It's more of a letdown when you realise that you've signed Alex Brown and Sean Gleeson. Sorry, but hype-building and being linked with marquee players sells tickets and generates interest. If we'd signed Tuimavave instead of Ellis, there'd be less pass sales.

'Hype building and interest in marquee players sells tickets'

Thats were we are going wrong, we need the Adam Pearson approach to Rugby League - just need Hudgell to put bids in for the likes of Chase and Prince. Then us silly supporters will buy tickets (even though Hudg really knows we are not going to sign them)

Think I'd rather we stick to going about our buisness quietly thanks

so your admitting to being an idiot who falls for all the spin and are happy theres no end product (ellis apart)

I know you are tiddles

I claim my £5

Didn`t some silly supporters splash out on Mason shirts?(What happened to them b.t.w.?)
We all do daft things where our clubs are involved.

The difference , surely , is that Mason turned up and played.
Unlike Prince ,Miller , Chase, Dobson etc

Mason is (quite rightly) used as a stick to frequently beat Rovers fans on these boards. Interestingly, he cost Rovers approximately the same per game as Sean Long did at Hull.

Food for thought.

If that's the height of your ambition, we were linked with Darren Lockyer a couple of seasons back, beat that my piggy faced amigo!
Same end product of your interest in Chase, Prince, Miller, taylor maybe even Dobson.

When is Greg Eden being announced? You'll then boast 50% of SL's top 4 error-makers.

Hopefully the 4 you talk of are all young enough to learn from these errors and improve with us. 50% of 4 is 2 yes? Hardly a worry.

Exactly. I think someone mentioned Uate's progression under Sandercock once.
Eden
Caro/Hall
Gleeson
Welham
Hodgson

Robust is the word I think you're looking for. In defence and attack.

It will be announced if/when the deal is signed, sealed and delivered. No sence in going to the press too early and ending up looking a right set of herberts.

Uate??? Never heard him and Sandercock mentioned in the same breath


Them backs should certainly score a bagfull, its just a matter of how many they can keep out

It's what we do.

Could be worse, could have a CEO predicting a 4th placed finish and ending up 10th. Herbert. Like that name.

no youve just got one predicting 6 english internationals and the worlds greatest halfback pairing coming in but then again he knows little about the game

Correct, as will be evidenced by you resuming supremacy over us in 2013. Hudgell has said you're established as the best team in Hull and have moved onto bigger targets. I'm sure, as referenced on the other board, with Eden and Ferguson, 5th is a realistic target for you.

I gather that you will be on here if the wheels come off for you next season? Seems alot of prejudgement about how your team are going to end up. What if you lot implode and end up a huge diserppointment? We will be here to remind you.

Patriot that I am, I feel happier with a young English error maker at fullback, as opposed to a money chasing Aussie mercenary error maker at fullback, but maybe that's just my personal choice.

What on earth are you talking about? Not for me the fair weather appearances of Zod, Easty and Philb. I've been on here consistently for 7+ years. The wheels have been completely off for at least half that time, you silly sausage. It looks ominous for us next season if you land the impressive Ferguson to your already gargantuan pack, but I'll be here to face the music. One thing you can't accuse me of is going AWOL when we're invariably awful/inferior.

Took the words right out of my mouth ( could make a song out of that ) there is no worse culprit more than Mcdonnell for that last cringeworthy tackle to save a try how many times last year did the east stand groan when it came to the fullbacks attempt to stop the player, I think Eden wud be a great addition

Well, Hudgell has as much as said he's been bankrolling this sort of player for the last couple of years. I hold out little hope for McDonnell, but 20 errors in 18 games is better than 47 errors in 24. I'm sure with Sandercock's ability to transform young players, like Uate for instance, these deficiencies will be ironed out.

McDonnell's missed tackle ratio 23%
Eden's missed tackle ratio: 28%

Fine choice of words ,robust.

Hows that centre of yours coming along.
the one signed on a big money , four year deal.
Managed 39 games in the previous four years.

That was so last year love

I don't know, but as you imply his huge deal is probably unwise. In Arundel's defence, though, at the start of that 4 year period he was 17. In comparison to his 39 games, Eden, Caro and Brown between them have managed 40 SL games combined in the same time period. And they're all older than Arundel.