Especially as there hasn't been a half-decent British centre in nearly 30 years

id take gleeson in a heart beat...until the end of the season at least and see how it goes..

I really cant see him going to the nrl at this stage in his career but some on here might know more about it then myself.

We've played for years with sub standard outside backs, if indeed Gleeson as signed and this kid is indeed ready for the first team then let him prove himself on the wing outside Yeamo, just like Briscoe has.

I thought Gary Connolly and Paul Newlove was both more than half decent at their peaks. Scott Gibbs and Jonathan Davies played pretty well too.

That's an exhaustive list, especially when Davies was more a 5/8 and Connolly a full-back

Connolly was more of a centre than a FB, he played much more at centre than FB.

I would add Senior into the centres, in his prime was a fantastic centre who could have done well in the NRL.

Senior is, always has been and always will be a fast lad who was not big enough to play 2nd row. It's come to something if we're happy replacing creativity with brute strength

I'll raise you a Garry Schofield

best British centre of his generation.

He should be more pleased having a player there to support him through his transition to the first team, he can learn a lot from Gleason!

Paul Newlove and Schofield were both outstanding british centres.

That's why I said nearly 30 years.

Schofield was probably the last truly creative British centre I've seen

"It is also thought FC would struggle to find any room on their salary cap to accommodate Gleeson"


WTF



If that is anywhere near true, we have some serious problems with our recruitment policy and salary structure

Ha ha ha - "True" and Hull Daily Mail?

You're having a giraffe

Recruitment and retention,

Hull FC's problem since 2002

Not sure i agree entirely with that. In that time we've recruited Kearney, Swain, Berrigan, Dykes, Head, Fitzgibbon, O'Meley to name but a few legends of the game.

Our biggest problem is recruiting the cheap option as a coach every time.

Or could our problem be that we pay too much for the big name players because the board thinks its puts bums on seats but then dont have enough to buy the rest of the squad?

Or possibly paying too much for average/squad players?

Definately.

On the previous point by Seb i actually don't think we've spent enough on the right players previously. Monaghan for example when we needed a 7 and were outbid by Wire. We should have broken the bank for him and not stook to our wage structure.

From Wigan's mod on their board:



Last paragraph is interesting.

as a club we aint ambitious anough and not smart enough when it comes to recruitment yes we have had legeneds in swain,kearney and fitz ect but its whats the rest of the squads like and the most important thing is having the right coach and we simply just choose tyhe cheap option every time

Gleeson out, Hock in, simple as for the cap

Quote ="kingston droolers"Gleeson out, Hock in, simple as for the cap'" Hock back in training with them www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

Quote ="kingston droolers"Gleeson out, Hock in, simple as for the cap'" Hock back in training with them www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

Andy Wilson wrote on twitter that Martin Gleeson is now training with his brother at Barrow but they cannot afford him.Looks like we are not intrested in him afterall.

Quote ="tommyfromhull"Hock back in training with them www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news'" Yep and from June 23rd can be paid as a player once more. I wont comment on him, mods wont like it

Quote ="tommyfromhull"Hock back in training with them www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news'" Yep and from June 23rd can be paid as a player once more. I wont comment on him, mods wont like it

Agar said in the press conference we weren't interested, who said we were?