i'll start it off.... booo hissssssssss

carnt knock his commitment not to play for you lol

Can't believe the bad luck you lot are having. Washbrook, Cusack, Tony, Raynor, the Crocker deal, this latest blow and signing Thorman.

When does it all end?

I reckon Hull should call it a day on Lauaki, take the money lost on the chin and look elsewhere for next season.

Don't be soft. He's injured his finger. Hardly a reason to renege on a three year deal, sunshine.

Hopefully we will see him this season, if not he'll be a great addition for 2010.

This time last year after Thackraygate and with 8 players out injured, we were asking ourselves the same question. I really wouldn't like to say. Since you're showing us some pity, how about you losing to Warrington next weekend then going on a 10 match losing run in the league. That might take the edge off our misery. If not, just leave us to wallow in our self-pity - we're getting pretty good at it

Could happen, but if it did, we still wouldn't be half as miserable as you lot.

wait till youve had a couple of seasons like us then come back and see how you feel then!!!!!!!!!!

Wait till you've had twenty years like we just had then see how you feel.

fair enough but your still on a high from coming into superleague if you have 2 bad seasons like i say then well see if your not miserable

Two bad seasons? Injuries, finishing second bottom with no relegation. You should be pleased.

Unfortunate, definitely, but I do wish people would stop painting a picture that has all of our problems down to bad luck.

Don't think anyone's done that, have they?

Was it me?

Just looking back on the nz warriors forum they were not to bothered about him leaving , i have only seen glimpses of him so is the anyone who has seen more of him ?

Just seems that way a bit when most of the talk is about 'when will our bad luck change?' and 'how much bad luck can one club have?' as if we are tragic victims of circumstance. To be completely honest, in spite of all of our injuries I actually think in most cases the players who have come in have done almost as good a job as the front line players would have in the same circumstances. We may have 10 or so players unavailable for whatever reason, but I still only think around half of them would improve the side much, with none of them improving the style of rugby we play.

It's a thread about a freak accident - that more or less forces a focus on bad luck. And we have [ihad[/i a lot of bad luck, along with the incompetence and bad decision making.

The players out injured may not effect our style of play they they would certainly improve our chances of playing it successfully. And bearing in mind how narrow most of our defeats have been they may have been enough to win us a couple of the games we've lost.

Just because we're crap doesn't exclude the possibility of us being unlucky as well.

No, I agree. I'm just a big believer in influencing your own luck, particularly in sport. There are obviously exceptions (John Higgins is always a lucky no matter what his form's like), but in general I think sport seems to have an element of karma about it.

It says it happened on the 5th May so that is already 2 half weeks into his recovery he wont be here (at best) for another 2 weeks that is nearly the 5 weeks out or have I totally mis understood the article ??

Hope Hame is fit sooner rather than later, but this season seems to be one long dissapointment for Hull.

Back to Lauaki, how good a player is his brother Sione. Everytime I watch Super 14 Union, this guy blows me away. Would love to see Hame and Sione in the same team.

Why would Hull pay a player before his contract started?? He's not been paid since October because that was when his contract with Storm ended, simple as.


Back to Lauaki...I didn't realise his initial application had been turned down, I just thought it was taking a really long time!!!

Woah i thought it was just taking a long time? He was turned down?

JR had the opportunity to explain the delay in the visa application and the injury as and when they happened but failed to do so on several occaisions.

There has been weeks and weeks of speculation, hoping and praying, and wishful thinking from all sections of the fans on the Crocker and Lauaki visa's with only the statements of we are at the mercy of the UKBA as an excuse to keep us in the dark.

Some supporters of the boards decision to keep things close to their chests have actually come out and said that they know no more than we do........bulls-hit

To be honest I don't put it down to him (JR) in not telling us, I put it firmly at the feet of KH, JR doesn't go for a pi$$ without KH saying when and for how long.

Once again our Chairperson has treated us with contempt in this saga by restraining the news/information, she is faceless, mute, insular and down right dictatorial in her custodianship of OUR club.

Time for her and the other geordie snobs to walk.

Rant over.

Would it have killed the club to have given a statement stating the above and stopped all the speculation over the last few weeks...it's hardly confidential is it!!

Totally agree, would it have killed the club to tell us what was going on???