Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:02 pm  

RockNRolla wrote:

While i rate Westerman, i'd rather us be offering £175K for Rangi Chase instead.

Just because they'd accept a deal for westerman doesn't mean they would for chase.

Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:14 pm  

League Dude wrote: Just found this... The Rumour Mill: http://www.hullblinds.co.uk/rugbyleague ... mour-mill/ What is really annoying about that link is Robinson rumoured to Bradford. If he's considering a move as cover, why the hell have we not made certain it's to us? Instead, it looks likely we'll spend our last quota space on someone no-ones ever heard of, a LF when we've got 2 rarely tried naturals plus Fitz, and another bluddy hooker Robinson's performance yesterday only further convinced me the solution to the halves issue is right under our nose and he plays hooker too. No need for Diskin or Ravioli or whatever his name is.

League Dude wrote: Just found this... The Rumour Mill: http://www.hullblinds.co.uk/rugbyleague ... mour-mill/ What is really annoying about that link is Robinson rumoured to Bradford. If he's considering a move as cover, why the hell have we not made certain it's to us? Instead, it looks likely we'll spend our last quota space on someone no-ones ever heard of, a LF when we've got 2 rarely tried naturals plus Fitz, and another bluddy hooker Robinson's performance yesterday only further convinced me the solution to the halves issue is right under our nose and he plays hooker too. No need for Diskin or Ravioli or whatever his name is.

Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:15 pm  

Sheldon wrote:

Just because they'd accept a deal for westerman doesn't mean they would for chase.

Sorry if you've answered this already, Sheldon, but can you tell us a bit about Rovelli? 6 or 7? Runner or organiser? How does he compare to other HBs in Super League? Cheers for any info.

Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:18 pm  

WormInHand wrote:

What is really annoying about that link is Robinson rumoured to Bradford. If he's considering a move as cover, why the hell have we not made certain it's to us?

Instead, it looks likely we'll spend our last quota space on someone no-ones ever heard of, a LF when we've got 2 rarely tried naturals plus Fitz, and another bluddy hooker

Robinson's performance yesterday only further convinced me the solution to the halves issue is right under our nose and he plays hooker too. No need for Diskin or Ravioli or whatever his name is.

Yep. And in Robinson's case we could potentially load a 2 year deal to the second year if it's a salary cap issue as it seems pretty unlikely both Long and Horne will be retained beyond 2011.

Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:18 pm  

It's a rumours thread!! Why are you getting angry about it?

And just because you haven't heard of Grant Rovelli doesn't mean others haven't.

Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:22 pm  

So because we would rather Robinson and Chase come to the club, and we would rather put in an offer for them then say Westy or Rovelli, it immediately means that they will/want to come? What if they LIKE it at their current clubs?

Are people seriously thinking that Chase would come here? Don't get me wrong, I would love him at the club, but he is involved in everything at Cas and it would take something pretty special to move him away IMO.

Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:25 pm  

Sheldon wrote:

And just because you haven't heard of Grant Rovelli doesn't mean others haven't.

Or that he's good enough. Anyone heard of Dobson before? Now made his second appearance in the SL dream team.

I'm not saying Rovelli or any 'unknown' would do the same, I'm just saying what's stopping them not to?

Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:29 pm  

tommyfromhull wrote:

So because we would rather Robinson and Chase come to the club, and we would rather put in an offer for them then say Westy or Rovelli, it immediately means that they will/want to come? What if they LIKE it at their current clubs?

Are people seriously thinking that Chase would come here? Don't get me wrong, I would love him at the club, but he is involved in everything at Cas and it would take something pretty special to move him away IMO.

Robinson has always harboured a soft spot for Hull, and expressed an interest some years ago IIRC.

If we employed your philosophy, we'd never approach anyone. Take Diskin, for example. If we have spoken to him, it's obviously come as a bolt from the blue, but now has to consider coming to Hull because we've gone for him.

Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:33 pm  

WormInHand wrote:

Robinson has always harboured a soft spot for Hull, and expressed an interest some years ago IIRC.

If we employed your philosophy, we'd never approach anyone. Take Diskin, for example. If we have spoken to him, it's obviously come as a bolt from the blue, but now has to consider coming to Hull because we've gone for him.

How do you know we haven't approached Robinson?

Re: Transfers, rumours - version 701! : Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:34 pm  

WormInHand wrote:

Robinson has always harboured a soft spot for Hull, and expressed an interest some years ago IIRC.

If we employed your philosophy, we'd never approach anyone. Take Diskin, for example. If we have spoken to him, it's obviously come as a bolt from the blue, but now has to consider coming to Hull because we've gone for him.

I'm not saying we shouldn't approach them, of corse we should, I'm saying that just because we would prefer a player and splash some cash doesn't mean they will come! How do we know we haven't made an offer and it has got turned down? The club are very unlikely to publish a player turning us down, so they then approach another player, and so on.