You are right about Connor, it's sickening to see how well he is progressing at Hull, with his good hands and rugby brain he was always going to make a good half. He's not the quickest, but he has the x factor, especially near the oppositions line.

good news on sam wood, think he could be a good second rower for us

prob see him play centre tonight and never let us down.

we have lost jake connor, mullally and joe wardle in recent times... wasnt long ago we used to lose players and they werent much of a loss as they never went onto do anything but maybe we are losing a few now

cant keep them all though remember!!

Why not play Broughy at 9 it would give us a few more options and he would be fresher coming off the bench.I can see Hinchcliffe doing another season Jools but we will see.

he can defo play there but means displacing one of obrien and leeming

hinchy will head back home id say, one of the highest paid at club and we need that salary cap space

The way to improve a team is to replace good players with better players when they are available.If they are not available then you have to stick with what you've got.There appear to be less and less players in the market every year and more and more competion for those that are available(the likes of Toronto and Tolouse have contributed to the situation).Recruitment is becoming harder and harder and if a player is wanting to win medals and honours they are not going to come to us.I would be quite happy to lose one overseas player if that money was used to run a reserve team and develop the academy further,this is where the future of all clubs lie

I would honestly lose 2 overseas players myself.

If we lost Symonds and Wakeman this season, it wouldn't make a difference to our team really.

brough gets his 1 yr deal, cant say im overjoyed but super league isnt improving so he can still operate at this level, unfortunately its mean we wont improve as a team for another 12months at least, certainly in attack and kicking goals anyway... get to see him mouthing off at every play another player makes too that doesnt come off which i dont like to see its not good for the team, one thing we can never question though is his effort..

worried we could be losing ferguson , would much rather we signed him up asap

I think the real way to develop a winning team - and more so in the current circumstances you describe - is to develop it in house. Get the core of the team from your own youngsters, then bring in some stardust.

I’m surprised that folk are happy/want players to extend . Eg Clough/ferguson who are players that were “unwanted” by stone according to many on here- now they are happy to sign them up. We aren’t improving our squad- we are just keeping the same one!

Exactly my point made on the Giants Facebook Jools. I believe the club has no ambition now and the yearly aims are just to scrape in the top 8, this squad is a million miles off top 4.

Regarding Ferguson and Clough, I've changed my mind on these due to they have been consistent and have an excellent injury record. Some fans would still be over the moon if we re sign Symonds, Hinchliffe, Wakeman and Murphy.

If we re sign anymore first team players who are OOC, how can the club really improve, with the exact same squad apart from maybe bringing 1 new *project* signing in?

For me Symonds, Wakeman and Murphy should 100% be their last season with us, but we know it won't be. People will rant saying Murphy is mr dependable but we need more than that now. We are not threatening down his wing at all.

Who knows what will happen with Mamo but he is definitely replaceable of he decides to go.

always been a fan of ferguson

think we might lose him

Meh