100%. Love Wynne. Very physical player and definitely doesn't shirk any defensive work. He absolutely dominated Matautia in defence against Warrington. Should be first choice left centre moving forward with Griffin I the 2nd row. I like Griffin, but Wynne has much more about his game. Griffin basically plays the game as a 2nd rower just further out wide.

Agree on the Conner Wynne debate, has a wierd but effective running style, clearly very strong & seems able to change direction, spin & accelerate quickly, big hitter in defence too.
Haven't seen much passing though so lets not get carried away, he does have more pace than Griff so the team will probable benefit from him at Centre & Griff in the pack.
We still have Scott & Mitch so do worry that we cant keep this years squad numbers as several due decent upgrades. Think BIG earners looking hard to justify, upgrade Lovodua, Wynne plus a couple of others or sign another 30+ Nrl player ?

Youth is the answer- ours is looking better by the day !!

Id give JJ a new deal peraonally different player now hes not in the hooking role, could certainley be a valuable player of the bench. One of worst performances the other week and he never played.

Hes not a popular player though so doubt many will agree, hes hard as nails.

Enjoyed that, two week break now till Saints. Picked up tickets yesterday £23, unlike the Pies ripping us off at £30.

I would not keep Johnstone but think he will get another year.
Dont forget we have Cator hopefully back next season and Balmforth will get a full pre season.
Johnstone is the old era type hooker hard as nails but who has no pace. Unfortunately for him the game has moved on.
He will end up in the Championship

Hard as nails

If we want to progress, we need to be replacing the likes of Johnstone, he won't be on peanuts to move his family across the country. His place in the squad should be a young player who would be a 3rd of his salary .

Hardworking defender is how I'd describe him, doesn't offer much else.

I'd love you to share with me some stats, particularly attacking ones, 0 clean breaks and 0 tries, with 6 tackle busts are the highlights.

Lane is a much better player, but is better out wide than at 13.

Johnstone had a chance this week to show some attacking flair, but failed to produce anything in a dominate team performance against bottom of the league

He is too slow for hooker and is ok at 13 if you want a defensive 13, who offers little in attack or go forward. Much rather have Brown or Fash there. We can use his cap money much better IMO, same goes for a couple of other players including Bowden.

Can’t offer too much info but the club are pretty keen to keep hold of him, however as mentioned in the OOC thread, a lot of the deals are dependent on an improved deal with SMC. There’s a couple clubs interested and one in particular could prove tough for the club to fight against.

Wynne is a Hull lad so will want to stay especially now that Griffin is no longer first choice left centre on current form.
Swift will also benefit from having either Wynne or Mitch at left centre.
Wynne who has a bit of pace and great footwork to create space and Mitch for his defence

I'm a big fan of Wynne, but as you imply £££ elsewhere might be too tempting. Would be really disappointing.

We have a 1 year option on Wynne, keeping him for another year at least. https://www.hullfc.com/blog/2021/09/26/ ... rown-trio/

We have a 1 year option on Wynne, keeping him for another year at least. https://www.hullfc.com/blog/2021/09/26/ ... rown-trio/

Quote: ccs "We have a 1 year option on Wynne, keeping him for another year at least. Same with Lovodua, according to the HDM https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ct-7031582

Quote: ccs "We have a 1 year option on Wynne, keeping him for another year at least. Same with Lovodua, according to the HDM https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ct-7031582

Think keeping him on a 1 year deal is a no brainer. I have seen people talk about his age but they don't realise how late he was to the game so he hasn't got many 'miles on the clock' for somebody almost 34.

Things just happen when Wynne has the ball and he has the uncanny knack of shrugging off tackles. As you have said a few times in this thread he has got to be our starting left centre going forward and Griff moved to the back row to cover Dre.