Re: Props : Fri Oct 14, 2022 4:50 pm  

Not really, Hill isn't the force he was, despite still being a good player. If Walmsley hadn't got injured i don't think Hill would have made the England squad to be honest. And Cooper is a good player but still at the back end of his career so is just a steady eddie prop now.
The pack we have for next year is brilliant, and will be a dominant force next year.
Vaughan, Dudson, Kasiano, Mikaele, McGuire, Bullock and James Harrison will do a very good job for us so I don't regret letting Hill and Coops go now. I did at the time but not anymore.
I didn't add Philbin in that list as i think unless someone is injured or being rested he's not gonna make the team.

Re: Props : Fri Oct 14, 2022 4:53 pm  

Or thane wrote:

I didn't add Philbin in that list as i think unless someone is injured or being rested he's not gonna make the team.

He won't. A shadow of the 2019 version anyway and that was before injury.

Re: Props : Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:23 pm  

When a new coach recruits a pack like that he’s set a challenge to the likes of Philbin to step up and fight for their place. This is what would happen at Wigan, Saints and Leeds. It’s happening at Huddersfield next year for sure. Pryce and Lolohea have Connor to beat for a place in the team.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Props : Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:21 pm  

easyWire wrote:

When a new coach recruits a pack like that he’s set a challenge to the likes of Philbin to step up and fight for their place. This is what would happen at Wigan, Saints and Leeds. It’s happening at Huddersfield next year for sure. Pryce and Lolohea have Connor to beat for a place in the team.

Price has one foot out the door, he'll be trying to not get injured for Newcastle in 2024

Re: Props : Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:29 pm  

easyWire wrote:

When a new coach recruits a pack like that he’s set a challenge to the likes of Philbin to step up and fight for their place. This is what would happen at Wigan, Saints and Leeds. It’s happening at Huddersfield next year for sure. Pryce and Lolohea have Connor to beat for a place in the team.

Think Connor may be out till August based on something I read (but can’t remember where!)

[Wanderer]

Re: Props : Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:35 am  

The local press on Humberside have reported that Hull expect him to be unavailable for 10 months.

Re: Props : Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:48 am  

Captain Hook wrote:

Think Connor may be out till August based on something I read (but can’t remember where!)

Wasn’t aware he was out for that long. That’s a bit of a gamble then for Hudds. He’s on a 3 year contract but only playing for two. And he’ll be 28/29 when he returns. If a medial ligament injury has affected his pace and footwork, they’ll be relying on his rugby brain to make a difference.

Re: Props : Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:57 am  

Strange signing if he really is out for that long. He's a good player though.

Regarding Hill and Cooper, if we were going in to next season with hill and Cooper as our starting props the club would be getting panned for having no recruitment policy having nt signed any replacements. Fact of the matter for both of them is that they're in the twilight of their career. They both still very good players but they're not the future.

Re: Props : Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:34 am  

easyWire wrote:

Wasn’t aware he was out for that long. That’s a bit of a gamble then for Hudds. He’s on a 3 year contract but only playing for two. And he’ll be 28/29 when he returns. If a medial ligament injury has affected his pace and footwork, they’ll be relying on his rugby brain to make a difference.

His pace? If he comes back even slower than he is now I'd back makiele to beat him in a footrace