Given we have not heard the extent of the injuries and illness’s since the weekend, our half back Options’s are not looking great.

Sneyd? Illness?can we expect him back for the Cas game?

Kelly, hammy? How long is he expected to be sidelined?

Abdull. Looked a bad one. I know Radford said after the game it was a broken leg, but at the time it looked like it might be a knee ligaments issue.

Ian there (a) scope Tom bring someone in for a month or two and (b) if so, who would it be?

Without inside knowledge from our club, and just on the reaction of Jordon Abdul reactions on the field, and Radders stating he had a possible broken leg/ankle, unfortunately we have probably lost him for the season, speedy recovery Jordon.

Kelly seems to have an ongoing knee/hamstring problem, which in an ideal world we could leave him to rest, and recover, hope he’s back ASAP.

Jamie apparently had a family bereavement, and Sneyd was ill. So hoping both are ready for our next game.

Connor/ Carlos can cover for AK. And possibly Maloudi in the halves, he’s definitely quick enough.

We have injuries, but we also have a good squad, and don’t think we will need to dip into the loan/transfer market for half backs, and as an aside I saw a young kid scrum half who looked lightning fast either in the academy or City of Hull team, not sure of his name or which team it was just a clip I saw on Facebook.

Abdulls is 100 percent a break , think it’s his ankle but not sure , I think personally although we won’t have our preferred choice at 6 we have enough quality in the squad to cover for a period of time .conner , Carlos if need be , is anyone ready for a call in the academy?

Think we are ok as it stands, we have Connor, Sneyd, Hakim and Carlos.

Hopefully Kelly isn't out for too long.

We won the cup and had our best season in many a year with sneyd and carlos as half backs

Perhaps, but they had some monster forwards to play off the back of. I feel our halves have to be a bit more creative given our pack is weaker then it was in 2016.

Indeed. Maybe you can make some suggestions of quality, fed trained halfs who would improve our squad, are available and who we could fit under the salary cap

True , but our pack was awesome.
This year it is average.

Been told Jordan has a compound fracture of his leg, broken in three places. Hope it isn’t that bad but probably end of his season. Get well soon.

I know and it's probably easier to find a decent forward at this stage than it is to find a decent half back

Yeah Abdull broke his shin in three places, Sneyd had a sinus problem and couldn't fly so will be ok this week.
I'd personally go Sneyd and Connor till Kelly is fit leave Carlos and Griffin in centres. Shaul at 1 and Miloudi cover maybe of the bench or have Litten on there to cover DH we looked better when DH had a breather.

Liam Harris would be the only choice available but to throw a kid into super league would do more harm than good for everyone concerned.

Anyway, we are blessed with a deep set of half backs. On top of that we also have Hadley and Washy who have both played in the halves. Not ideal but they are an option. If we have injuries to Sneyd and Kelly and Connor and Abdull and Tuimavave and Miloudi then we might be in real trouble.

Fortunately I am not head of recruitment at Hull FC.

I have not looked at the squads of the UK or Oz teams to answer this question.

The intention of the thread was to perhaps get some names put forward.

Rich Whiting?

Never heard of him, but I guess he must be superman or something suggest him.

Not concerned about halves. We have plenty of options. Pack is a worry for me. We have to do something to bolster it a bit. I have never been as keen on Minichiello as a lot on here. He has always made bags of errors and missed too many tackles, but I could live with that because he was such a strong ball carrier. But he isn't even doing that now. Definitely gone one year too many imo. Bowden has also gone from one of the best 3rd/4th choice props in the league to being completely ineffective. Masi is doing ok but at this stage in his development we can't expect him to be a stand out. If Bowden hasnt significantly improved his performances by the time Westerman is fit I would consider pushing Manu up into the front row and dropping him. For now. Assuming that Kelly doesn't play (and Abdull obviously) I would like to see:

Shaul
Faraimo
Connor
Tuimavave
Talanoa
Miloudi
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Green
Manu
Griffin
Hadley

Paea
Bowden
Lane
Litten

Not a chance in hell that will be the team though.

you are right not a chance
I would also play Miloudi at 6 so that we can keep the centres of Connor and Tuimavave and offer something different from halfback.
Minichello to start with Griffin on the bench with Lane.
The key with both Mini and Manu now is giving them ample interchange time to get the best out of them rather than playing them into the ground

Hopefully ellis is looking in and can give us some ideas then