Quote ="The Glorious League Freak"The development system at Hull FC is non existant. And if you are buying the likes of Mark O'Meley to teach anyone anything....I have some bad news for ">you.'" How can you say that the development system is non-existent ? Richard and Graeme Horne / Tom Briscoe / Kirk Yeaman / Tommy Lee / Danny Houghton / Paul King / Mike Burnett / Danny Washbrook / Josh Hodgson / Lee Radford all have been developed through the FC academy and played for FC this season O'Meley's experience playing for Aus etc will be invaluable for a player who has played mostly NL1 and little SL

Quote ="The Glorious League Freak"The development system at Hull FC is non existant. And if you are buying the likes of Mark O'Meley to teach anyone anything....I have some bad news for ">you.'" How can you say that the development system is non-existent ? Richard and Graeme Horne / Tom Briscoe / Kirk Yeaman / Tommy Lee / Danny Houghton / Paul King / Mike Burnett / Danny Washbrook / Josh Hodgson / Lee Radford all have been developed through the FC academy and played for FC this season O'Meley's experience playing for Aus etc will be invaluable for a player who has played mostly NL1 and little SL

And with that one comment there, you sum up your knowledge of SL.

Does anyone even listen to what he has to say anyways? He's just a retarded Australian.

In the past decade (2000-2009) only one player who has come through the academy and made their debut and gone on to become a full international (non of those silly England reserve games) and thats Kirk Yeaman, and iirc hes only played twice. We are the kings of turning youngsters with tons of potential into average SL and NL players.



Btw, thats less than Harlequins and also no better than any current SL club who have spent time in the National Leagues in this period of time

Is this a reflection on:

A) the schools comp in Hull

B) the HFC scouting system

C) the HFC jnr development system

D) the poor coaching at reserve grade

E) poor coaching when these 20 year old come into the 1st team squad?



Genuinely interested as in the 80's HFC & HKR produced a number of Internationals, what's changed? If anything they have more moeny now than back then so what's changed?

Quote ="The Key"In the past decade (2000-2009) only one player who has come through the academy and made their debut and gone on to become a full international (non of those silly England reserve games) and thats Kirk Yeaman, and iirc hes only played twice. We are the kings of turning youngsters with tons of potential into average SL and NL players. Btw, thats less than Harlequins and also no better than any current SL club who have spent time in the National Leagues in this period of time'" OMG, someone that stands back and takes a good look at a club without getting hysterical! You dont belong on this web site! icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" />

Quote ="The Key"In the past decade (2000-2009) only one player who has come through the academy and made their debut and gone on to become a full international (non of those silly England reserve games) and thats Kirk Yeaman, and iirc hes only played twice. We are the kings of turning youngsters with tons of potential into average SL and NL players. Btw, thats less than Harlequins and also no better than any current SL club who have spent time in the National Leagues in this period of time'" OMG, someone that stands back and takes a good look at a club without getting hysterical! You dont belong on this web site! icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" />