And it says the offer is substantially bigger than ours which is a substantial offer in itself. You must be really desperate to sign him.

How very very strange.

Hull don't rate him as they have already agreed terms with Joe Arundel for next year. Their centres will be Yeaman and Arundel.

Or maybe surplus to requirements, take your pick.

I just love how you instantly and blindly jump to the most anti-Saints conclusion there is. So it's nothing to do with Jordan Turner wanting to move closer to home (Oldham) then? It's not to do with his Mrs getting a job in Liverpool? It's not that he got a better offer from Saints than Hull could come up with so Hull went after Arundell after Turner had told them he was leaving?

I made all of the above up by the way, but you don't know whats going on at Hull any more than any of us do. The Hull fans and Wigan trolls will of course claim he's joining us as they don't want him, but there are many other possible reasons.

You should know better than to bite, he's just an old fart who craves attention

The weird thing is that I probably know him. I know quite a lot of the old Wigan idiots in Billinge. Had real fun winding them up for the last 15 years after being subjected to a similar number of years being wound up. The price we pay for being a Billinger.

Dave Parker in message board rumour printed as fact shocker.

In fact, he'll probably be reading this. So, Dave, do your own research for a change.

Funny how the fans of the club a player who they 'don't rate' and is 'surplus to requirements' gets a 20 page thread on their messaging board...









I could go on finding endless quotes, but I have coursework to do....

He's no Anthony Gelling that's for sure, but we'll have to make do.

When Manu signs, tp will be released, freeing quota spot for Aussie prop.

Quote ="Albion"Funny how the fans of the club a player who they 'don't rate' and is 'surplus to requirements' gets a 20 page thread on their messaging board... I could go on finding endless quotes, but I have coursework to do....'" think you will find NOT ALL HULLFC fans want Turner to go. He has been a much better player this season under a decent coach. Arundel is not confirmed as stated by Shaun McRae www.thisishull.co.uk

Quote ="Albion"Funny how the fans of the club a player who they 'don't rate' and is 'surplus to requirements' gets a 20 page thread on their messaging board... I could go on finding endless quotes, but I have coursework to do....'" think you will find NOT ALL HULLFC fans want Turner to go. He has been a much better player this season under a decent coach. Arundel is not confirmed as stated by Shaun McRae www.thisishull.co.uk

Another or is Perry off?

Quote ="HULLMAD"think you will find NOT ALL HULLFC fans want Turner to go. He has been a much better player this season under a decent coach. Arundel is not confirmed as stated by Shaun McRae www.thisishull.co.uk'" Ditto. Has really improved and I'd rather he stayed

Quote ="HULLMAD"think you will find NOT ALL HULLFC fans want Turner to go. He has been a much better player this season under a decent coach. Arundel is not confirmed as stated by Shaun McRae www.thisishull.co.uk'" Ditto. Has really improved and I'd rather he stayed

If they let TP go, then we will be able to bring in another Oz prop to play alongside Perry, who has another year left on his contract. If he continues to be average and injured often then you could maybe see Saints seeking a mutual release to let him go back to Oz.

If we are gonna release TP, I wonder if his injury has a part to play?

Is it just me or is this rumour getting out of hand. Why on earth would we get rid of TP?

His injury could be worse than originally thought? He may have decided to stop playing now? It could well be an unsubstantiated rumour?

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"Hull don't rate him as they have already agreed terms with Joe Arundel for next year. Their centres will be Yeaman and Arundel. Or maybe surplus to requirements, take your pick.'" Or he wanted to move back closer to his family ? Turner has been very very good this season under Gentle, personally very disappointed to lose him! His performances so far this season are better than Yeamo's www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2012

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"Hull don't rate him as they have already agreed terms with Joe Arundel for next year. Their centres will be Yeaman and Arundel. Or maybe surplus to requirements, take your pick.'" Or he wanted to move back closer to his family ? Turner has been very very good this season under Gentle, personally very disappointed to lose him! His performances so far this season are better than Yeamo's www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2012

Turner would be an absolute coup for Saints. Power, pace and someone willing to take the defence on directly.

Turner for Saints would be like what Atkins is for Wire etc etc

I wouldn't be surprised to see TP retire if the injury is worse than first feared.

Rush said in his press conference last week that TP's injury wouldn't be season ending. You never know, though, the rehab might just diminish his desire to go through another pre-season.

I don't understand your point. Injuries to youngsters are a statistical certainty. The problem is compounded by the fact that many kids are currently forced to front up week-to-week against fully mature pros who are anywhere up to three stones heavier than them.

We do need to stick by him because of the effect he has on our team yet without knowing how long he could be out its difficult.
Next month is the most difficult of the season though with games against Leeds (A), Wigan (MM) and no offence to Oldham but a potential big team in the QF of the Cup. I'd love him to be back for 1 of those games yet Rush may blood him back later on in the season.

I agree. Best case scenario is he gets himself fit and sees out his contract, as we won't find a better player who'd be willing to come over.

My point is that experience has shown that an 18 or 24 year old are at least as likely to pick up a serious injury as a 30 something. Manu is no more prone to injury than a 24 year old alternative.

By "experience" you mean intuition?

Well, I'll back scientifically supported studies which show the body is at greater risk of injury around the age of 30 (decreased elasticity, calcification, hardening of cartilage, general wear and tear) over your intuition any day of the week.

I doubt it. As the body ages, it becomes more prone to dysfunction. That is even more applicable in such a high level contact sport as rugby league.

Very young players can suffer if they are physically not big enough to deal with mature men but that's the only downside to being young on the physical health POV. Unless you happen to be like Wheeler or Eastmond, both of whom would suggest a genetic predisposition towards injury rather than being influenced by age in either direction.