Sean Long

Quote: The Chair Maker "For a team without a scrum half, such as Hull this is an excellent signing.
Provided you have someone lined up for two years down the line.

Paul M's comments seem to indicate that this is the case. So it could be a very good move, with Long providing experience for the young half back at Hull to learn off.

Long hasnt got the pace of old, but he is far more intelligent a footballer than in the old days, and should be able to lead you around the park well.

He isnt a great punter of a football, but his short and medium kicking game is deadly.
He hates goalkicking, but despite that has kicked 1000 for Saints.
These days though he is very much a big game kicker. His kicking has been awfull in matches against so called lesser opponents, but strangely when he comes up against the big guns his ability to pull kicks from the gods out of his bag of tricks re-appears.

My main fear for Hull is the fact Longy is very much a home town boy. Its been stated on more than one occasion, lastly by Daniel Anderson, that Long hates travelling.
His infamous GB walkout was based around homesickness.
It will therefore be interesting to see if he settles, or if the travel, or change of scenery is too much for him.'"

The good thing is we won't need Long for his goal kicking, we have Tickle and Fitzgibbon so he will be free of that responsibility. His game brain and kicking game will be a valuable asset as will his creativity and decision making when we have the ball.

I don't know how good the young lad Williams is but he has been showing some good signs this season from all accounts and having someone with the class of Long can only help him. It certainly helped Horne and Cooke having Jason Smith around the place.