Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:46 am  

Who's his agent?

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:48 am  

UllFC wrote:

Judge them on who they sign next season IMO. When Pearson/Mcrae/Gentle arrived most of next years salary cap had already been spent.

I'm not over the moon with this signing, but we need another forward and it is only for 1 season.

I was genuinely excited for the coming season and beyond and with the Martin signing i was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt but now Aspinwall!!! If the club had signed a quality centre and back rower then the squad would of been lifted to top four next year and then the year after we could of become genuine contenders but these two signings mean 6-8th position beckons and basically another season writen off imo and being genuine contenders is yet another season away.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:49 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Who's his agent?

I bet you've got people rushing to our favourite agents website.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:15 am  

Karen wrote:

Not exactly over whelmed with this announcement. However he is only on a 1 year contract thankfully and think he is being brought in simply as back up. As with Martin, I will welcome him to Hull FC and give him his chance.

Agree with this. A 1 year deal can be extended, but if he turns out to be poor, we can get rid easily enough.

Maybe Gentle will want to set his stall out next year and challenge for both trophies, but really push on in 2013 when he has his own team...

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:18 am  

Not the signing that some thought! But he'll do a job for us next season, as will Martin.
As these are both just 1yr deals is it possible that Mcrae/Gentle have long term quality signings lined up for the 2013 season, when they become available??
Dont understand for some why the season is already over as its not Sika Manu or the like? We'll have a strong season next year and will surprise a few people, by the looks of it mainly our own fans!

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:20 am  

We release a quality player in Obst and sign a violent criminal, nothing seems to have changed, disappointed to say the least.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:20 am  

Dave K. wrote:

Another poor signing, much worst signings than Agar ever did.

I would have rather kept Obst.

This has Mcrae signings all over it, the type of signings he made at Salford.

Very disapointted.

I agree with that!

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:22 am  

Standee wrote:

We release a quality player in Obst and sign a violent criminal, nothing seems to have changed, disappointed to say the least.

Obst can play backrow now? What happened to second chances?

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:24 am  

Jesus Christ Bomber what are you playing at? awful signing. I would rather we kept the money in the pot until someone decent came along.

Re: Aspinwall it is. : Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:26 am  

Marfa Manu wrote:

I agree with that!

The problem is that while Aspinwall is a decent player he's maybe not to the standard us fans think we should have.

That's partly the fault of the Rumours thread. Names get chucked about in there and all of a sudden we're signing half the Aussie squad. When we don't people are disappointed. Madness.

In an ideal world, I wouldn't have signed Aspinwall, but
a) who else is available?
b) who can we afford?
c) who is off quota?
d) who wants to come to Hull FC?