I can't see how this can be seen as a bad signing. He isn't a superstar but he's still a decent player and will give us cover in the halfs. I like how our squad is shaping up for next year. We are one or two signings away from having a really good and balanced side imo.

And in mine

He is here to cover the halfback positions, and I can't see him getting in the team when Tony, Horne and Dykes are fit. And with Horne out for basically the whole of last season, Dykes in and out the team and Tony having a couple of injuries, its good to see a proven SL player come in as cover (btw not saying that Thorman would play FB, but saying if Tony was out he would go to 6 with Horne at 1 imo). All our signings for next season add something:

Crocker: well, tons of things!
Calderwood: pace, good defence, effort, knows where the try line is
Maloney: hunger, wants to prove himself
Thorman: good cover, will do a good job filling in

It's not the best recruitment in the world, but its a lot better than some and at least the side is been improved in areas where we need it. We need a prop and a centre now and its job done

Is it just me but didnt he sack us off and go back on his contract a few years ago to go to Aus.
Anyone who can do that to the club i support is not welcome here as far as im concerned.

Sorry if its already been mentioned but i cant go 14 pages tonight i simply dont have the time.

Average signing and totally not happy

Id rather have webster

Your right Fletch



When we signed Berro he was a current Australian International.

Good signing imo. Not exactly the most exciting player in the world, but if the rumours are true about Dykes walking out then bringing him in on a 1 year deal makes perfect sense to me. He'll do a job at halfback next season and if he plays well then he may even get a long term contract, however it looks to me as if he's just been brought in to cover at 6/7 for a year and then we'll bring in a top class scrum half in 2010.

Happy enough with this. Looks like Webbo's taxi has arrived.
Look forward to seeing him pull on the black and white. May give us some different options to the same old same old and will certainly add reasonable quality depth at half back and (emergency only) full back.

Since the announcement of him signing earlier on, i've heard a lot of criticsm! Which dissapoints me really.

Chris Thorman is a well drilled player, one i rate, we've just taken Huddersfields captain off them, he's a good organisational player which is what we need around the park he's also an excellent kicker.

I think with the players around him he could become a good signing. Prove me wrong. But i doubt it.

decent signing for me, i allways thought he was a dangerous player for the tiny.s against us...i understand some fans frustrations, but what are we doing here,slagging players before they have put a shirt on.like it or not,and some fans dont behind the saints we got to most finals since 2005.so someone somewhere must have a bit of a clue i guess.i say slag them before you see them, hang your head.we are supposed to be fans at the end of the day.

And SOO star. Likewise with Crocker.

I was gutted when he turned us down years ago so I'm happy we finally got him. Certainly not a poor mans Rich Horne, he can organize to a degree and kick well. Shame he's 28 now but he has been pivotal in every team he's played for in this Country. I will be happy with Horne or Thorman at fullback but don't reckon either is a scrum half. Webster or Dykes at 7 with Thorman or Horne at 6 sounds better than any partnership we've had this season! I still think Webster is the only proven scrum half we have and if we get rid of him then we have 3 stand off halves to pick from IMO.

Dykes may have worn 6 during most of his time at Cronulla but in all fairness, he plays like a 7 (which is probably why him and Kimmorley never hit it off) much the same as Cooke did during his time at Hull FC.

You'd be happy with Thorman at fullback?

You been on the hard stuff?

Its no surprise he's followed Jon Sharp to Hull FC, they've been dating for years!!!

Thorman will prove to be a very good signing, much better than the other two nuffies Dykes and Webster.

A decent goal kicker but that's about it. Considering who's coming in for him i'm not sorry to see him go tbh. I wish him well though and thanks for your service Chris.

On Look North, this am, that Webbo not getting another/extended contract with Hull FC

he's a better player than webster i'd rather have an english player than some red aussie reject who was forth choice hooker at parramatta when thorman was there

Obviously the reason why we`ve signed Thorman as this leaves us with a non-fed spot for a big rough ar**d forward.

He was, the last game he played, prior to being dropped due to his SL announcement he started for Australia at Centre, spent a short spell at 6, moved to 9 and then back to Centre IIRC he was then taken off injured.

Good.

Sorry your right



team from the ANZAC test 20th april 2007



Australia: Hunt (Brisbane); King (Melbourne), Lyon (Manly), Hodges, Tate, Lockyer (all Brisbane), Thurston (Nth Queensland); Kite (Manly), Smith (Melbourne), Civoniceva (Brisbane), Hindmarsh (Parramatta), Mason, Ryan (both Bulldogs). Replacements: Bailey (Gold Coast),

Berrigan (Brisbane)

, Simpson (Newcastle), Tupou (Sydney Roosters).


Berrigan was on the bench, Was right about him losing hooking role to Smith though if its worth half a point.

A short-term sticking plaster on a long-term gaping wound. If the 1 year deal results in us using both his and Dykes' wages to get in the scrum-half we need for 2010 then it's as good as we can hope for. Viewed on its own, yet another in the growing list of underwhelming Hull FC signings.

good player, i can see why he only signed him for 1 year, because next year we bring the big guns over, i can see todd byrne and/ or webster going if offers come in, thorman covers all backs and has a good goal and free style kicking game, this allows some pressure to be took off tickle, i would now like to see the backs

Tony
Calderwood
HORNE
Yeaman
Raynor
THORMAN
Dykes