He might want to expand his franchises

It's already a problem, it's been a problem for years, and we refuse to learn from our mistakes. Of those players listed, there's only Manu that I expect to have a good season next year.

what do you mean, I assume you mean outside business interests or something?

I read on the Wigan forum he owns a few subways.

Did do , not sure if he still does.

Heard he loves a cracking foot long though

Just had it confirmed by my mate (John McCracken who looks after the service area) and he confirmed that Watts had a scholarship with Hull FC at a similar time to Westerman. Looks like two good ones slipped through the net there for you.

Yes but only on scolarship i think iirc

We don't just sign 30 somethings though do we, we have just signed four players who are 20 or under in Green,Cunningham,Nicklas and Crooks also we have Lyne,Kent and Tom Briscoe. LMS will be going to Saints as they and Wire will continue to somehow break the salary cap and get away with it.

Yes that's right but it was Hull's decision not to keep him on, which is why he went back to Cas. Bad move looking at how the kids playing now. Then again things are always more clear in hindsight.

Is one of them hard calls,even when Rovers signed him he looked a very slender player but his development over the last 2 years has been massive. Even Cas let him slip too

He played a couple of times for us in 2008 looked ok then went to Gateshead for a spell on loan and looked very ordinary by all accounts. Came back got his chance and now looks a great prospect. Proves what putting a young player out on loan can do for their development. You may see something similar from Tuffor if you keep him.

i'll believe it if or when it's announced on the hull fc website



if we did sign fielden then it should be an alright signing IMO. we need to replace cusack with an english prop and there's not many around as good as fielden. if LMS goes to saints then you can't really blame him

we've got a young prop in sam moa so it's not all bad

if fielden is playing in our Uber-aggressive pack next season then he might re-discover some of his old form which would be fantastic