Be better than the 50% pay cut Hudgell offered him

Good move by all involved. Hopefully brett can recover fully now without the pressure that I'm sure will have been weighing on his mind of getting fit to play for hull again.
Hopefully the payoff will have been cleared with the rfl and whoever else involved and that money becomes available to try and get a player in for this season, personally I think we should put in sneaky bids for dobson and brough and see if we can take one of the two. Because let's be honest dobson is the player we went after and didn't get that's hurt us the most and broughs the one player that's left us and gone on to bigger things (although I doubt he would have done those things while at hull)
Hopefully we will have better luck with whoever we bring in next to be our number 7.

Think that's the relevant bits!

Good luck to Brett and his family.
I have seen and experienced this type of illness and the effects it can have.
Its clear there are some historic problems affecting him if you look at his history he has been sacked by 2 other clubs in Aus one for alchohol related problems.
He seems to have had problems throughout his career and its true that life is more important than rugby league.
Maybe Hull should have seen the danger signs from his past.

BTW Keep your dirty little hands off Dobbo!!!

Brough is a definite no chance.

Dobson - No chance, Hudgell would never sell to us.

You never know might see it as a chance to get some of his money back before he steps down

Maybe putting in some extra homework on these scrum halves that don't work out for you guys is the way forward!

To be fair, Holdsworth and the headaches issue aside, our problem scrum halves have all been signed by the old regime.

Yep, god knows what's going on with him. A B&W friend of mine yesterday said he has heard he may have a fracture, I don't know.

Plus I always had Holdsworth down as an off half.

Yes, a player who is only just good enough for a team in the bottom 2 of SL.

Didn't have the right attitude

The classic "the mail understands". Which roughly translated means The HDM has made a complete guess at, what with him being an Aussie and a scrum half.

To be fair considering our old regime it's more than likely true...

It was blindly obvious to a simpleton that he was never going to work out at Hull. Best news I've heard in ages.

Me too actually. Don't know what I was thinking!

lets be fair, with a reported 150k burning a hole in our coffers, who realistically is available and who would we get for such a sum??.......
as for superleague, there isnt much about, id say gentle will have an eye on the reserve nrl grade......

The administrators will.

Difficult to get a visa for them though, so unless it is a reserve grader with Islander heritage/passport it isn't straightforward.
There's a real shortage of good halfs now. While the likes of Jamie Ellis, Kyle Briggs and Gareth Moore didn't really cut it, as the standard falls players like them become better in relative terms.

Would you dare wait that long? We find a buyer late on and your options narrow again. We're much more saleable with him on board, so we'll hold on as long as possible - unless, as has been acknowledged, an NRL club offers him a deal.

Go on, sell us Dobbo. You know you want to really



On a serious note, agree with what you say regarding the problems with NRL reserve graders and the overall shortage of good halves. And those clubs with them will fight tough and nail to keep them.

I just hope the club don't panic and go for the first available half. With some luck Holdsworth will be back soon and Horne has been outstanding so far this season so we don't need to rush.

Short term, possibly G O B of Warrington, probably would depend on when Briers is back.

Could be 2 + 2 making 5, but his increasing injury absences + being given a coaching role have me wondering if a retirement announcement is nearing. Especially with Myler moving up a level this year and looking more like an all-round halfback now.

Sneyd would be one I'd hope we keep an eye/ear out for.

O'Carroll and Ellis British equivalents, too.

Had the same thought about Briers. 34 now isn't he?

Yeah, and will be 35 before the season is out. Hodgson another who can't be far away, so could well be Myler and O'Brien in the halves with Ratchford their permanent fullback before too long.

Doesn't sound too bad for their future, does it!