The club can discount 50% of the salaries of any players who have been with the club 10 years up to a maximum of £50k for salary cap purposes. If one player doesn't earn £100k then it can be split I believe.

We still have to pay them the full amount of course irrespective of the cap, so the question of VFM is still relevant

That's who I was going to say! Gale would be perfect to replace either Long OR Horne when either is inevitably injured.

I also think that Whiting blatantly can play 6, and has won awards playing at 6, but is now more suited to playing 13.

Not been mentioned so may have got this wrong but thought Turner was signed as a future number 6?

Correct!!, but the maximum of £50k is across the whole club so if you have 10 players with the club for 10 years, you can only take upto £50,000 from the cap, not £50k per player!!

Which is exactly what I said. Didn't you attend English lessons at school?

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STAND UP IF YOUR HULL FC
STAND UP IF YOUR HULLFC
STAND UP IF YOUR HULLFC.

the thing is when horne returns, his best form totally blows away the likes of kevin brown or ratchford. his partnership with longy has got bags of unfulfilled potential

when horne was in form earlier this season, he was class and completely proved me wrong (i thought he was a goner). if he gets paired up with longy ASAP and they string together some games then they will be awesome

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We've also seen Horne wear the 7 shirt though, and he's never looked like one. Agree with others, I don't think Whiting is the answer at 6. IIRC he didn't see much time there even when he had the number, it was very apparent it didn't work.

Danny Nicklas a future 6? Horne in the meantime.

aint he going bk to wigan

Looked at this thread and thought it was about Willie Poching.

Don't think we're missing Horne at all, his role should be reduced to utility cover, and unless he can rediscover his form we need to let go at the end of next year. He has been a great servant but we can't justify keeping him on the pay he will be on, especially considering the amount of injuries he is picking up.

he's contracted and will take 50k of the cap up!!

This is the point, I reckon. Horne [iis[/i the answer at stand off - he's a very good six when he's got a proper SH alongside him - but getting them both on the pitch together seems to be a rare occurrence. If Horne can get back to fitness, we don't need another six.

That said, I also think Whiting could do an excellent job there given the chance. If we ever get Calderwood back on the pitch, who knows? Maybe Whiting will get a shot there.

With Tom back next week on the wing, (Hally on the bench) Turner going well in the centre I see no reason why Whiting could not be given a shot now, his ability to read a game is second to none, worth a go imo..

Hope i'm wrong here but i think dont richard horne will recapture his best form now, for me i would like hull to start grooming tansey into the number 6 spot, i think within a few consecutive games at stand off he would go well there, as for the full back spot i think hull have enough cover there, surely the enterprising play that a long tansey half back partnership would bring can only benefit an ever improving hull side.

Cover at full back? Who????

Why are people so obsessed with moving Tansey to 6? He's doing an excellent job at 1, and now he has stopped trying to hard he is making less errors and becoming more clinical with his play. People are acknowledging this by putting him in their top 3 MOM each week!

Why channge what is good for a gamble? CONSISTENCY and MOMENTUM!

I really don't get the whole Tansey to play in the halves idea that people are pushing on here given how his role in the team gives him so much freedom to float around the pitch and moving him to 6/7 would get rid of that from his game.

Personally i think a combo of Berro/Long with Washy/Houghton at 9 would be the best balance.

I'm looking forward to seeing Richard Horne return and prove a few people wrong.

Jack Briscoe??

Me too. His start of season form was excellent and if he can recapture that and get on the field at the same time as Longy we have a new X factor going into the back end of the season.

That wouldn't be a bad call imo.