I know right, imagine picking up young, cheap British players that could turn out to be absolute gems in the game at the detriment of playing academy players who obviously just are not ready or good enough? bonkers!

It seems to get you all very wound up on here about our youth set up, lets see how you go in a couple of years when you can actually afford decent players and how many youth come through for you, you have a history of bigging up young players to be future superstars and many of them simply fall from grace very early.

We’ve been snookered by hull for years all the best young players in the city have always choose FC over us there’s no getting away from that but with Lewis and the investment into youth set up the 3G pitch and facilities that are following plus we now have Netherton Lovegrove Webster SKD and Hiku all on coaching set up for academy they’re trying to make it more fashionable for kids to sign for us over you

You’re edging your bet towards ‘throw money at it and hope it works’

I’m sorry to let you down but we aren’t having a short stint at the top table we are building everything to stay there long term, the plans surrounding craven park will change the club forever and make it sustainable and yes dare I say it profitable which will enhance every aspect of the club this isn’t jsut a castleford 2017 or a hull 2016 we’re everything has come together in the first team

The plans across the board are all to aid the first team, the recruitment has been spot on I agree but the flash in the pan theory has been debunked already as we’ve finished 4th 2nd and currently predicted to finish top 2 again

Young lads flocked to hull because kr didn’t have a sniff of what you had, that has long gone, the monopoly with the youth all wanting to go to hull is changing by the minute

We've heard all this crap for the last 10 years nothings changed we've still won trophies and rovers haven't.

rovers throwing money at the amateur game locally, bringing in coaches, buying kit etc. to try and get them all sending their players to rovers rather than us. We need to go on a charm offensive too with our hugely wealthy owners

Jake gets it, healthy competition and genuine want to help the community clubs, both clubs doing this helps the city all round

Something that should have been done 20 years ago but hull had the stadium league position and strength to not worry about rovers taking youth