www.totalrl.com/former-hull-fc-forward-retires/ knew we'd had a good few seasons but according to totalrl we won the world cup in 2016 lol, great journalism

www.totalrl.com/former-hull-fc-forward-retires/ knew we'd had a good few seasons but according to totalrl we won the world cup in 2016 lol, great journalism

Never mind your kids enthusiasm, it increased mine!!! Its a long time since such a high profile name was signed by any SL club, let along Hull FC.

Did he leave a trail of destruction behind him on the pitch, no not really. Did the opposition have to think twice when he was on the pitch, absolutely. The opposition had to change their game plan and hence gave us an advantage.

unfortunately many see things in only black and white (no pun intended) they either see a player play outstandingly well otherwise they are labelled rubbish / waste of money.

Pritchard did a decent job for us, will never be remembered as an all time great, but as someone who put bums on seats, did his fair share of off field commercial stuff and is one of just 17 people in the world who can say "I help break the hoodoo". For that alone I am thankful to him.

how many bums on seats exactly?
Sorry but other clubs had to do nothing to adjust to such a plodder, this is complete nonsense, a handful of times he did something, he wasn't a threat other clubs had to make plans for because he was barely on the pitch anyway.

He didn't add any prestige or profile to the club, he wasn't a 'big name' just on an over-inflated player on an overly inflated wage, he certainly didn't excite me nor encourage me to want to go to more games. I don't see what he brought apart from a few laughs with the squad and a handful of half decent performances mostly at the back end of a half.
I do't get the love in.

There's no love in at all just an appreciation for a good player and top bloke.

He may not have hit the heights he once did in his career but he was still a high profile player that did attract extra attention when on the field and I'm sure attracted spectators to just come see him.
I was disillusioned under Radford and not going to renew my season pass but then we signed Pritchard and my admiration for him as a player alone persuaded me to renew. I also knew of 3 other pass holders who had the same outlook as me.

Cannot argue with that post

I think this post is overly negative. On the field, I agree not amazing at all, did a job, but didn't play as much as we would have liked. Over paid, yes probably on what he delivered. Off the field though, before and since we have had nothing like him. He clearly added profile and prestige to the club IMO and the opposition definitely had to plan to deal with him, bun more the pack as a whole of which when playing, he was integral