[Kosh]

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:50 pm  

My wife told me about this signing as I was walking out the door this morning. I immediately said "wait 'till this one hits the Forum!"

A surprising signing and not one to get the blood racing, but as others have said it's a one year deal and adds some depth and experience where we need it. I expected it to take some time for the mistakes of the last few years to be rectified and we're at least making steps in the right direction. I won't write Aspinwall off before I've seen him play for us, and neither will I give up on next season before a ball's been played.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:56 pm  

didnt think this signing would go down well with a certain section of our fans ,ill give the guy a chance before i make judgement,at the end of the the day this signing plus tony martin have only been given one year deals not realy the end of the world,people need to get behind the new coach and the team,gentle wasnt the aussie assistant just for the fun of it,im realy looking forward to 2012.

Also people going on about pearson bringing big name players to the club,did he say it would be for 2012? the changes that have been made from players to coaching staff is massive and we arent going to become world beaters over night,its going to take time,we needed to bolster the squad and this signing plus the martin one have done that,i also believe if gentle thinks the likes of green,kent,crooks etc are good enough then they will play,we have been screaming out for long enough for changes from top to bottom now they have been made people still find things to winge at

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:03 pm  

Kosh wrote:

My wife told me about this signing as I was walking out the door this morning. I immediately said "wait 'till this one hits the Forum!"

A surprising signing and not one to get the blood racing, but as others have said it's a one year deal and adds some depth and experience where we need it. I expected it to take some time for the mistakes of the last few years to be rectified and we're at least making steps in the right direction. I won't write Aspinwall off before I've seen him play for us, and neither will I give up on next season before a ball's been played.

Well said
the most worrying thing on this thread is the fact that despite the new owner ony being in place for a short while, inherriting a club and team, a new coach only landing in th UK this week, our DOR again inherriting the same as eems most are already laying into them andwriting off the club as usual ,
WTF is wrongwith you all ?????????????????????
Martin and Aspinwall could well trn into guysthat are dream team players next season based on their coming season at FC and no one on here knows wether they will or not so come on give all a chance to even get within sight of kick off before you all write the club off again !!!FFS
A completely new regime will take time to get where it wants to be and will take longer than one season ..

what ever happend to roaming the range together eh????

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:14 pm  

Why didn't we just keep Washbrook? He's a backrower and probably better than Aspinwall AND that's from someone who thought Washbrook was deadwood.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:18 pm  

For all those Hull fans that bombarded the Wigan board a couple of week's ago re: Lauaki.......


backatcha!

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:29 pm  

ChrisH wrote:

Why didn't we just keep Washbrook? He's a backrower and probably better than Aspinwall AND that's from someone who thought Washbrook was deadwood.

Washy got a 3 tear deal at wakey didnt he? he was never gonna get that from Hull

MattyB wrote:

For all those Hull fans that bombarded the Wigan board a couple of week's ago re: Lauaki.......


backatcha!

Enjoy your 3 YEARS of Lauaki

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:29 pm  

Was talking to a site manager who supports FC this morning and we were discussing who you might be getting, he assumed that with Obst going you were going for an overseas player and the names he had 'heard' banded were recent SoO and test players. Wish I was back on site tomorrow

[Kosh]

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:35 pm  

ChrisH wrote:

Why didn't we just keep Washbrook? He's a backrower and probably better than Aspinwall AND that's from someone who thought Washbrook was deadwood.

Why would Washy have accepted a 1 year deal at FC when Wakey offered him 3?

People seem to be forgetting that both Martin and Aspinwall are only here for next season at the moment. Strikes me that they're intended to tide us over - something that Washy and maybe even Burnett wouldn't have been happy to do.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:39 pm  

rover49 wrote:

Was talking to a site manager who supports FC this morning and we were discussing who you might be getting, he assumed that with Obst going you were going for an overseas player and the names he had 'heard' banded were recent SoO and test players. Wish I was back on site tomorrow

They might still. I can't believe Aspinwall will be on what Obst and Radford were combined. But there'd have to be a bit more than that available to tempt a top antipodean in the current climate. It's getting late in the recruitment cycle too.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:43 pm  

It look like he is building a team were if he has to he will play the youngsters.
Gentle has stated if a kid is good enough he is old enough. I wasn't expecting a big name
signing I still think there is one more signing to come .Only a opinion