He's seen out his contract,he wants to move closer to home,so i don't see what anyones problem is. We should pick our strongest available team each week and move on. People stating he's only played a few good games should look at our previous coaching team rather than Jordan,it's not as if he hasn't tried. It really does go to show how poor Agar was,Gentle's done more for his game in 4 months than Agar could do in 2 years. Good signing for Saints if his development continues (which is far from guaranteed).

spot on,wants to be nearer home as new regime made him live here,old regime let him travel,we will bring better in i have no doubt of that

can't blame him for wanting to be closer to his family, still sad to see him go but if he's not happy here then fair enough

Although dissapointed we might not ever now get to see Turner become the player he can be, I wish him well.

Crooks is ready made replacement IMO and will demand a much lesser chunk of of the salary cap, and by all accounts Arundel is a done deal too according to many.

Turner to Saints may not be as bigger loss as it first seems.

I would now make Crooks first choice for the rest of the season and let him get experience and bed in, I don't think he would let us down at all.

Dont agree Sheldon,

Once Horne is fit, Russell will have limited game time.

Gentle obviously feels, that we dont have a young fullback in our youth setup,to be a backup
to Horne.

My preference for the centre berths would be:

Yeaman
Crooks
Martin
Turner.

Why dont you try and give him a chance.

So last weeks "i wont be rushed into anything" is all bolloxs then.Not going to be as big a loss as some people are making out to be.Would sooner have a centre pairing of Arundel/Yeaman than Turner/Shenton and we have young Crooks who will be a better player than Turner.

Whilst Turner has come on well this year, and it is disappointing to see him leave, I understand his decision. I personally don't think him living in Lancashire and travelling down to Hull every day for matches/training was ideal at all, and if he doesn't want to live in Hull, then let him go.

As said, Gentle is proving to be a fantastic coach and whoever he brings in will do the business, I'm sure of that.

We all know your feelings on turner

And?

Arundel may be unknown to a lot of fans but Gentle/Mcrae havent let us down with signings so far and i believe Crooks will be a better player than Turner.

Real shame because he's transformed into a top three centre this year, and probably will be for years to come. I also think we should drop him now, and develop our own instead. I don't think the Russell argument is relevant, because there is an outside chance of us signing Russell.

I understand why a Lancashire lad would rather go and win trophies for a Lancashire team, but I also think we're responsible for turning him into the form centre he's become - and he could've shown some loyalty. So yeah - pretty angry, and I hope he contracts ebola, and his organs liquify and dribble out of his rear. I only wish pain on 80% of his immediate family though.

I can see both sides of the argument but I hope Crooks gets more game time now.

What side does crooks prefer to play on or which side is his best ?

Left.

Top three centre? Jesus wept.

If he doesn't want to be here enough to move here then he can off, he's hardly Mark Gasnier, is he. 90% of people on here were slating him the last two years, now he's had half a dozen decent games we should be gutted? Think Saints have better centres coming through.
He's definitely a Brown type back, big, tall and athletic. But he isn't anywhere near as good as a Cudjoe, for example.