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Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED/sita released : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:20 am  

Thanks for ten years chris

Re: Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:29 am  

Well there you go
Now to see who we sign to replace him? I pray to all known gods Bullock isn't it

Re: Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:29 am  

Irreplaceable.

Re: Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:32 am  

We're going to suffer big time,, feel sorry for Coops shoulders over the next couple years.

Re: Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:34 am  

Huge job to replace a forward like Hill. There have been times when his temperament got in the way of his captaincy, but can’t fault his effort for this club.

Huge chunk of the salary cap gone too, he would have been on a big contract. Joe Bullock will not be a sufficient replacement, I hope there is more in the pipeline

Re: Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:37 am  

Incredible servant to the club, shame he couldn't see out his career with us, will go down as one of our best signings of the SL era.

Powell's first test, I'm sure Hill would have stayed had we offered him 2 years, Cooper, Philbin, Mulhern and maybe Bullock with Butler and an injured Harrison doesn't fill me with hope, we need a new pack leader. Powell will be judged on his replacement, I said last year I wouldn't be opposed to Hill leaving if we had the right man lined up to replace him (that was before his upturn in form in 2021), we've not seen a whisper of us linked to a top prop forward though, so I'm a little concerned.

Re: Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:39 am  

Loved every minute watching the effort Chilly put in to every game he played . Thanks Chris.

Re: Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:39 am  

Alffi_7 wrote:

Incredible servant to the club, shame he couldn't see out his career with us, will go down as one of our best signings of the SL era.

Powell's first test, I'm sure Hill would have stayed had we offered him 2 years, Cooper, Philbin, Mulhern and maybe Bullock with Butler and an injured Harrison doesn't fill me with hope, we need a new pack leader. Powell will be judged on his replacement, I said last year I wouldn't be opposed to Hill leaving if we had the right man lined up to replace him (that was before his upturn in form in 2021), we've not seen a whisper of us linked to a top prop forward though, so I'm a little concerned.

He would have stayed if we offered him a contract at all.

Re: Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:41 am  

What a player he has been for us, arriving with low expectations and becoming a world class prop. I wish he had been given another year because his form this season has been too notch but I do think 2 would have been a stretch too far as his wages on the cap would get in the way of a possible replacement being signed. He absolutely has to be replaced in the squad though which will be very, very difficult IMO.

The only blight he had with us were the years he was captain and it seemed to put him off his own game, club captain all day but on field captain didn't work IMO.

Good luck to him at Huddersfield I think they have got a top signing there even at his age. Thanks for the service and memories chilly and let's hope you can get the gf ring this season to end on a high.

Re: Chilly to Huddersfield CONFIRMED : Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:43 am  

Only time will tell, whether Powell has made a big mistake with his decision not to offer Hill a 2 year deal.