: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:07 pm  

Am i the only one who is really happy at Sean Long leaving ?

The guy is finished! As been for two years and another 1 year plus would of crippled us as a club.

Time to move on folks. Good move by Saints, good move by Sean but a poor movy by Hull imo!

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:09 pm  

All the best to Longy - he's been an awesome servant to the club and has given us his best years just like Hanley and Gregory did for Wigan before they were offloaded.

With the salary high salary he probably commanded retaining a player who would have been 35 by the time his contract ended would have been counter productive to the youngsters coming through.

Now this is settled we need to look to give Eastmond alot more gametime at 7 imo

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:11 pm  

got to say with acception of st pete, you saint fans deserve a pat on the back over longys exit to us, took it in good taste, he`s been great for saints and hopefully great to us, wish we could get him to us now though, fancy a mid season swap for thorman???????

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:14 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

Absolutely gutted.

Should have given him a 2 year deal; clearly other SL teams still believe in him more than we do which must hurt.

IMO we got this one wrong and we should also have considered the effect this will have on the team morale. He has some very close friends in the team who might not be looking forward to next year quite as much who might also be thinking about their future and how loyalty is treated etc etc.

Saints got this spot on. If any players thinks he is bigger than the club, Mr. Big will soon sort them out and they'll end up at Warrington or Wigan.

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:18 pm  

Good luck sean, but how the hell did he get a two year contract at 33??

Hull's transfer policy looks as shrewd as does Bradford's these days...

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:21 pm  

the wicker man wrote:

Good luck sean, but how the hell did he get a two year contract at 33??

Hull's transfer policy looks as shrewd as does Bradford's these days...

My thoughts exactly. TBH I think Sean has done very very well to get a 2 year deal at what is a very big club in Hull (who already have 2 halfbacks on contract ....)

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:27 pm  

If Hull have 2 halfbacks, i'm yet to see them! That's our problem and the reason why we have probably rushed in here. Horney is miles better at FB and Thorman is quite simply finished. Longs kicking game will be a massive plus for us but not sure about him leading us round the park at 33. We'll see.

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:53 pm  

Dunno if it's been posted, from what i've been told Brough will be Longs replacement

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:57 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

Agreed, I would add Hull to that. He will give then direction and will combine well with Horne.
I hope this is the start of something good for Hull FC.

I agree,

: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:57 pm  

Hull Kingston Convicts wrote:

Dunno if it's been posted, from what i've been told Brough will be Longs replacement

no, thrice no