Don't think there is anything in this, when he is OOC at the end of next season then he may move, but I fully expect him tube at Hull next year.

Earlier on in the season he commented that he wants to stay at Hull for years like Yeaman has.

I really hope that is the case.

That's a terrible counter to my post..
Fash Osbourne and matongo have viritually no games between them. Thompson is a very niche thing for us in that he's NOT a prop. Sometimes he works there sometimes it doesn't. If our marquee player and earner and 1of the best regarded 2nd rows finds himself playing dead centre field tackling and carting cos we've a few injuries we need our heads looking at. Ellis plays 3rd prop tbf as most teams do so u need 5 generally on a match day when all are fit. We have 5 and 3 kids unproven at this level

Wigan..
Mossop
Clubb
Flower
Sutton
Navarett
Tautai
Nuasala
O loughlin (3rd prop or a ball handler)

Saints..
Amor
Walmsley
Douglas
LLMS
Thompson
Richards
And in market for fafita AND walker apparently

Wire..
Hill
Simms
Dodds
Crosby
Cooper
Westwood
Cox
Bailly

Still say we're short

so other clubs interested can have him for you? check the wigan match n see how we linked better with him on my opinion

Abdul is a great talent but he's too fat which slows him down and makes him a defensive weak point. He's very talented but he'll throw that away if he doesn't get himself in shape

Bang on the money.

His future is in his own hands. He just needs to put the kebab down and grasp it.

Jordan seems to get his genes from his fathers side of the family, he's about 30st.

Probably gets his jeans from his dad too

I wasn't trying to counter anything, merely stating that those are the players we have who can play a certain position.

However, since you brought it up... With regards to the younger lads, how do expect them to get beyond playing "virtually no games between them" if they're not seen as genuine back up and we go out and sign players who would be picked ahead of them? In that list you name Navarette, Sutton, Thompson and Richards who have all recently come through various academies, maybe we should see if our lads can do the same?

Fair enough yes..They need opportunity. But need drip feeding into it. Based on our squad with 2 or more injuries (not difficult,had our fortunes this year in that regard) we're straight into putting them into a key part of what we do as a team and hoping they'll come through ok with no previous to go on. That's not usually how teams go about winning comps. Obviously how said teams above are not going about it. It's just my opinion but we're 1 shy of the right cover. I've seen enough of the young lads mentioned to feel fine about them coming in for a game or 2 under our own terms. Long term injury (anything over 3 or 4 week to a couple of our main men I'd worry

Fair points with regards to the long term cover. It's just difficult to manage the cap I guess, so becoming reliant on the youth players are a necessity (see wigan). If it was a choice between signed another forward who may not get much game time (hopefully), or signing a 6, then I don't feel we have much option.

An outside back is a strange one for me, unless someone like Naughton is leaving.

The Naughton rumour is a strong one, and if he leaves it will be disappointing. He's already back in Oz.

Agree not sure we need another outside back when we have Naughton, Connor and Logan. I'd use the cap to sign an experienced Stand Off.

think Lancaster and naughton are going,

As for noggers being back in Oz don't forget though his mum lives in Oz so could just be going back for the off season, so could be a bit of a red herring and fuelling the rumour.

Would be disappointed to see him go but it maybe to get the 6 that AP alluded too we have to ship some out & maybe Naughton is one, who knows.

With the resigning of Michaels you do wonder where Naughton will play and how often as for me when he comes in for the odd game he hadn't been great at times but when he had a run of games he was pretty good. Plus still young and no quota spot required for him so seeing as Lancaster has been released would be strange to see Naughton go too.

3 less now.

Thought Cox went okay for Wire when I saw him.
I also see Catalans have signed 32 year old Greg Bird on a 5 year contract!

Is George King still there next year? Not sure, but if he is he should have been on that list too.

Missed that about Greg Bird!
Great player on his day, but five years is crazy. No wonder they're having a clear out to free up some cap space.

Last 2 years of the 5 are as a coach, per the Beeb - so its an equally ridiculous 3-year deal. Great pension for him.

In some ways our lack of an injury crisis this season proved to be a curse. I think that because his strongest 17 was available most weeks that Radders opted to play that 17. Which is understandable as it was very tight at the top of the table and fielding our strongest team whenever possible gave us our best chance of success.

Unfortunately that meant we had a few players out of energy by the end of the season as we perhaps didn't make as good a use of the squad and the u23's as we could of. Which also impacted some of our younger players as they didn't get the run outs they were maybe expecting to aid their development and gain them some experience.

Hopefully fortune will favour us again next year regarding injuries but we'll also have the chance (and take it) to rotate.

If you mean john that's his step dad mate

You dont need injuries to rotate the squad.
Cant blame Radford for going with his strongest 17 most weeks but i think he will re think this for next season as another lesson learnt as will his interchanges.

Agree , blaming our failures on not having injuries is ridiculous