Manu is going nowhere,he has shown his intent to remain at HULLFC. As far as I know he is in contract extension talks now.

Wonder how much, for example, he will be getting from some unconnected third party for his image rights?

Manu will stay at Hull FC I reckon, he's a good impact player off the bench.

Ellis, despite his age will add some quality to Hull FC. So long as we tie up all our youngsters who are starting to come through that's fine with me, we don't really need to strengthen our back row. It's a prop we need IMO, especially if we keep Sammut.

It seems any big club, & Hull are potentially a massive club, get that levelled at them when ever they sign a world class player. I've no idea about Hull's finances put they ditched some seemingly expensive players last year. Who knows what will happen with the rest of the squad in the off-season?

The clue is in the sentence from Gentle wherein he says Ellis has signed for Hull despite more lucrative offers elsewhere. Err no he hasn't. Clubs should stop being dishonest and the RFL should be more transparent. In my view good on Hull for bringing corporate $$ into our game via third party image rights and keeping our talents in the game. Instead of complaining every club should be doing the same.

If Hull win something with Ellis, he'll be credited as playing a major role in turning around their fortunes.

If Ellis came back to Leeds, to be part of another title winning side, he'll just be another good player in a long line of good players, playing second fiddle to the likes of Sinfield et al. who have been there for the duration of the successful period. Ellis was also part of that in the past as well - going to Hull is more of a fresh challenge.

More scope for individual glory at Hull IMO, assuming he's not being offered more money as the reports claim.

if you look at FC's squad it is very thin on experience in comparison to last year. with tickle,westerman and manu and their pack will be complemented by ellis - but agree back row is not a priority for us assuming we keep who we have and they want to stay?

Ellis would have been a great signing for any club.
He chooses Hull, and good on them for securing him, no matter what the personal or financial reasons.
Good to see a quality player back in SL.

And no, I could not see him with a 3 year contact in the Bulls team. I think (and hope) we are building a kick- backrow for a much longer period.

Ellis is a quality player who'd improve any back row in SL. However, I for one, am actually glad we didn't sign him.

This is because we've had trouble with big name marque signings who for whatever reason failed to justify their VERY large pay packet and their significant drain on our salary cap has meant we've either lost players who were already in our side or missed out on signings that would have strengthened our side back to a more competitive team early than we're now seeing.

I'd much rather see the large money that Ellis will command (and yes he will be wanting a fair slice of the salary cap pie, despite what is being reported in the press) used to tie down players like Bateman, Burgess and Crookes to long term deals. I'd rather have them here for 5 years + than have Ellis here for 3

Ellis is a quality player and is better NOW than anything the bulls have in the SR, however you do have some cracking potential in that position who are playing well now and will improve, Bateman is a cracking player and would prefer he got the game time and improved.

You have to consider what Ellis will be like in 3 or 4 years & how much he wants for those later years.