Apologies if he's been snapped up already but I'd get O Brian Bradfords hooker tomorrow. Looks fantastic we are either keeping Moore or we ain't but this lad is a re talent. My friend a Bradford fan says he was their best player last year.

Hull FC bound i believe.

Been mentioned on numerous occasions, looked good in MPG but if Hull come knocking, who would you choose?

We could maybe get some office furniture and cheap carpeting at the same time?

We could offer them a couple of hundred quid for the coral stand if they deliver it!

Yeah I heard last week we had been linked with the lad but as you say tough competition if Hull are also in the hunt. Still you never know?

I imagine he'd get more playing time with us as Danny Houghton has been brilliant for Hull the last couple of seasons so that could work in our favour!

Yes, I would have thought the same really.

AFAIK Hull only Houghton whereas we've got Wood, Sio and Finn.

True but none of those are natural hookers.

Natural hoovers are virtually a thing of the past. Adaptability seems to be the main order of the day.
I don't really get the concern about the hooking role.

The hooker is for me the most important player on the field.
I think Wood and Finn will do a decent job but you can't recruit half heatedly for that role.

If we really do play Finn, it negates the point Chester was making about getting Williams in, to cover half back and improve competition. If Finn is a starting hooker, we have no competition at half back at all. It's just Williams and Miller. Good as that is, one injury and we are done.

Olbison has just gone to Widnes. I'd have been interested in him for back up in SR

Your bang on the nail there Pop Tart

Williams or Miller out, Finn or Wood to half back. Finn or Wood hooker with Sio.

Really don't get what you are on about, Finn played most of his career at Hooker and so has Wood.

I've no idea what a"natural" hooker is if that doesn't qualify or does it have to be on your birth certificate?

Bizarrely I actually agree 100% with vast man - think we ve done amazingly well to assemble the squad that we have on the limited resources we have and am more than happy with finn , wood and sio at hooker - especially if crowther is going to get a shot at back row - cant really see o brian getting regular game time at hull so good luck to him

No he isn't, that's signing a player for the sake of it based on a bit of reputation gained a few years back.

He's no better than Anakin or Molloy, nowhere near as good as Kirmond, Arona or Ashurst and nowhere near the potential of Crowther or Batchelor so why do we need the cover?.

I can't see anywhere we currently need players, not even in the hooking roll - what I do see is that half way through the season we may need a new player because of injuries or other unforeseen events - that's when we need to spend whatever cash we may have left

Have a chat with your mate Belly, he is an authority on hookers

You seem to agree with me quite a lot, so why the need to preface it with that statement. A lot of folk on here agree with a lot of what I post, they don't seem to feel the need to justify it - that my friend makes you a bit bizarre.

High class I'm sure

I know them cordless hoovers are the future....

As a Hull fan, i am a bit mixed on signing him (if we are). We have Houghton who does 80mins most weeks, and although he did look a bit burnt out at the end of the year, we have fantastic 17 year old hooker coming through called Jez Litten and as a short term measure i would rather he got the game time

Is that right? I didn't realise that.