Good nwes on Ellis and if he did take a wage drop thats the correct thing to do by the club given his actual injury record so an extra year is right also.

It is dissapointing we don't have a home grown half capable of doing the business. RD is never going to develop if he doesn't get game time at a higher level.
So he's either not good enough and won't develop further in which case him going wouldn't be a loss or his coaches aren't doing their jobs properly in bringing him along. Either way I can't see us signing a big name 6 or centre for next season unless we offload some of our talent as we just won't have the space even if we lose feka, Pryce, Yeaman. Whiting's salary was never intended to be included this year as that would have pushed us over I beleieve so his salary won't make any diff for next season.

The difference between you & John is..............he's grown up............!!

Reece Dean has been offered a new contract but it is for less money than his current contract which is clearly an indication that he should look elsewhere.

not true

Yes I'd like to see him line up every week fact is he has started only 58 sl games for the club and a few of them not finished leaving us short on the bench , also how do people think he would make a good coach just because he is a good player alot of good players make terrible coachs and some average players make great coaches IE Wayne Bennett ,I think he's expensive and don't get value for money we could get somewhere else's for the same contracts he's had and too add another year
My opinion and I am entitled to it before the predictable backlash

You don't know what he's on so how can you say that?

He's taken a pay cut whilst at Hull.

Averages 19 games a season so far. Very good value captain IMO.

It's not just what you get on the field with Ellis (which is immense), it's what he brings to the club off the field as well. Think he's helped develop the culture of the club for the better.
I feel priveliged to have seen him pull on the black and white shirt.

Some pro RL teams in Hull can only dream of such a return

I'll toss them up, you knock them out of the park

I haven't seen anything official about him taking a pay cut.

He's a luxury and, possibly, could be blocking womeone else's career next season?

Can't see how, Radford has shown that young players will get the chance, but it's up to them to impress and stay there, we don't have any other players in the squad that are close to Ellis when fit.

I do agree with some posters that you could argue about him being value for money, is 19/30 games value for money for one of your top earners?

Obviously I meant someone not womeone, side effect of using a tablet to post!

I agree, when fit, Ellis is a machine, so lets hope we can keep him dit.

How do you know what he brings to the club off the field?

Errrm.....
Maybe it's the many quotes from the coaching staff over the last four years regarding just that.
I have to take that as evidence of the fact, unless you know different?

Not forgetting the Owner who sings his praises all the time.

Ellis is a phenomenal player.