Dobson can't tackle for toffee and has gone backwards since morgan left but I doubt you'd want to lose him

It is a fair point that he has not developed further since 2011. He will not get faster either, probably the reverse.

TBF, he's never quite seemed happy at Hull since Agar left and the business with his brother.

Anyway if Wigan lose Tompkins it will be a big mistake joining them. They say no player is irreplaceable but in the current climate Tompkins is. Their whole attacking structure revolves around/depends on him, whether he gets the ball or not. As evidenced by their win ratio Tompkins playing v. not playing

Tomkins won't be leaving Wigan, he has it in his contract that he has to stay until at least the end of 2014.
Briscoe will be a big loss, best player we've produced in a long time and Lineham is nowhere near as good yet.

will be a loss, but if he wants out so be it, as a club we have done our best to keep him, at least we have 2 other good wingers, just wish it was all sorted so we can move on

You say Tompkins won't be leaving Wigan like you know it 100%! If you read the news both here and Oz you would surely know he is being touted around and Wigan are preparing for his exit. Seems the only chance he won't go this year is if no clubs will meet his high wage demands.

Agree Briscoe is a big loss, however it is at least mitigated by his position which obviously is not the most pivotal and where we have alternative players on better value contracts. Also mitigated by it seems his development has reached a plateau in the last 2 years. On the negative side, I wonder if there are the quality players available where we could potentially use his salary to better effect.

Don't know if there was any special measures in his contract or how he's even getting on in Aus, but should Tomkins move it, can anybody see Wigan getting Matty Russell back? In his loan spell here he looked excellent going forward (a couple of his kick returns at Manchester last year were outstanding work to get out of the in goal).
If he's had better coaching in Aus and improved his positioning and defence then I think he'll become a really good full back.
Not sure if there was anything in his contract though about returning to Wigan (or them having first refusal) or even how many years he's over in Aus for.

Is he actually holding the club to ransom?

Name 3 wingers with good defense.

Briscoe for a start, but that goes against Joburg's argument.

Tom Briscoe is leaving Hull at the end of the season. He has no club yet but the deal Hull offered him has ben taken off the table. Leeds and Wigan are leading the way, although a move to the NRL is still a small possibility.

Also, Danny Tickle has signed for Widnes.

another in the know

Personally I can only see him going to Leeds. Just hope he makes his mind up soon so we can use the money else where in the squad.

leeds? who have Hall, Jones-Bishop and Watkins in their squad? be suprised if he did

ignore the trolls

has someone started a mass bridge building project, there seem to be a lot around recently.....?

I would be disappointed if Brisoce left for another Super League team.

Although the blow of him leaving is reduced by players like Crooks and especially Lineham coming through I would hope that he sees his chances of progressing equally high at Hull as elsewhere.

On a slightly cntroversial manner has Brisoce improved as a player over the last 2 years? What does he do better now then he did then and more importantly how has he improved on his weaknesses such a defending kicks etc? I feel he has stagnated slightly.

Not knocking a player who has real star quality and a player I would love to stay at Hull but observations nonetheless.

Tut tut how dare you slag briscoe off on here . Some people won't be happy .

I'd rather have both. Lineham isn't a replacement, he's an addition.

I think we all would but it looks more and more that Briscoe is going, the club and him should just announce it and get all this speculation out of the way

So would I but it looks more and more likely he 's off.

If his heart isn't at Hull, Id rather have Lineham.

SHaun McRea said on the radio the other day that the offers for both Briscoe and Tickle are still on the table but that now the "anti-tampering" deadline has passed the club would need answers from them soon.

Submitted to the idea that he's off for nearly 2 seasons now. Still gutted. Lineham is quality young talent, who will no doubt get better, would have loved to have them both on the wings for a good few years.

The Mole‏@RLW_Mole21m
In the Mole in @LeagueWeek today - English star Tom Briscoe's proposed move to @Cronulla_Sharks is OFF - @PWilkinsonWIG knows why

doesnt look like its wigan then! warrington, saints? salford???? dissapointing that briscoe or the club(if they know) cant or wont let us know

leeds looking favourites

reading pwilkinsonsWIG twitter feed he says its a club close to wigan!

PWilkinsonWIG is a journalist on the local Wigan newspapers. Maybe he knows that Briscoe is going to Wigan.