a friend of mine had a box at the castleford game and after the match at the presentation she spoke to both turner and manu, when asked why he, manu, was leaving it was because he wanted a three year deal but we would only give him a 2 year deal! absolutley gutted he's going, lets just hope he has off games against us when we play saints

as for expectations this season, top 6 finish and a play off win accomplished, anything else is now a bonus

Been some impressive signs this year. Hull FC are back on the up IMO. Probably take a couple more years to build a top squad but Hull have passed my expectations so far.

i would think so, even your team warrington took a couple of seasons to get to where they are now once moran took over, albeit you did win the challenge cup at the expense of a play off place

future for us looks bright, a lot of fans of other teams are accusing pearson of splashing the cash and not giving our youth a chance yet 5 hull born lads plus lineham have been given debuts this and new contracts this season! they either feel threatened by us or just plain jealous!

He only signed a 2 year deal with saints didn't he?

think its the other way around we went back to him and ofered a 3 year deal but less money but he had already agreed the saints deal ,if we would have put that deal to him in the 1st place he would be our player total up by bomber simple , hes gutted to be leaving now aswel as i said my only negative of the season

lets hope its another triester/swain situation with ellis next season, manu is going and we have to fill a huge hole in our attack, if we manage to do this, it could be a case of manu who?

I had three things, Top 6, win a playoff game and beat Leeds.

I am very happy how its gone, if we lose next week then I am still happy for this season.

Think we have a good chance next week with how the defense is going right now.

As long as they give it a real go next week then I will be happy with how the season has gone.

Improvements on and off the field have been massive this year.

All in all:

Reasonable league finish
Competed against all big teams apart from Wigan
Derby dominance
Occasional excellent performance
A play off victory

Just no cup run!

Pretty happy with where we are and more importantly with where we are going......

Go slap your friend. He signed a 2 year deal at Saints.

Agreed, and more to come by all accounts.

I predicted 6th and also wanted a playoff win and to see some youngsters being brought through. All boxes ticked so it's been a good season.

I hope so,

There is a good chance we could have Lineham, Crooks, Briscoe, Yeaman as our backline and all players to come through our youth system (or at least played under 20's).

Have heard very good things about Ryan Wilson who has just gone FT, good rugby family with his uncle being Rob Wilson and his two cousins both on Hull's books, the youngster Harry being very well thought of.

The under 16's has some outstanding talent, so if we can get a couple of players coming through in the next couple of year until these 16's are ready, it looks a very exciting future for Hull.

Anyone else have any names of players in the academy to look out for?

My expectations were similar to most - 6th place finish and a play off win the main two with a decent cup win being a nice addition (although that's always down to the draw). Happy to call the season a success and anything from now on is a real bonus.