Released at 1pm today,wonder who gets the number 3 shirt and the number 2?

From James Smailes twitter

Hull FC to announce 2012 squad numbers within the next hour the club tell me. One or two surprises in the numbers if u read anything into it

wonder if reece gets the wingers shirt,westy 13,martin 3

Well Aspinwall's on the website as a loose forward, so could he be getting the 13 shirt? That would certainly be a surprise.

www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=19632

www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=19632

No surprises really

Houghton 9, Heremia 14, hmmm.

1. Wade McKinnon
2. Will Sharp
3. Tony Martin
4. Kirk Yeaman
5. Tom Briscoe
6. Richard Horne
7. Brett Seymour
8. Mark O’Meley
9. Danny Houghton
10. Andy Lynch
11. Willie Manu
12. Danny Tickle
13. Joe Westerman
14. Aaron Heremaia
15. Richard Whiting
16. Eamon O’Carroll
17. Sam Moa
18. THE 18TH MAN
19. Jordan Turner
20. Jamie Ellis
21. Reece Lyne
22. Martin Aspinwall
23. Ben Crooks
24. Liam Kent
25. Liam Cunningham
26. Jack Briscoe
27. Chris Green
28. Danny Nicklas
29. Laurence Pearce
30. Josh Bowden
31. James Cunningham
32. Lewis Brown

Hope the 18th man plays this year, he was quiet last year.

Not a bad 17. Glad Whiting is in the first team.

Westerman at 13 should please a few people

chuffed for sharp,im sure he will get his confidence back and get a good run in the team

Was out injured for part of the year and had issues with Alcohol for the remainder. Been given one last chance before being shipped out I've heard.

Why? He won't play there.

Should we read anything into the fact that there are no blank numbers?

Agar has gone, remember

Who is Lewis Brown? Not heard the name mentioned with the youngsters before and can't see it on the website, but I have heard of the Kiwi second rower.

EDIT Scratch that, just seen he's a young stand-off.

Only slight surprise is Houghton/Heremaia then.

No real surprises other than maybe Turner deserved the number 3 shirt after last seasons performances

I think he will/hope he does

maybe so,but martin will be first choice centre,i feel for turner cos he did well.

Thoughts on the new style of squad number?

surely the playing kit will have a panel behind the number?

You'd hope so. If not, I can already hear Eddie crying about it.

sod Eddie, I'm more interested in the spectators.

League rules now require clear, uncluttered numbers on a plain background, so I would expect like last year, there will be a panel blanked for that very purpose.