Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 28, 2014 4:11 pm  

With rumours of Taylor coming to us just wondered how you feel he's done for you ?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 28, 2014 4:18 pm  

hullandbroncos wrote:

With rumours of Taylor coming to us just wondered how you feel he's done for you ?

he has been on tv the last 3 or 4 weeks.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 28, 2014 4:20 pm  

dubairl wrote:

:lol:

he has been on tv the last 3 or 4 weeks.

I mean overall

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 28, 2014 6:02 pm  

hullandbroncos wrote:

I mean overall

For a man of his size and strength, he has been a big disappointment in his ability to consume a big bowl of weetabix...

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 28, 2014 6:44 pm  

Taylor's quality and will only improve in the right environment. No disrespect to Hull but it isn't there IMO. The set up is way behind Wigan and Leeds at present even though they're a big club. He'll be an international in the not too distant future IMO if he keeps progressing.

Wigan have an option to keep Taylor for another year so I don't get why this rumour is still going. There's talk of him being homesick. Is that some sort of joke? He's from Hull not Bejing! He can get home in an hour and a half!

I'd expect a new Wigan deal to be announced soon.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 28, 2014 8:21 pm  

Makes you wonder why Wigan hasn't announced the years option by now? You know as well as I do contracts mean very little, also I have no idea how binding this optional year is? I've said previous I'm not sure why he would leave Wigan for Hull at the moment, but would be delighted if it happened. I would guess location and financial incentive would be a big motivation. I track on Hull will be able to offer a big contract to him as he would be our main star, while at Wigan you have many stars and need to spread the salary cap more.

I've no idea if Taylor is moving to Hull, but often no smoke without fire and strange of Wane not to mention Taylor in his recent interview when talking about props.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 28, 2014 8:41 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Makes you wonder why Wigan hasn't announced the years option by now? You know as well as I do contracts mean very little, also I have no idea how binding this optional year is? I've said previous I'm not sure why he would leave Wigan for Hull at the moment, but would be delighted if it happened. I would guess location and financial incentive would be a big motivation. I track on Hull will be able to offer a big contract to him as he would be our main star, while at Wigan you have many stars and need to spread the salary cap more.

I've no idea if Taylor is moving to Hull, but often no smoke without fire and strange of Wane not to mention Taylor in his recent interview when talking about props.

The years option written in to Wigan players contracts has always seemed to be pretty tight but you never know. One scenario is that Wigan have taken the years option which is meant to be in our favour and Hull may well have offered a fee. If Wigan feel the lad is unhappy because he wants to be closer to family then I can't see them standing in his way if they get a fee for him because we've got history for that. I can't really get my head round people being homesick though when they're only a 90 minute drive away from family. If things got that bad he could split the difference and live round West Yorkshire (or even wait 12 months and move to a club on a par with Wigan in Leeds who I'm sure would love him).

Hopefully it was an oversight on Wanes part not mentioning Taylor because it would be a huge blow. You say we have many stars but we don't really, what we have is a great team made up of a lot of good players that are developing all the time. If Taylor stays with us I expect him to progress in to the international set up pretty soon and possibly get a gig in the NRL. If he goes to Hull FC he'll still be a good player but it's tough to say if he'll reach his full potential because with all due respect the club still looks pretty unstable with a lot of chopping and changing. It has all the potential in the world but it needs a Michael Maguire style leader to come in and take hold of the place and change the culture. It also needs an owner/chairman is is prepared to build from the bottom upwards rather then keep bringing umpteen players in each off season only to pay them off the following year to bring the next batch in.

If Taylor takes that chance It could well blow up in his face but we'll wait and see.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 28, 2014 8:56 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

The years option written in to Wigan players contracts has always seemed to be pretty tight but you never know. One scenario is that Wigan have taken the years option which is meant to be in our favour and Hull may well have offered a fee. If Wigan feel the lad is unhappy because he wants to be closer to family then I can't see them standing in his way if they get a fee for him because we've got history for that. I can't really get my head round people being homesick though when they're only a 90 minute drive away from family. If things got that bad he could split the difference and live round West Yorkshire (or even wait 12 months and move to a club on a par with Wigan in Leeds who I'm sure would love him).

Hopefully it was an oversight on Wanes part not mentioning Taylor because it would be a huge blow. You say we have many stars but we don't really, what we have is a great team made up of a lot of good players that are developing all the time. If Taylor stays with us I expect him to progress in to the international set up pretty soon and possibly get a gig in the NRL. If he goes to Hull FC he'll still be a good player but it's tough to say if he'll reach his full potential because with all due respect the club still looks pretty unstable with a lot of chopping and changing. It has all the potential in the world but it needs a Michael Maguire style leader to come in and take hold of the place and change the culture. It also needs an owner/chairman is is prepared to build from the bottom upwards rather then keep bringing umpteen players in each off season only to pay them off the following year to bring the next batch in.

If Taylor takes that chance It could well blow up in his face but we'll wait and see.

If he signs for hull rather than stay with us then he needs his head read, talk about career suicide

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Wed May 28, 2014 9:22 pm  

[Gareth] wrote:

If he signs for hull rather than stay with us then he needs his head read, talk about career suicide

If it's for cash then it certainly is. There will always be a Salford or Hull FC throwing cash around when you're the age of a Gaz Hock or Hansen but Taylor needs to build a career and improve in the best possible environment.

: Wed May 28, 2014 9:44 pm  

If Taylor has signed for Hull it would be 4 steps back career wise, the only way he could step forward from Wigan would be NRL. I guess you never know what's going on in their personal lives, maybe hull suits him more. Hope he stays at Wigan anyway. I've heard he's extended his contract here and I've also heard he's signed for hull, someone's wrong.