I do expect Saints to have a very large chunk of cap available for next year, with Hopoate, Roby, LMS and Mata'utia all expected to be leaving, and further question marks over Ritson, Hurrell, Bell and Norman. We are likely to be after a centre, wing, hooker and prop being the likely areas we look to recruit in (and maybe another backrow).

Bell is okay, full of enthusiasm. Seems very limited in every position other than lock though

We needs a second row, is Mata'utia going home?

Quote Marcus's Bicycle="Marcus's Bicycle"We needs a second row, is Mata'utia going home?'" Unfortunately so; Quote Marcus's BicycleThis is my last year in England and hopefully there is some interest back home here and to getting back and playing with someone here, but if not - it is what it is.'" https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... s-26215220

Quote Marcus's Bicycle="Marcus's Bicycle"We needs a second row, is Mata'utia going home?'" Unfortunately so; Quote Marcus's BicycleThis is my last year in England and hopefully there is some interest back home here and to getting back and playing with someone here, but if not - it is what it is.'" https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... s-26215220

Such a small amount of talent available with everyone buying from the same pool.
Hopefully Smith can be creative.
We just have to hold our nerve and get through this year. At least the never ending jam tomorrow looks more promising with a proven head coach in place finally.

Aye , Going be a bumpy ride but hopefully .Better days to come .

My one hope is that we sign players who will offer value throughout the whole of their contract. Too often we sign a player at or past their peak and get 1-2 good years out of them before their cap space is wasted.

Hoy & Clifford for example should be better players at the end of their contract than now. I’d rather be concerned about needing to find the cap space to keep them

While we havent recruited well over the years, we arent the hottest club to join, we've not won much over the years have missed the top6 a lot over the years and Hull has a bad reputation as a place to live and is a fair commute from West Yorkshire. We will have to outpay to get anyone with more offers to think about

I for one, don't care about recruiting quality players, we need people with a quality attitude first.

I have no idea how true this may or may not be, but I attend the same barber as TS, in Willerby. The proprietor, is Josh Hodgson's best friend and according to him, Hull have some very big investment coming their way in the shape of a local business man, who is massively rich and a hated rival of the MKM group. It was also said that we are safe from relegation, because of the state of Wakefields's pitch and our attendances and the facilities at the stadium. He also said that Pearson has threatened the entire squad with early termination of their contracts, if they repeat their Salford performance and is prepared to back TS all the way. apparently , Hoy is not happy with life in the UK and is mulling over an early release. He also said that Sao has had an offer elsewhere, which he thinks he will accept and that has implications for Satae's renewal. Worrying times but possibly some light at the end of this bleak tunnel. Can see Rovers posting a huge score on Good Friday if we cannot motivate ourselves.

If Salford can rebuild every other season when their best players get poached by the NRL / top 4 in the super League, then we can do it, need to be ruthless and have a much better scouting system in place than we seem to currently

Possibly some truth in some of that though how much time will tell. As for Hoy he certainly looks like a player that isn't happy currently but that could just be down to playing with a team of lazy ar5ses