2009 2
2008 4
2007 10
2006 6
2005 8
2004 16 (three month ban)
2003 0
2002 14
2001 17
2000 1

Since 2003 he's missed 46 out of 200 which is roughly 25%, and that was when he was young


You mean that injury record.

I know.

I heard him say in an interview earlier on Humberside that he was looking at buying a home over here.

So TKOAH and Wilf know nowt

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10 games in 2007 is what I was thinking of. Thought he'd missed a few more than four last year, to be honest. And you can hardly include 2009 as it isn't over yet.

If we were without a halfback for 10 games of a season, it could have a very detrimental affect on our performance - as we have seen being without one for the past two seasons. He's a good player, but I just have my doubts that he'll be able to cut it physically by the second year of his contract.

Some of our players are worse than that....and they are all younger

Quite. But halfback is the pivotal position - more so than any other in the team.

I look at it like this:

He's been at Saints for many years and has been a bloody good player for them. They have built their team around him. If they thought he had another two years in him - and bear in mind they know a lot more about the sort of shape his body is in - then they would have given him a two year deal.

i'm in two minds about this signing. on the one hand he's a great player and it's someone like him that hull need, but will he be another sicknote. at least it looks like thorman will be getting the boot.

Newton smashed his face in just before the play-offs so he didn't miss many.

which can only be a good thing

Oh, too right. If he's on the pitch, he'll be better than any scrum half we've had for many years. He's a very, very good player. I just can't help but think if he was worth a 2 year deal at this stage of his career, he'd have got one from the club he's built his reputation at and helped to win numerous trophies along the way.

I genuinely hope that at the end of 2011 someone drags this thread up and points out how wrong I was.

Best post i've read, well done and thank you.

This Hull FC fan has been craving that personality since Chico Jackson finished.

I have a feeling Long will be something special, and could end up coaching here. I have said for a while we need a born winner and have spoke about Hanley and Farrell and Cunningham. Long fits in alongside them, he wont chuck in a towel when 3 tries down and half hour left.