Our club could go the same way as Widnes and Bradford if they get this wrong!

Let's not over react

Tom Lineham lol

Is Willie Peters OOC in October haha?

On the whole still a positive day in my opinion, we now know the club have somewhere in the region of £150k to be signing coaches so that as much as confirms we have the investment.

We have swapped a very average McIntosh for someone who may be getting old but is a winner and I've never heard anyone have a bad word about off the field. We've also added Chamberlain to boost our woeful back line.

Yes not getting Rowley is a blow but it's still only April, plenty of time before next pre season starts. Some fans need to remember it was only a couple of weeks where it felt like we had no money and we're stuck with Smith for the foreseeable

lot of doom merchants on here,ok we are poor at the moment,but things will improve.if you take,wigan,sts and wigan out the mix,we have won more in the last few years than the rest of the league.when was the last time,salford,cas,london,hudd or dobbins won out?cats and lrigh have won the cup once and wire havent won out.so rowley turns us down,big deal.

If its true that the club leaked the the interest in Rowley to the HDM and created the media frenzy in an effort to make a statement of intent then it was naive
Whether this was Myler or the club it still makes us look unprofessional.
Still dont understand signing more average players on loan deals when we have seven of our own players back shortly.Save the money and invest wisely for next season and bring in the quality we need..
Will Chamberlain and Briscoe make any difference whether we finish second bottom or third bottom the answer is no.
Will it bring in any more fans and the answer is no
If this is the club being proactive in player loans/recruitment then we are just bin dipping

Who said that the Hull leaked the story to the Mail?

Wasn't it Carney on Sky who broke it - and that may have come from anyone.

Disappointing about Rowley but I always thought he was unlikely to come. He'll get a job much nearer home in the not too distant future at a club in a much better situation than we are

I hope we go for an overseas coach who can add some toughness and resilience to us

Danny Wards picture in the HDM. Bloody hope not

Well said …

Wouldn't really want any of the candidates the hull daily mail mentioned; McDermott, Ward, McGuire or Grix, the only other British coach we should consider is Shaun Wane if he could be tempted away from England /Wigan. if not, best to find an ambitious, well thought of Australian assistant coach

Both those signings improve us and bring experience into the team. Newsflash, we are not going to sign 17 top class players over night. At the moment them young kids are getting battered and its not helping there development.

We are literally signing what is available to us at the moment like it or not. Players who can bring the ball out the backfield is a start, it might just stop us having to play an entire 80 minutes in our own half.

Rome wasnt built in a day.

Wane wont come here, not a chance.

Id love to be wrong but that would be a massive downgrade for him. Im not keen on any coach whose got ties with Rovers either, just adds unneccessary preassure and rarely works out.

If we go down the Aussie route id suspect it would be a coach thats already being here.

Very disappointing, but not surprising, had a feeling it would go the way of Watson, get the feeling he wanted to come, but didn't want to relocate his family or commute.

Back to the drawing board.

you must be joking to think Briscoe and Chamberlain will improve us.
I hope Chamberlain is very short term but to give Briscoe an 18 month deal is crazy.His top level playing days are over,injuries catching up with him as they usually do at his age,plus he is not match fit having not played since round 3.
The problem is we are bin dipping for players.Clubs dont want to release players on loan and we are not an attractive proposition for players,thats why i think its better to go with what we have given we have seven players back shortly and concentrate our effort and available money into targets for next season.
We have players who can bring the ball out of backfield thay are called forwards and should be used a lot more than we do to do that job.
Of course we are not going to sign 17 quality players overnight thats why its important the club put their effort and money into players for next season.Sending Myler out to Australia for 2/3 weeks meeting agents face to face and talking to some players should be a priority.
Signing two or three average reserve players will not make any difference to our end of season league position or add any extra pay at the gate supporters so i dont see the point.
The only thing that will save this club is money to be able to add several quality players and a couple of real exciting names to get the fan base interested again in watching Hull FC

I find the whole situation a but weird, surley the first conversation through the agent, allowed Rowley to say thanks but no thanks (i dont want to uproot my family). Rather than go through all the negotiation process with Rowley and Salford.

This happened with Watson and we made a huge error with the 2nd choice, absolute key that we don't make that error again.

Think it has to be an NRL assistant or out of work ex NRL coach.

He played 32 out of 33 games last year.

Yusuf Aydin signed on a 2 week loan, can't recall ever seeing him play.

Certainly getting some bodies in, be nice to be at least linked with some quality.

I think Briscoe is a good acquisition- he’s available, willing, a reminder of good times, can bring out of backfield, and sets a standard. Think he may be good for the young backs and be a good spirit in camp. We cannot get the Bevan French’s so must be pragmatic. I think the ‘rebuild' for now should be via small bricks and having injured players return -this is a start. I think a big turn off for many potential new recruits is the pressure of being at Hull FC and the unforgiving fans we have. That said we have endured a lot in the last few seasons but we have to believe the club/players are trying

As he is under contract, I think the first approach, by the rules, has to be to the club. ‘Tapping up’ and all that.

As somebody new to the role, I think adhering strictly to the rules was a good choice by Myler. Maybe he’ll learn how to make informal, indirect soundings in the future. The issue really is that somebody blabbed when it was only just put in the oven.

At the end of the day, none of this speculation has come from the club. Everything has played out on RL click bait and social media.

No one actually knows what was or wasn’t offered or discussed.

I’m just happy in the knowledge that change is coming and, reading between the lines, it’s on the back of incoming investment.

Unless Rowley has no agent..
Therefore they would have to approach Salford first.
We need to break the bank,in my opinion to get Wane, Maguire or Holbrook.
Signing a NRL assistant is a gamble, unless Myler can identify if the applicant has leadership and management skills in the interview.

Still seems to have gone too far and tool too long IMO.

Agree with the rest, need to make the right appointment, McNamara won't come, certainly not now after being 2nd choice. The also need to move pretty fast as the May deadline coming up and don't want to be behind other teams.

Indeed and that is exactly what I was thinking this time yesterday when the fee for Rowley was being reported.

Too many people putting 2+2 together and getting 5? No direct quotes from anyone?

No direct quotes from Rowley?

Just a statement from Salford saying our approach had been rejected and Rowley was committed to their project.