Dave K. wrote:Also rovers have built there progress on overseas players.
Once they start retiring and have to be replaced my Englsih players, they will struggle for a few years until they get some youth players through.
Where as Hulls progress last season was built on Fitzgibbon, O'Meley, Long. Mind you as Longy has stated he won't be retiring anytime soon you'll be fine
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MrPhilb wrote:Where as Hulls progress last season was built on Fitzgibbon, O'Meley, Long. Mind you as Longy has stated he won't be retiring anytime soon you'll be fine
Long really
O Meley has a good couple of years at least left.
Also when they leave we will have quota places to replace then, when Galea and Vella retire Rovers will have to replace them with English players.
Mrs Barista wrote:Last year you ended the regular season 4th and got to the quarter finals of the cup. This year you finished the regular season 7th and went out of the cup at the first hurdle. How is that "getting closer" to silverware? Realistically you need to finish top 4 absolute minimum to have a chance of winning the league.
You may have overachieved Mrs B but the dullers who insisted Rovers would never win a play off game are certainly silenced on yet another front.
Lets see how your squad massively strenghtened by Will Sharpe improves in 2011.
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Dave K. wrote:Long really
O Meley has a good couple of years at least left.
Also when they leave we will have quota places to replace then, when Galea and Vella retire Rovers will have to replace them with English players.
Bloody hell, I wish some would make their minds up....first we get slated for having too many overseas players then we're getting slated because we'll be signing English players. You couldn't make it up
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EAST HULL RED wrote:Bloody hell, I wish some would make their minds up....first we get slated for having too many overseas players then we're getting slated because we'll be signing English players. You couldn't make it up
Where did I say that?
I never slated Rovers, just said you will struggle to replace them with Englsih players of the same quality.
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EAST HULL RED wrote:Everyone in the same boat then.
Aye. Stuns me that people (choose to?) forget that quality British players get old, retire and need replacing too. Replacing Vella will be exactly the same process as if we'd built success by signing Morley or Peacock. The progress was built on signing a team rather than progressing one through the ranks. Where the signings came from doesn't affect our future prospects. With a maturing development system giving us more choices in how to build and structure the squad we should be stronger in this department relative to our peer clubs in the future.
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Mild Rover wrote:Aye. Stuns me that people (choose to?) forget that quality British players get old, retire and need replacing too. Replacing Vella will be exactly the same process as if we'd built success by signing Morley or Peacock. The progress was built on signing a team rather than progressing one through the ranks. Where the signings came from doesn't affect our future prospects. With a maturing development system giving us more choices in how to build and structure the squad we should be stronger in this department relative to our peer clubs in the future.
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