Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Sun Nov 07, 2021 8:16 pm  

Losing Gale is a blow, although The story that Austin had come to play 14 always sounded unlikely.

I can’t think of anyone we could recruit to fit the British 3rd half role, unless we did push the boat out and go for young Pryce which would be a great move.

No obvious British 5th prop options spring to mind either.

Keeping Sezer fit is now vital. If we need Leeming to deputise, Bentley could also play hooker as a grafter.

I have been unable to sign on as Mark Laurie for a few weeks and in the end gave up trying, so have taken the name of another hero of my youth.

Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Sun Nov 07, 2021 8:29 pm  

christopher wrote:

We offered mclelland a deal didn’t we?

We did, and as I understand it was pretty paltry.

Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Sun Nov 07, 2021 8:45 pm  

With the saving of Gales salary i hope the club can offer some renumeration to the scholarship and academy lads that are being asked to play for free which is shameful by the club.

Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Sun Nov 07, 2021 8:45 pm  

Sir Gregory Parsloe wrote:

Losing Gale is a blow, although The story that Austin had come to play 14 always sounded unlikely.

I can’t think of anyone we could recruit to fit the British 3rd half role, unless we did push the boat out and go for young Pryce which would be a great move.

No obvious British 5th prop options spring to mind either.

Keeping Sezer fit is now vital. If we need Leeming to deputise, Bentley could also play hooker as a grafter.

I have been unable to sign on as Mark Laurie for a few weeks and in the end gave up trying, so have taken the name of another hero of my youth.

Arise Sir Gregory. Bowden at Hull is the only thing I can think of.

Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Sun Nov 07, 2021 9:37 pm  

ArthurClues wrote:

Arise Sir Gregory. Bowden at Hull is the only thing I can think of.

Decent shout Arthur but not sure how much he has got left and seems very injury prone, I’d guess if we were interested it might have happened as part of the Gale deal.

Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:08 pm  

This ongoing policy of letting our better players leave isn't really working.

Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:41 pm  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

With the saving of Gales salary i hope the club can offer some renumeration to the scholarship and academy lads that are being asked to play for free which is shameful by the club.

I find it very sad and hard to believe there is so little money in the game that this is happening in 2021.

About 30 odd years ago I knew a lad who got £50 Grand when he signed for Wigan, he was a stand out young player and went onto play test football but was not an all time great.

I knew a few others who got decent signing on fees including some who got £10 grand from Leeds and never made it at top flight level.

If you’d told me back then that 30 plus years later, the best young talent would get nothing more than a tracksuit I’d. Have thought the country must have gone communist.

Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:07 am  

Sir Gregory Parsloe wrote:

I find it very sad and hard to believe there is so little money in the game that this is happening in 2021.

About 30 odd years ago I knew a lad who got £50 Grand when he signed for Wigan, he was a stand out young player and went onto play test football but was not an all time great.

I knew a few others who got decent signing on fees including some who got £10 grand from Leeds and never made it at top flight level.

If you’d told me back then that 30 plus years later, the best young talent would get nothing more than a tracksuit I’d. Have thought the country must have gone communist.

I find it disgusting that a club like ours is asking some players from Lancashire to travel over 3 times a week to train and play all for nothing. Some of Gales wages should go towards that. GH should be ashamed of himself.

Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Mon Nov 08, 2021 8:12 am  

Again I don’t know the whole story but in some defence of the club they have invested in facilities, and I do feel they try to support and look after the young ones in other ways.

Not disagreeing with you Marty but ultimately it’s more likely the parents who are bearing cost to give their kids the opportunity in those earliest years.

To be fair there are probably some first team squad members who are not on what we might assume is professional sports money.

The current position isn’t a great sign for where the game is at financially.

Re: OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC : Mon Nov 08, 2021 8:45 am  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

I find it disgusting that a club like ours is asking some players from Lancashire to travel over 3 times a week to train and play all for nothing. Some of Gales wages should go towards that. GH should be ashamed of himself.

Makes even more sense moving Gale on then.
Having a very highly paid player sat in the stands while the young lads are playing for a pittance would be pretty disgusting….