Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:56 am  

cherryandwhitedavid06 wrote:

The Chan signing is a bit of a puzzler. Not got in the Catalans side much this season and not sure if he's better than what we had. Time will tell though - the club must see potential

Who is he replacing though? It’s looking likely he is replacing Ramon Silva so looks an improvement. Chan is very small for a prop but he looks fast and has intensity, he’s not going to be in the first choice 17 (certainly not to start with) but I think he could go well off the bench with a couple of high intensity short bursts.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:52 pm  

There is a strong rumour that Field is going to Catalans

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:33 pm  

Ashton Bears wrote:

There is a strong rumour that Field is going to Catalans

Thought that was rubbished a few months back?

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:35 pm  

Ashton Bears wrote:

There is a strong rumour that Field is going to Catalans

Also heard the annual "French is off to Hull FC" rumour tonight


As if. (Career killer).

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:34 am  

MattyB wrote:

Also heard the annual "French is off to Hull FC" rumour tonight


As if. (Career killer).

Why would anyone want to move to Hull.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:14 am  

It’s true that hullfc isn’t a good look atm,we have had a poop show for the last 4/5 years due to Radford dishing out big contracts to his mates,then last standing in and then the 2yrs under hodgson band some god awful signings and yes Pearson is to blame but now we have had the massive clear out we needed and a coach who knows how to win and doesn’t care who he gets rid of.we aren’t as rich as certain clubs as we are paying back the Covid loan which without we would have gone tits up…as for our city,it’s not perfect but neither is Wigan,but I wouldn’t go rubbishing your town or team on our forum and a lot of your posters are very good and knowledgeable but you seem to have a arrogant few who now you have a new owner seem to think money is no stumbling block

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:23 am  

I wouldn’t take it personally, it’s all a bit of banter. I think people are sensible enough to realise Hull are a massive club and a strong Hull would be great for the game. I think we’ll see a real uplift from Hull next year, Tony Smith very rarely fails to improve teams and he’s really going in strong now on getting players out and getting his own in. The move to let Gareth Ellis go was pretty ruthless as well but it’s another sign that he’s putting his own stamp on things.

As for Hull the City, well I don’t know much about it as a whole but I wish we had some pubs as good as the ones I went to in the old town last year.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Sep 16, 2023 10:02 am  

I wouldn't take offence or to heart.
For me and most for the good of RL I wish Hull was up there regularly challenging with 20k fans on every week which I believe is realistic. I know your probably not going to like the next bit but that goes for your rivals across town/city. RL needs strong teams all the best of luck achieving that. I don't think many don't respect FC or their fans if you dig below the banter.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Sep 16, 2023 10:57 am  

Ashton Bears wrote:

There is a strong rumour that Field is going to Catalans

Still think there’s something going to happen with Field/French

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:42 pm  

Field looks like he’s playing with a smile on his face and really enjoying his rugby…the same with French…I don’t understand why people think there’s something going to happen with one of them when they’re both under contract and are clearly such an important part of our team. Unless I have completely missed something?