Joined: Feb 03 2004 Posts: 565 Location: no where near east hull
Dave K. wrote:Might aswell change this topic to "Leaving list"
Wonder if the club will bring out a commemorative Sweatshirt/Hoody like the schools do for their leaving student's. Just a thought make a few bob eh.
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Hull will give us a tough game but the key is to silence their fans in the Threepenny Stand.We have to do this because if we do'nt they will get behind their side and lift them in a way you've never seen,heard or witnessed before.
Frank Stanton. Coach to the 1982 "Untouchables" Aussie team. 1982 "
It is quite a list of players leaving, but what we’ve been asking for for years. Swift, Clifford, Satae and probably Mitch are the biggest losses. Taylor has probably earned himself another year. I would keep Houghton for another year as an interchange hooker, but by all accounts he’s retiring anyway.
I can see us blooding a few next year, which is probably a bit overdue. Our reserves have been doing pretty well.
Genuinely excited to see who we’ll sign. I’d be basing the team around Trueman, Scott, Litten - the next gen!
Joined: Mar 14 2003 Posts: 25757 Location: Back in Hull.
Think Salford are in trouble and worth watching there situation, a few clubs sniffing around there players. I'd keep an eye on Burgess, Croft, Ackers and Watkins. Ackers is probably the most realistic amd one we need.
Joined: Jan 30 2004 Posts: 8165 Location: Never never land away with the fairies
Dave K. wrote:Think Salford are in trouble and worth watching there situation, a few clubs sniffing around there players. I'd keep an eye on Burgess, Croft, Ackers and Watkins. Ackers is probably the most realistic amd one we need.
I'd hope we would have tabled a bid for Ackers to try and tempt Salford or at least spoken to them as he would be an ideal replacement for Houghton. Think Burgess would be a good replacement for Swift. Croft would be nice but don't think realistically we'd get him and Watkins great player but wrong side of 30 and TS has been quite open about wanting younger players.
I hope Salford manage to sort things out though as think they've done a great job the last few years.
I really enjoy long walks especially when they are taken by people I don't like!
Dave K. wrote:Me too, but not sure we are going to get enough quality replacements.
Either the club are confident they can replace these with better players or we are going to run with a smaller/cheaper squad next year.
We're already running with a thin squad. Mau wasn't replaced when he left at the end of last season, Evans wasn't replaced, plus Griiffin has gone. We only have a handful of quality players - the halfbacks ,Swifty,Satae(sometimes!) & Litten(future) &3 of those are leaving. Quality is a must if we have to reduce the size of the squad, otherwise we'll end up having to play dross like Lane.Lovadua, etc. Cheap & cheerful signings won't get us anywhere, Smith is a good coach but he's not a magician.
WIZEB wrote:I'm a month into 4000 Weeks and I put red boxer shorts on to go supermarket shopping earlier. I dont know whats happening to me. It's absolutely crazy!
The time to worry is if you put the boxers on your head.
westdock boy in oz wrote:We're already running with a thin squad. Mau wasn't replaced when he left at the end of last season, Evans wasn't replaced, plus Griiffin has gone. We only have a handful of quality players - the halfbacks ,Swifty,Satae(sometimes!) & Litten(future) &3 of those are leaving. Quality is a must if we have to reduce the size of the squad, otherwise we'll end up having to play dross like Lane.Lovadua, etc. Cheap & cheerful signings won't get us anywhere, Smith is a good coach but he's not a magician.
Not to be pedantic but Sutcliffe was Ma'u replacement
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