yeh aswell as been an fan of the likes of larne patrick and liam watts

Really?

I like the look of Paul Johnson as well.

yep forgot to mention him but ive been talking about him all season looks a good solid prop plays plenty of minutes and is a stocky lad aswell.

Agree. He wasn't good enough when we signed him, and now we seem to be bringing in players who are he's not needed. A perfect example of us signing a player because we could, regardless of whether or not we should.

i would let obst go aswell next season but he is contracted so would take a team to go for him

obst has been a good signing

To paraphrase Turkish: I fail to see the correlation between an average 30 year old taking up a quota spot for 2 years, who we only need when we have injuries, and a good signing.

obst for this season was and is important due to not having backup half or hooker but obviously now we have lots of options for next season and having a someone like obst who will be 3rd choice hooker and 4/5th choice half shoudnt be at our club with him been an 30 odd year old aussie when another young english playeer could have that squad place.

As soon as the words '2 year deal' entered negotiations we should have walked away.

yep, i dont like the idea of having someone like obst an oldish aussie on a decent wage so far down the pecking order rather have a couple of young players on full time deals

Watched quite a bit of NRL on Premier Sports recently and Heremaia looks a much better signing than McKinnon. He's good out of dummy half and has a good kicking game which is something we've been crying out for. The problem with McKinnon is I don't think he'll offer much more than Phelps does. I hope I'm wrong.

your right about heremia will be really good to us and give us a totally diffrent dimension from dummy half and mckinnon i feel will act as another pivot for us and hopefully him, seymour annd horne can link up well and stay injury free because we will be a very much better attacking team

The only thing that worries me about all of that is that we'll still have the same guy 'coaching' all of these new signings.....

well we all know that

Dont know wether its been finalised about fitzy going home ,but a mate of mine in the exporting business as been asked to quote a price to send fitzy's gear back to Oz .

Fitz wont be here next season - he will be retiring, hopefully a wembley appearance will be the icing on the cake as far as his playing career goes

Unless he gets a quick transfer.. No wembley 4 Fitzs!.

Craig Fitzgibbon is DEFINATELY retiring and going home at the end of this season. This is from a very reliable source who has spoken to him. He has been an asset to our club one of the few players who come here gives 110% every game, is totally proffessional on and OFF the field. has passed on some of his great wealth of knowledge to the junior players and has been a fantastic role model for all the younger players. He has been a LEGEND we don't get many of those at FC unfortunately. I would like to thank him for all he has done here at Hull FC and wish him a happy and well earned retirement. THANK YOU Fitz and Good Luck Mate

I'll second that.

Here here

Well said mate, was an absolute pleasure to watch him in black & White. I can only imagine how he would have torn super league apart 8-10 years ago!

Good luck Fitzy!

likewise to all the above comments..........

Out for next 2 weeks apparently

Back for the semi then.