The Aussies put him under real pressure in that game, something we didnt really do to them. Kick chase is a big part of the game these days.

id add mike warrincey, keith mason, ian sibbit and mark edmondson to that list....oh hang on a minute

Peacock played 2nd grade in Oz for two years i believe and also turned down moves to Brisbane and Paramatta for bigger deals here in UK I seem to remember and same for Fielden whilst at Bradford so not sure what your point is there mate?? however i will say i doubt any of those three have ever bottled it at anything !!!

Yeah i agree. They could have (and did) earn a lot more money playing here so that was there reason to stay

When was this?

So they had their heads turned by more money instead of having a better lifestyle and playing in the best league in the world. Money isn't everything but to them it must of been. You'd of thought that most players would want to test theirselves in the nrl for a few years.

RL players have a limited career and don't earn the rudiculous sums footballers do. Of course they'll try to do what's best for them financially so that they're in as strong a position as possible when they retire.

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I agree with what your'e saying but surely the amount of what he would of earnt wouldn't of been that much.

in his early years, think he went abit off the rails whilst at the bulls so they shipped him to fev on loan and on a scholarship to oz.....think the loan deal at fev made him change his ways

I don't really know what you're trying to say here. Do you mean the difference between what he would have earned here and what he would have earned in the NRL wouldn't have been that great? If so, I don't agree. There might have been £20-30k difference, which is quite a lot.

New website maybe?

what else could the average RL player do and earn £60k+ a year for 6+ years?

RL players earn a lot of money in general terms, a lifetimes wages of the average fan in a 10 year career, and yet some still shell out for their testemonial games as well.

i wouldn,t be surprised if it was FC holding some open training sessions for supporters to go and watch.

Didn't Gentle say he wanted the club's training sessions posted on the club websites and for fans to go to any/all sessions?

someone asked if they could go to training sessions,his reply was fans are welcome anytime and the doors are always open and they have nothing to hide.

Just while we're talking about training etc. Where is the place down Chants ave? I read the name of it somewhere but can't remember.

it's YPI, easy enough to find.

With it saying Chants Ave, I thought it was actually down one of the Avenues itself. YPI was the only place I could think of but that's Chants Ave north.

How come they've moved there anyways?

we've invested a chunk of cash in the facilities apparently, not sure about "why" but that is where we are now based for training.

Its on Chants Ave North next to the Crematorium the Club have relocated there because its in Hull, the facilities are better and most importantly all under 20's and Under 18's games will be played there which is more convienient for a lot of fans.

The youth teams will be having some training sessions with the 1st team, I think this is a very positive development. Teams like Saints & Wigan have the same training principles/sessions running right through from the 1st teams to younger teams, it is about time our club adopted this approach with the youth, hopefully we will see more youths breaking through.

Yet another, fairly obvious, option that the previous regime seemed to ignore. If you've got the youth teams playing to the same structure as the first team, then the step up is not as intimidating.

I couldn't care less if our youth teams never won anything again, providing they were being developed properly, something that has patently been missing for some years now.

Exactly,also Gentle gets to see first hand what they look like from the age of 16 and input into their development plans. The lads will benefit immensely, all round winner it beggars belief how poor the youth set up has been under our previous regime!