Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:00 pm  

Milky121086 wrote:

Right thank god that season is now behind us!!! We can all now move on with a modicum at least of optimisim of whats to come in the next season or two under JC and his newllook on and off field team. I fully expect us to bring in one or two more signings, one of whcioh i have a feeling will be a suprise out of left field top signing (i have no intel, just a gut feeling) Given that i expect s to bring in more then the below is what i expect us to line up like in 2025...

Rapana
Martin
Hardaker
NEW CENTRE
Briscoe
Abdul
Sezer
Cust
Ese Ese
Ashworth
Cartwright
Lane
Asiata

Interchanges
Burouh
Holmes
NEW PROP
Aydin

I was feeling optimistic until you posted that team. Full of kids, old men, players out of position and unfit and/or injury prone ones

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:01 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

I really like us to make a statement with a domestic signing, if we have monet offer a fee to someone who would improve us, like we use to with the likes of Westernan and Sneyd.

It might be turned down, but it's a worth a try, Leeds salary cap is really tight so make an offer for someone like Newman.

Newman is talented but continually loses his head over nothing plus seems to switch off

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:12 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I was feeling optimistic until you posted that team. Full of kids, old men, players out of position and unfit and/or injury prone ones

Why was you optimistic then?

You know who Hull have signed. Who else was going to be in the team?

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:26 pm  

Milky121086 wrote:

Right thank god that season is now behind us!!! We can all now move on with a modicum at least of optimisim of whats to come in the next season or two under JC and his newllook on and off field team. I fully expect us to bring in one or two more signings, one of whcioh i have a feeling will be a suprise out of left field top signing (i have no intel, just a gut feeling) Given that i expect s to bring in more then the below is what i expect us to line up like in 2025...

Rapana
Martin
Hardaker
NEW CENTRE
Briscoe
Abdul
Sezer
Cust
Ese Ese
Ashworth
Cartwright
Lane
Asiata

Interchanges
Burouh
Holmes
NEW PROP
Aydin

Agree on signings. Still think there will be some to go and hopefully 2-3 to come in.
As others have stated, most important pre season of Abdul's career.
I still think we might see Cust start with Sezer in the halves and if Ligi goes then we need a couple of more props.
Not sure who is available,
Bienek?
Cooper?
Or do we use the quota spot on a prop and try and bring in an British centre?

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:47 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

I was feeling optimistic until you posted that team. Full of kids, old men, players out of position and unfit and/or injury prone ones

You? Optimistic?? Have a word!

As per Irregular hoops response, you know who weve signed, you know what positions they play, please do offer some form of constructive feedback as to who you would have in the team o improve it with what will likely be available? I mean aside from maybe moving rapana to wing and moy to full back i think its best we have right now no?

That may well change with new signings etc but id say the above with the right team off the field behind it would be capable of moving up the table IMO, say around 8th? I don't see anything or anyone that give me reasons to think the likes of Huddersfield, or Cas will finish above us, even Wakefield tbf, im not buying all the hype around them, i still think they will be bottom 2 or 3 and Salford will surely struggle to go round again, think they will likely have a drop off too, Unsure on how Leeds will go, they could finish anywhere from 4th to 10th IMO and Leigh are gonna go through HUGE change so there's no telling how much the players leaving will hurt them aswell. The gap will close between 6th to 12th next year i think.

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:52 pm  

Milky121086 wrote:

You? Optimistic?? Have a word!

As per Irregular hoops response, you know who weve signed, you know what positions they play, please do offer some form of constructive feedback as to who you would have in the team o improve it with what will likely be available? I mean aside from maybe moving rapana to wing and moy to full back i think its best we have right now no?

That may well change with new signings etc but id say the above with the right team off the field behind it would be capable of moving up the table IMO, say around 8th? I don't see anything or anyone that give me reasons to think the likes of Huddersfield, or Cas will finish above us, even Wakefield tbf, im not buying all the hype around them, i still think they will be bottom 2 or 3 and Salford will surely struggle to go round again, think they will likely have a drop off too, Unsure on how Leeds will go, they could finish anywhere from 4th to 10th IMO and Leigh are gonna go through HUGE change so there's no telling how much the players leaving will hurt them aswell. The gap will close between 6th to 12th next year i think.

Be different if we signed Lee Kershaw.

That's been his one and only suggestion so far, says it all really.

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 1:06 pm  

RockNRolla wrote:

Agree on signings. Still think there will be some to go and hopefully 2-3 to come in.
As others have stated, most important pre season of Abdul's career.
I still think we might see Cust start with Sezer in the halves and if Ligi goes then we need a couple of more props.
Not sure who is available,

Bienek?

Cooper?
Or do we use the quota spot on a prop and try and bring in an British centre?

From what I've seen this season he has developed in to a lot better player and worth taking a punt on. Fitness has always been an issue but the new regime should address that.

If Sao goes replace him with Cooper and use his quota spot for Leutele. The jigsaw falls in to place

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 1:43 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

In the Sky interview with him, Lee Briers alluded to being offered the Hull job.
Not sure he’d have been what we needed at this time.

If that had come to pass (which it obviously didn't!), his appointment would have been a huge 50/50 gamble on our part at a time when we really are not in a position to take wild stabs in the dark.

If, in five years time, Briers turns out to be a top class coach then we may find ourselves looking back at this moment and thinking 'what if?' but there is no guarantee that will be the case and, as I said, we really are not in a position to throw the dice and hope a double-six comes off.

Don't think he was the right fit for us, at least for 2025/26, and we almost certainly would not be the best option for him right now. Hull Fc 2024 is no place for a rookie coach looking to make a name for himself. We represent the supreme gamble for anyone in that scenario.

Think Briers appointment would have ended in tears all round if it had come to pass.

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 2:35 pm  

Milky121086 wrote:

Right thank god that season is now behind us!!! We can all now move on with a modicum at least of optimisim of whats to come in the next season or two under JC and his newllook on and off field team. I fully expect us to bring in one or two more signings, one of whcioh i have a feeling will be a suprise out of left field top signing (i have no intel, just a gut feeling) Given that i expect s to bring in more then the below is what i expect us to line up like in 2025...

Rapana
Martin
Hardaker
NEW CENTRE
Briscoe
Abdul
Sezer
Cust
Ese Ese
Ashworth
Cartwright
Lane
Asiata

Interchanges
Burouh
Holmes
NEW PROP
Aydin

your new left centre is called Chamberlain

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:34 pm  

Using “Your” and not “Our”

Rookie error there Keef