Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:16 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

Yep, and if they leave we'll bring two new props in whose salaries may-be on a par with what we pay these two now.

Not necessarily true, what if two of the youngsters come on really well this season? If O'Meley and Moa leave and the youngsters are ready why sign anyone? We would already have replacements!

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:18 pm  

Lang Park wrote:

Just looking at the majority of the posters on this thread. If you're happy with this signing then good for you, but the majority of the posters on this thread do not consider Martin Aspinwall to be the kind of signing AP's statements had led them to believe we'd be making.

Can you tell me if AP said that all these ‘top signings’ would be in place for this next season?

I am a bit surprised with the signing of Aspinwall, but not overly disappointed.
As others have said he is more of a stop gap, and I can see the longer term value in that. We need to concentrate next season on the youth development for our strength in depth.

I recon 2013 we will have a smaller but higher quality main squad of ‘specialists’, with the youth providing depth of cover. If we can’t or don’t get the youth development right, then we will have to suffer more utility type players who will do an ok job.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:26 pm  

Sebasteeno wrote:

And to think the club have poop all over Obst in order to sign Aspinwall. Bet Obst feels great about it.

How have the club poop all over Obst? A deal was already agreed for him to go back to Wakey and Agar poop on him trying to get one over on us. Because he had no club to go to his severance package had to be altered.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:32 pm  

east hull FC fan wrote:

How have the club poop all over Obst? A deal was already agreed for him to go back to Wakey and Agar poop on him trying to get one over on us. Because he had no club to go to his severance package had to be altered.

Obst was happily playing for Wakey and had been for a few seasons. Wakey get into financial difficulty so we jump in as we had no half backs and swing the deal with Obst by giving him two years. With only half of that deal gone we then have a surplus of halfs so need to offload him to help strengthen other parts of the squad. Obst agrees to go and we sign Aspinwall which is hardly strengthening leaving Obst clubless when he could of still been happily playing for Wakey. Thats shitting all over him imo. Christ i bet Obst could of done as well in the back row as Aspinwall will do.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:34 pm  

Feathers wrote:

Not necessarily true, what if two of the youngsters come on really well this season? If O'Meley and Moa leave and the youngsters are ready why sign anyone? We would already have replacements!

Were going in slightly undercooked in the prop stakes for next season imo, never mind 2013.

If, and it's a big if, we have just one of our kids ready to start for 2013 then we'd still need two recognised frontline props for the season after next.

If Ogre and Moa go,

2013
Lynch
O'Carrol

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:37 pm  

Sebasteeno wrote:

Obst was happily playing for Wakey and had been for a few seasons. Wakey get into financial difficulty so we jump in as we had no half backs and swing the deal with Obst by giving him two years. With only half of that deal gone we then have a surplus of halfs so need to offload him to help strengthen other parts of the squad. Obst agrees to go and we sign Aspinwall which is hardly strengthening leaving Obst clubless when he could of still been happily playing for Wakey. Thats shitting all over him imo. Christ i bet Obst could of done as well in the back row as Aspinwall will do.

Get a grip of yourself. Aspinwall or Obst at the backrow.... and you think Obst would do a better job. Stop having such a downer on things, if you don't like it don't get a pass simples.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:39 pm  

The way I see it is that we have taken a first team player from another SL club as back up for us. That is a positive for me and gives us the experienced depth that we haven't had in a while, gives competition for places and will be fairly cheap for the year.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:39 pm  

hullbg wrote:

Get a grip of yourself. Aspinwall or Obst at the backrow.... and you think Obst would do a better job. Stop having such a downer on things, if you don't like it don't get a pass simples.

Like i said previously ive been very positive till our latest two signings. They just wasnt what i was expecting.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:42 pm  

Sebasteeno wrote:

Obst was happily playing for Wakey and had been for a few seasons. Wakey get into financial difficulty so we jump in as we had no half backs and swing the deal with Obst by giving him two years. With only half of that deal gone we then have a surplus of halfs so need to offload him to help strengthen other parts of the squad. Obst agrees to go and we sign Aspinwall which is hardly strengthening leaving Obst clubless when he could of still been happily playing for Wakey. Thats shitting all over him imo. Christ i bet Obst could of done as well in the back row as Aspinwall will do.

Pathetic

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:46 pm  

Sebasteeno wrote:

Like i said previously ive been very positive till our latest two signings. They just wasnt what i was expecting.

Every signing cannot be a world beater. Aspinwall gives us much needed cover in the backrow and Martin gives us more options in the Centre position. Recruiting players is an ongoing job and half of the players signed for 2012 by clubs will have already been sorted at the beginning of 2011. When you start looking to recruit in August your already behind your rivals, hence why Widnes were given the go ahead early last year rather than the end of the season.
More realistic to look at our signings for 2013 than the ones made for 2012.