Agreed, I guess peoples only gripe is the alleged salary he commanded.

Stole a wage whilst he was here and did virtually nothing, wasn't ever really fit and barely did 20 minutes a game in the first part of the season, massively disappointing considering his 'marquee' tag. He was never going to stay a second season in any case despite all the bluster, good job for us really as we did better without him.

I love you knocker, but come on , a think frank deserves better than that , for what he brought to the club

I liked him. Didn't he make more than 2,000 metres at an average gain >8m so hardly sacking it off? Also nice how the timing of his departure enabled the signing of Kelly on a free. A very good career and was a pleasure to see him play his part in a side that etched its name in history.

I#m sure off the field he was a lovely bloke and many seemed to like him, on the field though name me one game that he took by storm or was the major catalyst for a win?

He had a few moments granted but as I said at the time, coming on for 10 minute stints because he wasn't fit caned us at times and for the most part was innocuous and a massive let down. When he left I pointed out Thompson (who we just let go) made same amount of tackle busts(or clean breaks, I forget which) and around 40-50% more tackles than FP. Making metres because you've come on for the last 10 minutes of a half doesn't really give him credit IMHO.

Sorry but his affability and fun loving nature doesn't make up for the fact he was bang average on the field, we certainly didn't miss him because we would have lost more important players to stay under the cap given we'd already lost JA and DH to keep us under even with FP going.

What Frank did for us was lift the team to a new level by making the players around him think that we could achieve things with him in the team. He was great for moral and galvanised the imports as a family. Unfortunately he either wasnt played right by Radford, was a bit past it or one of my main memories was him warming up, the crowd starts getting all excited, the opposition players start to look aprehensive then he comes on, the ball is passed to him......and he drops it! Happened too many times imo

And yet we played no worse overall without him in 2017 and minus 2 quality players when many were bricking it. The 'making the other players believe they could achieve something' is cobblers. Again stating he "galvanised" the players is a nonsense, you simply have no evidence of that, that's what the coach does, he came across as a likeable young man who got on with the other players, he was never seen on the pitch to be directing players or getting them to pull their socks up, he was quiet as a mouse on the pitch.

Sorry but that's the reality, a nit part player outperformed on the pitch by someone like Thompson, who was on a wedge far in excess of his value but taken only because an NRL club were paying the majority of his wages.

The hype surrounding Pritchard got to fans of all clubs and players - when his name was on the team sheet opposition teams changed their tack to cope with him leaving the rest of the team to capitalise, opposition fans also thought they had less of a chance of winning - I believe it made the rest of the team bel13ve that little bit more that they could go that extra 1% that seperates the top teams from the also rans.

The reality was he wasnt that good but that didnt matter - his presence was what mattered

I don't think he was ever fit, probably way off being fit to be honest, which resulted in him playing relatively low minutes. We also used him mostly through the middle, instead of in the 2nd row running through the channels, which is what we were used to seeing from him in the NRL. Both of these factors mean we were all a bit underwhelmed compared to what we were expecting from him.

However, when he was on he made a clear impact. Despite low minutes he was the 4th highest forward for carries, tackle busts & yards, with an average gain only behind Scott Taylor. The opposition had to think differently when he came on as he sucked 3/4 men into each tackle. I think we lacked that impact off the bench in 2017, which is (I believe) why we've brought back Micky Paea.

He clearly had a big impact off the pitch too. Don't forget he was a huge name when we signed him, it signalled our intent as a club, and a long with the signings of Taylor, Fonua & Manu (plus others), we saw one of the biggest shifts in fortune we've ever seen at the club. He was a big part of that.

Whatever people think he did or didn't do on the pitch, He increased my kids enthusiasm for all things FC, he was they favorite player and cemented them as life long Hull fans

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