IF Westerman was £125k then I agree with you, the £40/50k mark is decent value, he's a solid performer, nothing mre than that, but English props are at a premium.

It was the "significant six figure sum" that made me concerned, a small six figure sum is £100,000.

Anyway, we'll never know for certain, so this is all a bit pointless.

I’m happy with this signing. In fact if you look at the players going out and those replacing them in the same position then we do have a much improved squad for next year.

still need a 6 and a centre

Agree!

I think it has more to do with the team structure as a whole. A prop of his proven ability was needed (priority) for the betterment of the whole team. Do you spend all that money and then risk failure, because you wouldn’t pay that bit more for a much needed player? It may be 50k+ more than his actual individual value, but it could cost Person and the chances of the team’s success a lot more not to have him. He may end up being the difference between silverware, and also ran’s.

A player's transfer fee isn't really an indication of what he is worth as a player, but more of what he is worth to the club wanting to sign him. We need to strengthen in the forwards, Lynch is the man we believe is the best for the job and the fee reflects that.

Very good signing in my opinion.

I've checked his stats against Peacock and Morley and Carvell (and Dowes just to make sure)adjusting their data because he has played more games than most and his are way better than theirs overall. So, if he's nothing more than solid, neither are any of the others that I mention. Or was that your point?

Tbh I would say better than solid, only Graham made more yardage last season and only three players in total made more yardage. He has also just made the team of the year from the best stats.

He is among the best 5 props in SL imo.

We need a centre and a backrower. No chance of a 6.

Lynch is exactly what we need. A quality proven prop who will fit into our pack brilliantly.

We now need a centre and a quality backrower.

Chase or Benji Marshall coming is ridiculous talk. We won't have salary or quota space for a HB and it shouldn't be a priority now anyway.

Anybody notice that this morning the article on the website stated a "6 figure fee" and now its just "a significant fee"?

When i got there it already said significant fee, think that's where the confusion lies!

It was about 7:20am when I read it.

Excellent signing,welcome to Hull FC Andy.

Utter RUBBISH Not better than the following?

Ferriol
Lopini Paea
Graham
Puletua
Perry
Peacock
Crabtree
Coley
Mossop
Morley
Carvell