But he'll be played as one next season

I guess he will have to be because with Briscoe going we will only have two specialist wingers.

I only count 1...

give the kid a chance

I would play Shannon on the wing ,he played there a lot in Oz.

I would play Shannon on the wing ,he played there a lot in Oz.

Ill clap him on and off the field while he wears the shirt but heirs not good enough and we need rid. He's had a full year, not impressed once, brought more unwanted bad press and to top it off has had 2 consecutive performances were he looked like he'd never played the sport before!!

Awful awful signing and, along with Ben Galea, will go down as Gentles major clangers!!

another poor signing by Gentle: players like Crookes, Arundle, Johnson, Galea have brought nothing to the table this year, and are no better than the supposed 'fill-in' players like Aspinwall, McGoldrick, Martin we had last year.

Personally I still think the kid should be given a chance. He started well and got injured. Briscoe started having a rubbish season and he could have replaced him for a bit then but didn't. If he knew he was replacing Briscoe I think he should have played him more as I don't think Briscoe has been good at all this season. He was dropped in it playing at Wembley as well which isn't his fault and that's a big think to expect of anyone. I still think he needs more time to blend in with the team.

these players were hyped up by the club over the Winter as being the ones that would fire us up in to the Top4 though, which is part of the problem. We were told the club was clearing out the deadwood and replacing with better, but in reality the players we've brought in are the same standard. The club creates a lot of hype and expectancy, and then the players aren't good enough to deliver.

No club is going to go to press saying that they've bought some more average players.
The "hype" is based on the belief that new signings will have a positive impact.

This'll do me................

Of course, the club is a business and has to sell tickets, but there's a big difference between announcing a signing positvely and going overboard with the all the 'ambitious HullFC signal their top4 ambitions by signing highly rated, international Joe Arundel' stuff we saw last winter. It creates unecessary pressure and expectations.

in fairness, did those headlines come from the club, or from the wider media?