[quote="bonaire":adj2o5z4]We have room on the salary cap now and if we hadnt wasted money on signing the likes of Chamberlain,Briscoe and Abdul then it would have been quite possible to add two quality players. Little point saying would players come to Hull FC .You have to have the ability to sell the club to players irrespective of last seasons position.Pearson did it with Gaz Ellis and im sure Motu has had to do some selling when at the club then there was the Bunting era when someone at the club did a great job of promoting Hull FC Some people have that abilty others dont I agree the squad is more experienced should be stronger on the field and if the fitness levels are raised much higher which it seems is happening under Cartwright then we should compete but lack of strike in the backline is alarming and we dont have the forward strength to dominate teams up front to compensate[/quote:adj2o5z4] I would respectively suggest that in answer to your points selling the club to Gareth Ellis with a team that had just finished 6th in the League, had an average attendance of well over 11,000 and had Yeaman Tickle Westerman O'Meley, Willie Manu Tom Briscoe Richard Horne Heramaia and Rich Whiting all signed up was a lot easier than selling the rag bag we had representing us last season to anyone!! The same goes for Motu who benefitted greatly by the number of NRL players who were clambering to get to Super league because the difference between the two leagues was so much closer and he had the contacts in abundance. And as for Arthur Bunting, he oversaw an era in which I only missed 7 games home and away. Well he inherited two big signings from DDD and then attracted the best players in the British game to the club simply by offering them '3 times more than any one else could afford' if we wanted a player we just got him, as we were at the time the richest club in the game. With no salary cap issues we had all the money. I once asked Knocker exactly why he signed for us and he replied very honestly for the money. I still maintain that selling the current HullFC to players in a buyers market such as exists in Super League at present was a tough one. We have actually got a couple of players I would never have thought we would have. Give Myler and Cartwright and indeed our new owners a chance for once.

[quote="Steve0":vpkbajzr]And in 2022 we had Gale and Reynolds in the halves [/quote:vpkbajzr] he said one, not both

[quote="Rugby Raider":zgm1158y]Having halves on the field is not our strong point in the past few seasons. Even in 2022, Gale got sent off after 30 mins in the second match v Saints and got banned for 5 weeks. Think he also picked up another ban later in the season? Can’t remember how many games Reynolds played that season?[/quote:zgm1158y] https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seas ... mmary.html Reynolds managed 10 games that season before being binned off...with Will Smith in as his replacement, another forgettable half

[quote="Rugby Raider":zgm1158y]Having halves on the field is not our strong point in the past few seasons. Even in 2022, Gale got sent off after 30 mins in the second match v Saints and got banned for 5 weeks. Think he also picked up another ban later in the season? Can’t remember how many games Reynolds played that season?[/quote:zgm1158y] https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seas ... mmary.html Reynolds managed 10 games that season before being binned off...with Will Smith in as his replacement, another forgettable half

Sneyd in Lam in the halves for Leigh will be a decent partnership

[quote="Irregs#16":1jot4u9v]Sneyd in Lam in the halves for Leigh will be a decent partnership[/quote:1jot4u9v] Just seen micks tweet. Probably means it's a non starter

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kh6 ... are-mobile Interview with Asiata on Humberside. Mike White says the captaincy to be announced this week

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kh6 ... are-mobile Interview with Asiata on Humberside. Mike White says the captaincy to be announced this week