as its pre season and thinking about the last week with what happened in regards to the great steve prescott, it got me thinking of some teams preckie played in and in fact what our best team would be in the 2000's era, so heres mine and would like to see what others come up with;

1. Steve Prescott
2. Colin Best
3. Richie Barnett (Snr)
4. Toa khoe-love
5. Tom Briscoe, followed closely by Gareth Raynor
6. Paul Cooke
7. Danny Brough, although i liked Tony Smith
8. Mark O'Meley
9. Richard Swain
10. Scott Logan
11. Lee Radford
12. Stephen Kearney
13. Jason Smith

Subs;
14. Danny Houghton
15. Craig Fitzgibbon
16. Willie Manu
17. Richard Whiting

1 S. Briscoe
2 Best
3 Barnett Snr
4 Yeaman (Older days)
5 T. Briscoe
6 Cooke
7 Brough
8 O'Meley
9 Swain
10 Carvell
11 Manu
12 Whiting
13 Smith

14 Horne
15 Houghton
16 Tickle
17 Radford

Special mentions to Prekkie, Raynor, Lee Jackson, Fitz, Kearney, and quite a few others. (My minds gone blank haha)

1 S. Briscoe
2 Best
3 Barnett Snr
4 Yeaman
5 Raynor
6 Cooke
7 Horne

8 Carvell
9 Swain
10 Logan
11 Kearney
12 Manu
13 J. Smith

Special mentions - Prescott, Tony, Whiting, McMenemy, King, Grimaldi

That's some pack, I like it, would put Prescott in front of briscoe easily, not just because of recent events, but because he was a class class act, don't think I've ever seen a hull player with such good support play as Steve, outstanding

1 S Briscoe
2 T Briscoe
3 B Crooks
4 Yeamo
5 Raynor
6 Cooke
7 Brough
8 King
9 Swain
10 Ogre
11 Manu
12 Kearney
13 J Smith

14 Whiting
15 Fitzgibbon
16 Grimaldi
17 Horne
18th man the one & only Steve Prescott.

Prescott
Best
Barnett Snr
Yeaman
Briscoe
Cooke
Horne
Carvell
Swain
O'Meley
Manu
Kearney
Smith

McMenemy
Whiting
Logan
S. Briscoe

People putting brough in must be basing on him now, as he was average at Hull about from a couple games, improved massively since he left hull. Tony Smith and Horne were much better players for Hull.

Radford would be nowhere near my squad, we have had at least 10 backrow forwards in this time better than him.

Prescott was a great FB, a better alround player than briscoe, mine would be.

Prescott
Raynor
Yeaman
Barnett
Best
Horne
Cooke
Carvell
Swain
O Meley
Manu
Grimaldi
Smith

Logan
Moa
Houghton
Whiting

S Briscoe
T Lineham
B Crooks
K Yeaman
G Raynor
P Cooke
R Horne
C Fitzgibbon
R Swain
G Carvell
S Mcmenemy
D Tickle
J Smith

M O'Meley
W Manu
R Whiting
P King

Crooks & Lineham seriously?

They have made the SL Dream Team in there 1st season so why can they not make peoples chosen teams?

1 S Prescott
2 T Briscoe
3 R Barnett snr
4 C Best
5 G Raynor
6 P Cooke
7 D Brough
8 G Carvell
9 R Swain
10 S Logan
11 S Kearney
12 W Manu
13 J Smith

14 R Whiting
15 C Fitzgibbon
16 S Mcmenemy
17 S Briscoe.

1. Steve Prescott
2. Colin Best
3. Richie Barnett (Snr)
4. Kirk Yeaman
5. Tom Briscoe
6. Paul Cooke
7. Richard Horne
8. Jamie Thackray
9. Lee Jackson
10. Sam Moa
11. Willie Manu
12.Tony Grimaldi
13. Jason Smith

Subs
14. Richard Whiting
15. Richard Swain
16. Gareth Carvell
17. Mark O'Meley

This, but with McMenemy instead of Radford. Honorable mention for Grimaldi (one of the few players that went back to Oz and excelled, class player).

double post.

Exactly the same reasons I left brough and Radders out of my team.

1 Prescott
2 Best
3 Barnett
4 Yeaman
5 Raynor
6 Cooke
7 Horne
8 Carvell
9 Swain
10 King
11 Mcmenemy
12 Manu
13 J Smith

Don't think you can look beyond that taking into account what we saw of them and the impact they had at Hull, positions they mostly played etc, for example Brough played mostly 6 and 9 for Hull, only once or twice at 7, Kearney was a rock but only here a season etc, and a whole host of top players maybe past there best, didn't quite work out for whatever reasons.

Without taking any of those factors into account, based on pure ability alone, what a team this would have been:

1 Horne
2 Blacklock
3 Barnett
4 Best
5 Carney
6 Cooke
7 Long
8 Carvell
9 Swain
10 Moa
11 Kearney
12 Manu
13 Jason Smith

Funny that few have Scott Logan.. I Didn't think he were that good tbh.. Paul King was good on his day but Moa needs mentioning.

Also Horney An Briscoe throughout 2005 an 2006.

I thought Logan offered us massive go forward. A far better player than Greenhill ever was for us, and yet in past topics like this, Greenhill always crops up for some reason, I thought he was dilge!

Prescott
Best
Barnett Snr
Yeaman
Briscoe
Cooke
Horne
Carvell
Swain
O'Meley
Fitz
Kearney
Smith

Motu
Moa
Manu
Logan

i agree 100% about grimaldi as he was a good captain in a vital transitional period for us, and yes went back to OZ and was a star over there.

Was never a fan of Greenhill, he grafted and was decent but never set the world on fire. Logan was a good player but we didn't get his best period

I won't bother posting a full team, because most of it has already been covered. I will just throw a couple of names in that I don't think have been mentioned.

Whilst he only played a handful of games for us. Matthew Head is the best natural 7 I have seen in the black and white. If we are going for playing ability rather than what they achieved then he would be my scrum half. Shame he was made of biscuit.

And also Ewan Dowes, despite becoming a plodder towards the end, was excellent in his first few years and played a huge part in both our 05 cup run and our run to the grand final the following year.

Logan i thought could of bin a good signing. But most often he was injured and just didn't show signs of his old self. Greenhill was good on his day but his name will be mentioned because he was good with his fists.

If anyone gets a chance to watch the semi V's saints and the Final V Leeds in 2005, watch how good Dowes was. Constantly bending the defensive line and taking three to pull him down. He was great in his first few seasons. Ill also throw in Jamie Thackray in his first spell. Was there a better impact forward in the country at the time? Used to love his all action running.

Even though he played only a handful, an overlooked by someone else. I thought Dean Triester was great.