Wasn't it reported that we have been speaking to him for a month though?.
I don't think Gentle would be going out there if it wasn't almost done.

Did it? I could have sworn all Dave said was a Gold Coast forum had rumours he was leaving with 'all his stuff'. It was you making a song and dance about what this stuff might include.

Gentle approach persuades Prince to reign at KC

No it was me that asked what 'stuff' he would keep there. If I'd have got a straight answer there wouldn't have been a problem, would there? It's really that simple. And I think you need to look up the term 'suggested' too.

I wouldn't know, and I'm not claiming to. The only person seemingly trying to cast themselves as an expert on the comings and goings of professional rugby league players and what they do and don't take to and from work every day is you.

To be totally honest some of these stories in the Aussie press are conflicting it stated in one he'd told friends 2 weeks ago he wouldn't be at the titans next season.

Then you have talks have being going on in secret for over a month, then you have them saying if the offer he's been given is to good to turn down they wouldn't stand in his way, now there saying that he's been sacked. don't add up to me...

And all this time Hull Fc haven't stated if we are in for him or not.

I left work with all my stuff tonight, does that suggest I was loading my car up with numerous personal effects and went round saying goodbyes to everybody?

If you weren't trying to be clever yourself and undermine the rumour when you asked, then it's a very strange thing to be genuinely curious about IMO.

All this exposure we're getting in numerous Aussie media outlets to the possible signing of an 'irreplaceable NRL player'.

Not bad, eh!

The rumour was to suggest he'd packed his things up as if he was leaving for good, or else why post it? Also that he'd been seen by a TV crew doing this. My question was to ascertain what sort of belongings a pro rugby player would keep at the training ground to lead people to believe this to be the case by seeing him load them into the car.
I don't think it's strange to be curious about that to be honest.

I even heard that it was Prince we were looking at and not Beau Ryan at the beginning of the year!
I think the complete contradiction of all these stories only proves that nobody knows the complete truth.
It does seem though, that the Titans have agreed this deal in advance and I don't think Prince was aware. When this happened though is anyone's guess.

Probably a couple of old jock straps and some roll on deoderant

Well if it's true this was done without him knowing think we can forget about signing him to be honest.

Years of false dawns have led me to be cautious when it comes to these things. Preparing for worst case scenarios really softens the blow!

You're all missing the point. And that is 'hype'.

All this "have we got him?" talk is building to a big finale. If he signs or not, Pearson and Gentle have put our club in the headlines in both hemispheres. Fans are talking and getting excited at an NRL captain ready to end his career at FC. Harness this hype and convert it into sales and the club wins. Even the way we've announced it, with Gentle jetting off under cover of darkness, adds to the mystery.

PR job done and a massive improvement on the last administration. I love it.

Does the quota/non fed situation allow us to sign prince without seymour moving on? (assuming mcdonnell is already signed)

only on here, am even then a fair number are sceptical.



Would that be the "Hull FC desparate for a half back, so adda few 0's to your asking price" PR job?



enough said

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Are you seriously suggesting that even if we don't actually sign him its still good news just because we were in for him and got a lot of publicity out of it?



It would still leave us short of a scrum half.

It is, like it or not Hull Fc is a brand, and if we are seen to have high ambitions, then players and supporters will associate us with that and ultimately make it easier to realize those ambitions.

Yep.

Signing who we set out to sign will have a far greater effect in realising our ambitions than trying and failing.

If we don't sign Prince we will still need a 7 and I don't think that failing to sign him will get us any nearer signing a quality 7.

As I understand it it was a towel, flippers, snorkel a butternut squash a large bottle of KY and a copy of Huster. Not sure what he was planning but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to be part of it.

That's as maybe, but if we fail to land the player after all the "build up" having a big name for the brand means the square root of feckall. Failing to land Prince is hardly going to convince Thurston, for example, that FC is the place to be.

Maybe hes just an Inbetweeners fan

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