I was convinced the club made the Clifford announcement in attempt to lure him out from his hiding place, He must be really hurting.

Armstrong and Staveley have both had some interest from the NRL, so the fact we have nailed down Nick for a couple of years, and hopefully Kye, is a sign that they will be involved more sooner rather than later

Yeah and I'd think we would be looking at younger too, given the hard minutes of those older NRL players have done in their careers, in a harder league; they do tend to be physically shot to bits in the forwards, with some notable exceptions like Mini, McQueen and Menzies

I'm a massive fan of Armstrong, he's a really impressive young kid. No pressure on him but with his body shape and the way he plays the link man role in the middle it's hard to not think of Isaah Yeo. With a good preseason and putting on some more kgs I'd like to see him spend time in the Championship playing against blokes for a while instead of kids his own age.

That has to be the plan for a lot of them next year. Get some kg's put on in the close season, players like Manoa, Martin, Barron, Sully, Laidlaw, Armstrong, Jebson, Severs, and getting them playing some Championship Rugby

Leeds getting closer to Levi. The raiders currently have 4 hookers on their books.

It would be brave for them to allow both Levi and Woolford to go unless they think they’ve got a class youth prospect.

Laidlaw gone to Keighley on loan until the end of the season, its good that we're getting them gametime in the championship, just wish it was for teams that aren't getting tanked every week.

Adam Clune made available according to Aaron Bower.

Of all the Hull young prospects, not including Litten, who is almost established, I think Armstrong, Staveley and Jebson will be the three that go on to good things with us. The others may well also make it, but when I have seen the three I mention, you can tell they have it, With Smith's guidance we could soon have the core of a team of Hull first players, although we need to be patient ,as success hungry fans. The answer is so obviously in how we nurture the talent we have coming through, rather than importing players. As good as Clifford has been for us, it is undeniably a blow; to lose him. We must now recruit a new playmaker , effectively start again with two thirds of a new spine, and there must also be doubts on Hoy's future, as he and Clifford were good friends, the lure of a return home could prove tempting, if he has the chance to go back, although he does look like he's now enjoying the UK a bit more of late .I actually feel better about the club and the journey to come than I have in years and there is nothing better than seeing Hull lads winning. Players like Yeaman, Horne, King, and latterly Tag and Houghton know what that means to the fans and it's special.

Cant see us and several other S/L clubs announcing any major signings until they know exactly how much they will get from TV rights

Hopefully if Sky are left out it will do away with Thursday games