Re: Next seasons recruitment : Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:58 am  

Pryce only performs when he feels like it, which I think will be the weakness within Hull FC next year. The fat lad may step up every now and then, but I don't think he has the natural ability of a half back and is instead a ball playing forward (as everyone has suggested), and after seeing Carlos play in the NRL he looks like Jism does to us at the minute (sorry, did I say Jism? I meant Chisholm) ..... But, that said, if FC manage to hold onto Hougton next year, their pack will look humongous and talented throughout (and a damn sight better then ours).

Re: Next seasons recruitment : Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:49 am  

Report in a Newcastle gossip article today that Tilse will probably return to Newcastle next year and local clubs are all keen to sign him.

Re: Next seasons recruitment : Sun Aug 23, 2015 6:55 am  

roopy wrote:

Report in a Newcastle gossip article today that Tilse will probably return to Newcastle next year and local clubs are all keen to sign him.

YIPPEE Hope so i dont think we will miss him

Re: Next seasons recruitment : Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:06 pm  

Will the manner of Saturday's defeat will have any bearing on our plans for next season?

Re: Next seasons recruitment : Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:16 pm  

we really need a couple of big big props if there is any available that is

[Mild Rover]

Re: Next seasons recruitment : Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:27 pm  

Sit down, Waldo wrote:

Will the manner of Saturday's defeat will have any bearing on our plans for next season?

It shouldn't, not much more so than any one game, whatever the result.

We came 10th in the league, with a pack that struggled to make enough metres. There are some positives to build on, but they were only seen sporadically. That's what our plans, that are probably well advanced anyway, need to be based on imo.

I don't think Saturday did anything other than brutally reinforce what we already knew. There'll always be results like that unless and until we become a top team ourselves - not necessarily in a Cup Final, of course.

We need to make more metres and miss fewer tackles, while keeping the attacking fluency that we saw on our good days. Easy said.

Re: Next seasons recruitment : Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:58 pm  

robin1972 wrote:

we really need a couple of big big props if there is any available that is

Surely you mean better props and bigger more mobile back rowers.

We haven't replaced Mick Weyman, Clint Newton or Ben Galea effectively. That's the standard of player we need, whether Domestic, EU or Antipodean.

Re: Next seasons recruitment : Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:48 pm  

Pickering Red wrote:

Surely you mean better props and bigger more mobile back rowers.

We haven't replaced Mick Weyman, Clint Newton or Ben Galea effectively. That's the standard of player we need, whether Domestic, EU or Antipodean.

I think the packs ok we need a really good centre to go with thornley Welham and salter just don't cut it as was seen on Saturday

Re: Next seasons recruitment : Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:48 pm  

Somehow we need to introduce more energy & more physicality to our game. We were beaten up across the park on Saturday & hardly won a collision all afternoon. Happened too often this season.

Re: Next seasons recruitment : Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:45 pm  

Our 2nd row is too small and too weak. Both are decent back ups but no more than that. 2 beast type props as well. The rest will sort itself behind that with the half backs we've got.