I think Barnabus might have it lol

Disappointing re Prince as I thought on balance he would sign. Seems like the UK was never an option for him in reality so better him not come at all than clear off early I suppose. As Pearson said on the radio if neither target (Prince/Miller) came off the club would continue its search for quality. Let's hope it does.

Don't doubt AP will contiue looking for a quality 7 but not expecting any rabbits being pulled out of hats now (Hope I'm wrong). Before we were linked with Prince we were looking to retain either or both of McGoldrick & Aspinwall. I think we will now keep Goldie for cover in the halves and if we want Aspinwall then we have until tomorrow to sort something otherwise his SL clause on his Leigh contract expires. Whatever we do with these two will reduce the amount we have left on the cap.

Expect us now to run with Seymore / McGoldrick at 7 for 2013.

Some of the fans on here and on twitter seriously need to get a grip. Saying Hull FC and AP have let them down by saying they are signing prince and then it falling through. It's your own faults for getting your daft hopes up. Believe nothing until its on paper and confirmed by the club. I would have welcomed the signing but I didn't get a rock on during negotiations because anything can happen. As for the mods letting a 27 page thread going about rumours/speculation/negotiations, does this mean we can sack the rumour topic off and talk about individual players?

quality 7's are at an absolute premium at the minute, especially over here....to have a club like the broncos going back for a player they ditched nearly 10 years ago really shows how bad things are....
prince, i dare say, will be earning a small fortuna at the bronco's, and having been paid out for his final year at the titans he would be mad to play for another 3 years in the uk.... i honestly beleive the guy has 2 years left in him, max.... and thats living a lifestyle that he leads now, ie: sun,surf, good food etc etc, and in a happy environment, his desire would be seroiusly tested if he was to come to the uk.... lets be fair, if seymour was A. any good and B. a model pro, then he wouldnt be in the uk, simple as...
the days of aussies coming to these shores for a final payday are over, the situation with berrigan was fuelled by money and the loophole system being slammed shut by the uk tax man meant his depature earlier than expected.......
prince would have been a good siging, but weve seem it all before, slightly past his best but commanding top whack $$..... miller would have been a top siging, ala best...young, and hungry to succed, not a guaranteed nrl starter at the mo, but 2/3 stand out years in the uk and with marshall getting on, it would have seen him fill the 7 shirt in afew years back at the tigers

I'm guessing we were offering Prince more than Miller. Does that mean we will go back to Miller with an offer he can't refuse?

The evidence suggests it's not for the want of trying

If chase and prince had been spoken to but fans not been aware then it wouldn't have been an issue. pearson must be very frustrated with the situation but you can't knock him for his efforts

Would you wanna come of you was Miller? Feels like he is second best and with NRL clubs rumoured to be interested? Holdsworth and Seymour next season it looks like. Seymour isn't bad as people make out. Will be a hell of a lot better with Holdsworth. The amount of pressure on Seymour last season was huge and it didn't help playing on the halves with players that aren't natural half backs. I really hope Seymour has decent game time and performs well and proves a lot of people wrong.

Would you wanna come of you was Miller? Feels like he is second best and with NRL clubs rumoured to be interested? Holdsworth and Seymour next season it looks like. Seymour isn't bad as people make out. Will be a hell of a lot better with Holdsworth. The amount of pressure on Seymour last season was huge and it didn't help playing on the halves with players that aren't natural half backs. I really hope Seymour has decent game time and performs well and proves a lot of people wrong.

Seymour has a chronic knee injury though

Also if someone offered you 200k a year, would you be bothered if you weren't first choice

Great shame about Prince, he would have been a terrific signing and a "proper number seven" to quote Peter Gentle.

Seriously underwhelmed at the thought of Holdsworth/Seymour. DH improves the team but BS is just not up to it.

The last few months have shown that Pearson certainly has the ambition, and is doing everything in his power to make us a force again.
Don't think us being so open about it is dong anyone any favours though.

I also don't believe McRae has any "added value" on these things.

There seems to be a an unwritten rule that HullFC can't have a top class no7 who is fit and not an old Grandad, it is really depressing!

I say we sign up McGoldrick, and hope that someone becomes available in mid-season. The last thing we want to do is chuck a load of money at some nobody at last minute, as that just leaves us in the same situation we've had for the past 5/6 years now.

Not trolling but I'd heard a week ago that Mcgoldrick was heading back home to Aus.

I heard it this afty, from McGoldrick himself.

Don't think they would offer a untested halfback 200k when Manu left because he was offered a lower salary than that. Also Hull are tight on the cap. He is currently in demand for NRL as well. Be good if we got him but not getting hopes up. In terms of Seymours knee it does need sorting out. I would be more worried if he was in a different position but in some cases halfbacks can usually perform when not 100% fit. I've seen really poor play from him and some decent stuff from him. He is not as bad as other halves we have had at the club in the past 5 years. Lets see how his knee holds up and see how he goes with Holdsworth.

Twitter then because that's what he announced this afty!

Prince likely to make more in 1 year at Brisbane than we could offer over 3.

Poop happens, or sometimes it doesn't. Move on, next rumour please....

If we're tight on the cap without having signed a quality 7 then we are definitely paying some players way too much.

Probably just about afford a 7 but won't be spending a lot. Princes deal wasn't as good as some people may think. The days of Aussies coming over here for retirement have gone due to the salary cap increasing in Oz. Some said the salary cap should be increased but with poor sponsorship in relation to other sports and some clubs struggling it will never happen. If Prince is going to Brisbane is there anyone we can steal from them? The thing is now, not enough quality HB's around and available.

Were you noshing him off in a park at the time?