Been told today its KR that have shown massive interest in Mellor, not FC.

I agree that if hes gone and and we cant make the top 5 then develop Hewitt before Mellor. The only thing that worries me long term for Hewitt is that he is extremely small for a forward.

If Mellor does re-sign then its really hard to see how were going to be able to strengthen the squad further with only Matagi & Farrell OOC

It’s already posted on both Hull forums Jake

mellor must be keen on championship rugby

Why not, we do with Australians and give them contracts well into their retirement rather than bringing through academy talent.

got to fit everyone in the salary cap

Adding to the rumours heard Leeds are very interested

Have you seen how much academy talent we are currently bringing through.....

Be a good signing for the hem both they still need 2 really good props as well.

I’ve heard a rumour from an accurate source that Mellor asked for the same money as Roberts and was told no.

Mellor is twice the player that Roberts is now but it seems though that we have a lot of cap tied up in Roberts which appears to have been a huge error.

ha roberts is stealing a wage at giants.... got that big contract then stopped progressing

like i have said, we cant keep them all due to salary cap

From listening to Thewlis yesterday it sounds like Mellor will definitely not be at the Giants next year.

That’s a shame, but it won’t break us.
I think keeping wardle next season is more important.
Chance for Hewitt to step up and there’s Ross whitmore in the wings to go to LF.
Have Murphy, Lawrence, Ferguson, wardle, Roberts, Hewitt, taai who can all play second row.
Personally would like to see taai and wardle as our second rows next season.

yes but your missing my point.

we cant break the bank for mellor, not suggesting we do, but we will pay marque money to an overseas player for 3 years meaning the likes of the seniors, for example, have to move on to get match time.

Your point is moot-
we aren’t playing marquee money to an overseas player who is keeping out a youngster.
In fact our youngsters are keeping out Aussies.

We've then got 4 top earners who can't get in the team in Seb, Frawley, Uate and Leroy (who Thewlis claims has been fit for for a while but can't get in the team).

Only a giants supporter could turn a positive into a negative




The fact that four home grown kids in English, Wardle, Senior and Russell keep them out is surely a good thing!
It also tells us something about our coach in that he will play on form not on name.

I'm all for our youngsters and I've said previously I wish we'd stay with him homegrown and English players going forward. I'm not a fan of signing overseas players at all anymore. My point is that we waste money and cap on these players who hardly improve our squad. For me, the money would be better spent on keeping our youngsters long term.

A team of youngsters is no good. A mix is best. The kids need to aspire to something and what better in the game than the NRL

How can our youngsters aspire to our aussies when they can't get in the team, prooves a point that our nrl recruitment is crock.

If you want to be negative....

I think we tend to do better out of our islanders than our ozzys. Hinchy was good, before that our best ozzy was probably Hodgson, then Drew.

As for the Roberts rumour, if we aren't willing to pay Mellor the same as a second rower who can't get in our team then somethings wrong. I know we have a cap to work to, but that being the case we would surely be trying to get Roberts out on loan somewhere or out full stop to accommodate Mellor? If Mellor does go Roberts really needs to take that opportunity and stop resting on his laurels.

Negative????............ Explain what is negative about my comments?.......... You'll find its stating facts!!........ Only thing is I've dared to have an opinion different to yours
COYG

Oliver Roberts injured at the moment.

Make your mind up- are they facts or opinion?
We have a different opinion to each other-so?
It seems to bother you but doesn’t bother me- if we all though the same the forum would be rather boring.
My comment is instead of looking at it in the focus of our youngsters are keeping out other players from aus- hence showing them they are better than those players and so therefore encouraging them to continue to play better -you see it as a negative. It’s a squad game- we can’t play all our players, apart from Connor there arent any youngsters we’ve failed to keep hold of so I just dont get your negativity.