good contract off on the table, then he's quite free to sign it.

I'll miss him at Saints, and I do think Saints may stuggle at first without him, but all goof things must come to and end. There's no denying he's done a lot for Saints. I say best of luck to him.

I think this signing does 1 thing and that's confirm Hull (FC) as a 2nd tier club. Signing an ageing player for what is presumably big money, is something few of the top tier clubs (Leeds, Saints etc..) do.

That doesn't make sense.

Probably be going back to you, now you have missed out on Brough and now Long.