Wouldnt surprise me if we saw tuim at stand off and smith at centre after a few games.We cert have lots of options COYH

If smith gets into our squad never mind our 17 I'd be fuming and a sign that Radford has no faith in the youth or his signings!

The only reason I can see is signing Smith is to cover full back as apart from Shaul we don't have anyone. He would be about 8th choice for and wing.

Shaul
Michaels
Carlos
Fonua
Talanoa
Pryce
Sneyd
Watts
Houghton
Ellis
Mini
Pritchard
Abdul/Manu

Washbrook
Taylor
Thompson
Abdul/Manu

Though I don't think it'll be long into the season till we see Carlos at 6 and Logan in the .

Looks good, my only change would be Thompson for Green.

Is Ellis really going to be playing front row? Seems a waste to me. Never seemed the type.
I guess we'll see.

For me the progress and consistency of the performances from logan last season makes it very difficult to drop him and somewhat unfair as he was one shining light of our season. He deserves to start and kick on from last year. None of the other clubs would drop a player who performed with the right attitude and skill set as he did. The try assists and the chase for danny Houghton kick against wigan which many would of gave up on is testimant to that, along with genuine pace out wide, it would send out the wrong message and we need to nurture this kid because he could be a class act.

Ellis will do spells in both the front and back row. Mainly in the front row I would guess due to the sheer strength we have in the back row. With he likes of Pritchard, Mini, Manu, Abdull, Thompson, Washbrook, Whiting, Hadley and youngsters.

HDM's prediction for Salford: www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC- ... z3wSGuOf84 Shaul Fonua Logan Tuimavave Talanoa Pryce Sneyd Taylor Houghton Watts Minichiello Pritchard Abdull

HDM's prediction for Salford: www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC- ... z3wSGuOf84 Shaul Fonua Logan Tuimavave Talanoa Pryce Sneyd Taylor Houghton Watts Minichiello Pritchard Abdull

Yeh looks strong, but if ellis is fit, he starts, we want our captain, leader on the pitch as much as possible.

Just think we need to be careful with Ellis. Don't want to over do it with minutes he plays. I'd rather he play 10-20 minutes less each week but be available for each round (I know it doesn't always work that way!). Hopefully though he'll be one of those freakish players that Menzies and Peacock were, and just go on forever!

i agree with the above poster. i think this season we might use ellis more off the bench for a couple of reasons. we have a great back row now without him, he can be used sparingly from the bench and should give us impact when he comes on. in addition to this he can cover all positions apart from hooker in the forwards so gives us a few interchange options. the only issue is that of the captaincy.

i really like the prospect of a watts, houghton and taylor starting front row. these 2 props can really kick on this year and push for international honours

I think its going to be interesting to see how many minutes both Watts & Taylor will play. Will Radford over use them or use them sparingly? as both can play big minutes.
We have certainly got plenty of go forward in the pack so hopefully when Taylor & Watts are interchanged we wont see any negative impact like we have seen in the past when the replacement forwards come on and we lost ground at crucial times.

This is my fear, I'd rather we split our two best props up a bit as opposed to them being on the pitch exactly at the same time. Notwithstanding we have a great pack and some depth having greater balance and consistency over the full 80 minutes is the key to winning more games as opposed to dropping off due to fatigue or less quality/impact coming on at certain points in the match.

Between watts Ellis and Taylor all have big mins in them so 1 should always be on the field. 2 will be together for big periods and all 3 at points. Also their big mins would allow us to use feka as a pure impact player. A luxury few teams have or use these days