not so much poor but well below average certainly not as good as your fabulous squad you should do the treble next year and become the achievers instead of all the years of garbage you have had to put up with like us

We are in the right league to have a go, & north point is the best centre hull has ever made.

Heard the deal was completed this morning.
Todd Carney also rumoured to be going back to the NRL.
Looks like there isn't much out there for Super League teams, so definately worth taking a punt on Kelly.

so who is leaving then, I hope it's Pritchard as he has a deal already wheras Michaels doesn't. You could say that it very much was a short term interim deal anyway as he only left for salary cap reasons, it looks like it works both ways and in doing so allows us to sign a player in a position that we need.

Pritchard is going.
Not sure what's happening with Michaels though. Gone very quiet.
Wonder if the club were seeing if they could get someone else in who they deem to be a better player?

I believe someone else said earlier in the thread that Kelly is the type of player that we want but Kelly himself is not the player we need. This certainly sums up my general initial feelings towards this increasingly likely signing.

I think he's a great player on his day who can be a real handful for the opposition and exciting to watch. However, I don't think he's shown that consistently enough. Then there's the disciplinary stuff. My instinct is to stay clear of this guy.

But it doesn't look like that will be the case. And thinking about it in more detail I have to concur with what others have said in that there doesn't seem to be a lot of options out there so maybe Kelly is worth the risk. And as others have said hopefully the contract will be weighed in FC's favour to account for the risk.

It's also worth remembering that since taking charge that Radders and MT have a good track record with their signings so I would urge anyone who has doubts like myself to keep an open mind on this one. Hopefully this time next year we will be praising Kelly's part in another successful season and we'll be praising LR and Motu on yet another astute signing.

I think we have done well to take advantage of Rovers relegation and Kelly's behaviour to strike a deal very much in our favour, I think he will be better at Hull with better players, worst case scenario we have Carlos etc to step in.

Not too much quality recruitment by SL sides so far, so I think we have done pretty well and if we get Kelly and the other signings addressed some weaknesses and will go with a stronger squad next season than the one just gone.

Likewise I don't have many doubts about Kelly's capability playing wise, but I am most worried about his off the field behaviour which up until now has been consistently appalling with little evidence of his willingness to change. People can change, even Willie Mason finally approached acceptable conduct but there's no denying there is a huge risk element. Still the club is on a good roll recruitment wise recently so I have to trust that they know what they are doing here.

Without doubt the guy has talent but his disipline is poor and for me could be a major upset in a really strong bonding club. And if its true about Pritchard we will be losing a player who was the glue who brought it all together.I think Pritchards departure could be a huge mistake if done in the manner its been reported.That said i would take the risk with Kelly he could give us that x factor we are missing

Remember this thread is just conjecture, plus having a go at the club for dealing with Frank is wrong until we know the facts. Have the club or either player made any announcements? Has the club resigned Abdul? He's supposed to be going on a season loan deal. RUMOURS.

I did laugh at the comment about it being bad IF the club has done this over the phone with Frank. he is 12000 miles away FFS, how would you expect them to do it. Or could it be the case that FP had engineered a move ?

Pritchard and his wife are normally quite active on Twitter, but nothing from either of them for 4/5 days....

Must admit I thought it a bit strange that he didn't comment on our kit for next season.

Fonua did but not Frank.

Signed today for Parra
Been training with them for over a week
Expect club will now announce the Kelly signing tomorrow

where`s this information from, i haven`t seen anything official

www.parraeels.com.au/news/2016/1 ... _anno.html nothing on here

www.parraeels.com.au/news/2016/1 ... _anno.html nothing on here

If it wasn't true (Frank or Kelly), I would expect the club to deny it like they did when we where rumoured to be after Brough or when there was talk of Manu retiring.

im sure its true, however until it is officially announced it is nothing but a rumour

heard from a friend today Kelly deal off some other club don't know who has come in with a better offer he may still sign but we would have to up our offer so maybe not as cut and dried as the papers seem to think it is hope it happens

Wigan Warriors ??

I wouldn't up our offer if we consider him a risk.

Could be a red hearing by his agent to get Kelly a better deal from fc, I would call his bluff and tell him that's the deal take it or leave it

i'd tell him take it or leave it also, he's in no position to be playing games his reputation is low (sent home from a team that ended up relegated)

Or it could be just a load of bo11ocks?

Speculating on speculation around a speculated signing.

I for one have a very strong opinion on it.