Spaven position in the squad will be filled probably by 18 year old english man Kristian Bell,although he signed 12 months ago from St Helens so that won't please you either.

I'd take Phelps.

Same could be said of certain HKA fans regarding attendane figures at Quins games....together with their unproven assumptions of back handed payments by the RFL, Unproven assumptions I'll add together with preferential treatment over the years...again, unproven.
What is a fact is that you will have 10 overseas players in your squad next year and your stadium is still only just better than Hell View and not as good as the Jungle......with your chairman doing the same as Quins by proppping you up financially.......none of which is on the RFL 's wish list.....


....no issue with the young lad from St Helens, although the idea is to develop your own. Scott Murrell is a good example of a player who got a second chance at HKA and took it. He was never going to make it at Leeds but has done a job for you guys (as he did on loan in London a few years back).......but it still beggars the question that if Spaven was good enough in 2010....what's happened for him to be deemed not good enough a few months later?

Presumably we won't be given any credit for his development.

Yet another thread gets de-railed HKR style.

Clearly, playing only 2 games suggests he erm...wasn't.

Actually, I think you will find, It's HKA

Of course you will....and well done now for seeing the potential as well


Now...about those 10 overseas players


Roversmad......he was in your academy side and stepped up when needed......he had potential, otherwise someone else would have been asked to step up....HTH

...as opposed to HKA

The same could be said about Sam Tomkins, the difference being he proved good enough and is now an international, whereas Spaven is now at Donny.

Nope......totally different.

Sam Tomkins was picked to play as a squad member in 2009.....he got a chance to play through injuries...and made an impact over about 10 or 11 games. He was also mentioned in reports prior to 2009 with regard to him being one to watch.
The major difference though is that a player, who your coach felt could do a job when asked to.......ie, when you needed cover, was good enough for SL on July 24th.....but only good enough for CH1 bottom dwellers 3 months later. If you had more faith in these kids instead of paying average overseas players in your pursuit of your better run and more recently successful neighbours, HKR could once again be a force to be reckoned with......as it is, you will suddenly HAVE TO prune your squad over the next 3 years and will have nobody coming through to replace them....cue more aplications for dispensations.
Year 5 of SL for HKR.....you are a team full of imports that have achieved very little.
Year 5 of London in SL and there was a 2nd place finish...and a CC final.....neither winning anything, but closer than you've managed and we only had 9 overseas players in year 5

It's great that you've set us such a standard to aspire to. I'm sure that was the motivation for the class of 06.
"Let's get in SL lads and one day, who knows, we could be the next 'quins" (just have to shed a few fans first).