[quote="Dave K.":rvjnh6cm]Nothing to do with playing for the academy, any non fed player can be a marquee and only 50k count on the cap. So this would be Sneyd[/quote:rvjnh6cm] Actually I think it's only 50k if the player is club trained but 75k for fed trained. So Sneyd (if he came back) would be 75k but Lewis (not that it will happen) would be 50k because he was at the City of Hull Academy.

Abdull has been advised to retire due to the severity of his knee problem.

That's what they will be telling you!

[quote="RockNRolla":3m5jp4iu]Abdull has been advised to retire due to the severity of his knee problem.[/quote:3m5jp4iu] If that’s true it’s hardly the embarrassment for the club people are making out. It was always a risk given his injury record but let’s not forget it didn’t seem to stop us chasing other halfback targets it’s not like we put all our eggs in that basket, we announced Abdul way before we went for Lam and Sailor etc. It’s just desperately unlucky for Jordan, but if that’s the case you’d imagine they might be insurance and stuff that also might come into play. It does put us in an awkward situation though having to wait on what might or might not happen with Salfords finances and a player that might not fancy the move anyway dictating if we start the season a playmaker down. I’m sure the Cust signing was likely made with an eye on the Abdul situation also.

[quote="DSJ1983"]If that’s true it’s hardly the embarrassment for the club people are making out. Exactly. As usual people quickly jump to conclusions.

Would be very surprised if Sneyd comes back. He left for 2 main reasons 1. To be near his family which Leigh are. 2. 3 year contract I think he will go to Leigh as Beaumont will match whatever Hull offer just to stick 2 fingers up to us. Also dont like players going back plus snyed getting on now so would be a big risk. Other thing Syned and Sezer very similar players. Remember Leeds with Sezer & Austin they were an awfull pairing because they both wanted to organise the team and were both pretty slow. We should wait for other options