If we want to challenge we need a quality centre and as Gleeson won't be coming back then we need to sign one. Turner is getting better but not good enough yet imo and Crooks probably needs another year.

Lynch thread moved into here, still a rumour at present.

Wasn't Jack Briscoe part of the 18 at the weekend? If it was him then there is no reason to assume he's off, if Whiting is going to have a permanent position, and Horney playing 6 surely he'd be our second choice full back?

That was Luke Briscoe

It was Luke Briscoe who was 18th man on Sunday.

Thought Jack had another year, tbh.

Im hoping Pearce will finally get a chance in the first team this year under Gentle

Only to dot the 'i's and cross the 't's
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Wont this be only his 1yr in full time training as he's just completed his studies?

Yeah he has just completed his studies so hopefully he will get a chance this year even if its just against the weaker teams.

LOL !!



My cup is always half empty when it comes to Hull FC.

Lynch is a fantastic signing and exactly what we need !!



Even more positive is the fact that Bomber is saying exactly what we all think, "two more signings" which can only mean a right centre and another forward (SR).

Pearson's promised "two big signings around Novemeber" perhaps ?? I can't keep up or get use to all of this good news and my sock draw is nearly empty (again) !!

In my opinion you've made the best signing of the off season (so far) in securing Andy Lynch.

Fantastic servant to the club and an absolute workhorse who runs his blood to water week in week out. I wish we had more players like this at Bradford. Big loss.

agreeing a sensible fee is more that "dot the 'i's and cross the 't's"

I disagree Standee. If he wants to come, then Bradford will lose out in the bargaining stakes as its pointless having a player who wants to leave - this has the Carvell scenario all over it now.

If Bradford don't like the offered fee, they may have to live with a captain that wants to be elsewhere and watch him leave for nothing next year. they have given him permission to speak with us - so we could just simply get a pre-contract in place for next year meaning he is ours for nothing at the end of the coming season - but would Bradford want to keep a player who wishes to leave?

Is it just me or has it become glaringly obvious to everyone how fantastic it is to have a club that will do everything that it possibly can to be the best and to give the fans, within reason, everything that they want !!!







Compared to a stale and uninterested bunch of cronies that are only interested in a modest "dividend" each year.

God it's so good to support a Hull FC without uncle Kath, her BoD and Agar the plank !!





Whatever happens from here on in, thanks Adam and I hope that while we are challenging at the very top of RL and entertaining the fans, you are struggling to count your money.

My guess is this is all done and dusted as Bradford were perfectly OK with him leaving as soon as Hull made the offer. Hood has already said that Hull have approached the matter in the right way which means they were happy with what was offered. The delay in announcement is to find something to sweeten the news for the Andy Lynch fan club who think he should have 20 caps.

The latest rumour I heard about Gleeson was that he was giving slimming pills that he shouldn't have been given with his anti depressants. That's why our conditioner was sacked. But he should be back next season. Any one else heard this?

If I was Bradford and wanted a bit more money out of this deal, I'd be asking for a pre-season friendly clause because if this feel good factor and player signings carries on they'd get 5,000 travelling from Hull.

Not heard anything about Gleeson other than he won't be here next season. The HDM today refers to an NRL outside back, I do hope it's a centre and a not a winger.

Winger is the last thing we need imo as we have Sharp, Whiting and Lyn.

Totally agree Paul ! A winger would be a complete waste of salary cap and even worse if it were a quota signing.

I'm sure we have the right people moulding our 2012 squad and they'll do the right thing and more.

Lynch will be an very good addition and in my eyes an improvement on the two we have shipped out (Dowes and Lauaki).
The fact that he's their current captain makes me even more pleased, with Fitz retiring I think we will really benefit from adding another leader to our front row.

They're not exactly fantastic tho are they. If Gleeson does stay then a class winger would bee nice. If not then a centre.

Get rid of Gleeson and forget it ever happened. He's been a liability for years now whoever he's played for and even if he came back then i wouldnt trust him to see the season out.

Agreed. I'm more than confident that the outside back from the NRL is a centre. In fact I beleive a deal has alredy been done with an individual out there.

I think its easy to sometimes think of the winger as the last and least important player in the team, you can almost think you can stick anyone there and get away with it (in a way we have sticking Whiting there). Look how many tries from nothing that a top quality winger like Briscoe brings. If Jordan Turner keeps improving like he has I just wonder if we would be better looking for another TOP quality winger - I just dont think Sharpe or Lynn are going to be that person and would much rather see Whiting on the bench covering numerous positions perhaps (or invevitably filing in one of the back line positions when we have injuries)

Agree I also think this is a done deal.

Think the club should let us know what is actually going on with Gleeson is he staying or going