Well, this is where as always I have to say I know nowt.

I have no idea what players are paid, so perhaps I'd best shut it.

Geoff Tips seams to know though...

Haha! .....I know f**k all, honestly my avian friend! .....Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, say no more!

I can't imagine there'll be that big a queue to sign Chris up. He's had a good year but has been far from prolific in the scoring charts and although improved his defence is hardly international standard. Looking round the league most teams have centres who are of equal or better standard.

I wont profess to know his wages etc but taking the above into account and with his testimonial coming up I struggle to see how a move would financially benefit him.

What about Paleaasina? Out of contract and no news of an extended deal with us.

He is going to be hard to play in 2017 (Down to 8 changes) so unless he accepts a 1 year deal with someone he's going to struggle to get a gig.

I think a one year deal us about right for him, think he would be a good signing and I would be gutted seeking him play for you.

You should be going all out for Harrison Hansen

I'd be gutted seeing him play for us also

Would be a good signing, certainly as a 4th prop better than some props you have, really under used at Hull by Radford.

So would i he is awful

Both are shizzle, our good friend (not ironic) Dave K. is trying to encourage us to sign these has beens.

We bought Tilse in a panic, and now we're stuck with him .....I don't think we'll make the same mistake twice!

Tilse was one of my men of the match against both Wigan & Warrington and a massive part of why we are heading to wembley in 17 days. Think your comments are quite disrespectful. You don't play 200 NRL games and not be able to play.

As for Paleaasina, Would I take him in place of Green, Allgood, Tilse & Walker, you'd be mad to IMO. I'd also rather we tried to talk Puletua out of retirement or take Greenwood from Wigan on a fulltime deal.

If the rumour surrounding Kirmond & Clarkson are correct then we'll be a in a strong position in the forwards next year.

200 NRL games yet he couldn't break wind nevermind a tackle, not seen much of this top offloading game yet from him either. Disrespectful or not the guys still got a lot to prove IMO.

Whisper it quietly but FC look strong next year we need a couple of barnstorming nasty forwards and one more top class back not fussed what position maybe fb

Hull's recruitment for next year, while the names they're bringing in are fairly impressive, their strategy for signings is quite bizarre. If there was one place you would say that Hull didn't need to strengthen it is back row. With Ellis and Minichello their two best players, backed up by Westerman, Thompson, Whiting, Sa (leaving I know), Turgutt and Abdull it would seem like this is an area that could have been neglected in this window in order to strengthen other positions. Instead they've brought in Manu, Pritchard and Washbrook. That leaves Ellis, if he recovers, Minichello, Westerman, Thompson, Whiting, Turgutt, Pritchard, Abdull, Washbrook and Manu vying for 3 spots.
Even if Ellis and Thompson are accommodated into the front row and Westerman gets sent to wherever will have him, they have a real embarrassment of riches in this position and still have one knackered old stand off and a very hit and miss scrum half. I don't get it.
All we want is a team of Lee Radfords?

I was just going to type exactly the same thing, it's like if we signed a couple of wingers and a scrum half? good for depth etc but need to patch the places you're weak in first. I wonder if Radford has accidentally picked up Chris Chesters recruitment list!!

Tbf in rugby if your pack is bullied you f..ked as you have found out this year,we have watts taylor ellis Pritchard as our props mini manu westerman as backthree, not bad imo but that's on paper and many a good team has looked good on paper,bet you guys are getting all set for Wembley, you lucky b.ggers

FC recruitment does usually look OK, but then falls flat on its face the following season, but that's their problem. Apparently some news by HDM in the morning, Clarkson? Puletua? Lunt? Welham? Cockayne?

Good view on Pryce, do you think the same about Campese?

I think both players presented their own individual risks when they signed for their respective clubs.
Campese with his well publicised injury history.
Pryce who has always IMO been very hit and miss and no matter who he played for had the potential to go missing for large portions of a match.

After seeing both play this season, i would choose Campese over Pryce every time. Campese runs the game from minute 1-80, whereas like i said Pryce could go missing for most of Minutes 1-80.

Good post, but that wasn't my point, the poster claimed that Pryce was knackered, when in fact he has played more games than Campese this year.

I agree with you, but they play different roles, both have been free signings for their clubs and it's a shame that both got season finishing injuries.

Campese most probably falls more into the Gareth Ellis camp as far as knackered players go. Plus they are most probably analogous examples in terms of age, experience and their impact on the salary cap.

I think Rovers and Hull have had (and continue to have) differing stategies -

We always tend to put the bulk of our cap into the halves and then never quite get the balance right in the pack and backline. You could see at the start of our season we were missing a prop or 2 and a big back rower. There is no immediate sign of these for next year either.

Hull tend to spend the bulk of their cap on the pack and then struggle to get the balance right with their backs. You may have found the right balance for next season or you may have just found another pack that can dominate and make more metres than the opposition, only to burn tackles for fun in the oppositions 20 without the firepower to get over the line.

I would say he's equally knackered to Pryce really, however I think not being in his best physical shape is a bigger issue for Pryce than it is Campese.
Pryce has a half back game largely built around running at the line and having the speed to worry defences. Campese on the other hand tends to play more of a traditional organiser/distributor role and so does not rely on his physical attributes as much as Pryce does.

Pryce and Campese are so different animals and where employed as such. we needed a leader badly, someone to direct the troops and act as an organiser. FC needed a running HB to help Sneyd along, I think Pryce filled the bill.

We've both had the worries of both players come home to roost, Campo has his inevitable injury, Pryce has been hit and miss and without Sneyd looks a bit toothless. Both have probably made our teams better but neither are long term solutions. One more injury for either and its probably the end of them.

Need clarification on this, but is the 'marquee' signing exempt from the quota roster's?