Dean Hadley is a recent Hull academy graduate too and as a Wakefield fan I can confirm he looks like a top player.

It's a different subject for a different thread. Apologies to all for the off topic!

In the last 5 years I have been largely impressed with Hull's youth work. They haven't got the balance right by any means though.

Us... the last couple of years has seen us blood more youngsters and I am more positive of the standard of those coming through, but we have a long way to go compared to those teams we hold up as the gold standard

Of course you can blood more youngsters. Look at the quality of the league your playing in.

As for last season it was only when you were destined tor the bottom 4 you brought them in. How many youngsters played in your most important game last season v Salford?

I'd take quality over quantity and at the moment fc are ahead of rovers in that department

Ha... can't we just get along!

Please re read my post but read "we have blooded more youngsters" as a relative to how many we had blooded in season previous, not as a comparison against how many Hull have blooded.

update
Hull FC [2018]
IN - Mickey Paea [Newcastle Knights] & Bureta Faraimo [New Zealand Warriors]

Sorry my opinion hit a nerve there. But that's all it is. We've all heard of the tripe coming from FC fans regarding their youngsters before.....remember the Tyson Wilson brothers?? Next biggest thing was them lads!.... Where are they now??
There's 5 in our young ranks I wouldn't swap for any of yours right now. That being Harris, Lawler, Cator, Wardill and Oakes. Top lads, all of them.

As for Logan, he won't get a game......back up at best. But in Abdul's case, the former Rovers academy player is having a great season. But he's going back after this season to sit in the stands, so that's unfortunate.

Hull FC sign yet more overseas players, something else which has increased under Nigel "pay rise" Wood, along with the scrapping of the old U21 academy.

2 overseas in, 2 out by the look of it!

fonau going, expect michaels to follow

Sill bitter after Saturday? We'll have one more overseas player than the mighty Leeds, same as this season.

you can have a go at Wood for a lot of things but signing overseas players is not one of them. It was more rife or at least as prevalent long before he came along. Look we would all like to have a 17 full of young local talent but its just not going to happen - the best teams have a mix of youth, experience and overseas players, that's just how it is in superleague. As long as the overseas players add to the team that's fine. Out of Hull's current crop i cannot find anyone who isn't contributing to the success in a big way both on and off the field, and that is good enough for me.

Update:-
Joe Wardle
IN Castleford Tigers
OUT Newcastle Knights

Sitaleki Akauola
IN Warrington Wolves
OUT Penrith Panthers

James Bentley
IN St Helens
OUT Bradford Bulls

Who?

Seriously - why are reserve graders being granted visas?

Your best player was a reserve grader (Assuming you are a Widnes fan )

Don't quite get that opinion really, time and time again we have seen reserve graders come over to SL establish themselves a great career and are more than above standard of SL, majority come with a good attitude and make a success of themselves.

On the counter we have seen a lot of`established` NRL players and even so called superstars - The likes of Todd Carney, Kevin Locke come over and not do much at all but be a menace to our society.