LEGEND.....a person whose fame or notoriety makes him a source of exaggerated or romanticized tales or exploits.

Have seen the 'legend' word thrown around many threads in the past. When its taken in its real form then there are many crap players who would get 'legend' status.................dont have to be good to be a legend!!!!!!!

always saw him as a hooker personally and would have loved to have run him in that position, could have been cunninghamesque

He was never a legend but he could have been.

I believe he always had the talent and the ability but the problem was his attitude which was frankly, unprofessional in the modern era. Some of his antics may have been acceptable in the 1980s but not now.

The fact that he was a "Hull lad"/"Black and White through and through" led to some fans forgiving failings in him that they would not have tolerated in players from outside the area.

absolutely 100% agree, good luck to him at 'Haven

Stop nicking my lines.

Nobody could get the crowd going like paul king.

how many times when we needed to raise the tempo in a game did Kingy come steaming in at 100 mile an hour with a crunching tackle, the crowd would start singing and the whole team would lift.

I will always remember him fondly just for those few instances when he showed how passionate he was as a hull player.

None of us are perfect and if he had been born 30 years earlier people would definately be calling him a legend and complaining about the fact that we don't get characters like him anymore.

30 years ealier he'd have been lucky to be squadding with the likes of Boxhall & Tindall ahead of him

He missed half the time or just bounced off......pi$$ed his career away.

Standee, the Steve Ganson of RLFANs.

Regarding the bold points.

Absolute tosh. From the point he started to partner Greenhill at the bar he was a shadow of the player he was prior to 2002.

Your post should read, how many times did he miss the man whilst running out he line, leaving a significant gap for the opposition to glide through.

How many times did he let himself, his team mates and the fans down? The answer to that is far more often than putting in game changing performances.

I never said he was great, I just said I'll remeber him fondly because of the passion he showed and more often than not he was the player that got the crowd going.

read my lips

"Those few instances"

that's all.I'll remember those few instances rather than be a complete prick and slag him off for achieving more than I ever could