Don't you think Smith has anything to do with the way we play?

The second point is you just making a massive assumption to fit your negative outlook. You literally have no proof that we are playing catch up with recruitment. We're not the only team to have announced no signings yet.

I think we are:

Warrington - Lachlan fitzgibbon
Wigan - Walters, Keighran, Chan, leeming
Leeds - Goudemond
St Helens -Mbye, Clarke
Huddersfield - George Flanagan jnr from Bradford plus probably swift
Catalan - Satae
Hull kr - Gildart
Wakefield - Griffin
Cas - Putt, Horne
Salford - singleton
Leigh - Dan norman

So if you take norman out, every club bar us and Leigh has announced a signing, Horne and Griffin are for next season too

Not for next season, alot of clubs have made signings for this season though.

Griffin,Horne, Mbye and singleton all signed with deals going into next season.

So it just Leigh not to announce a signing alongside us

So did Sutcliffe, Trueman and Hoy.

It’s a fair point about Clifford though I think a lot of it is down to the change in coach and what he has brought to the club. Don’t get me wrong Swift is great and we’re gonna miss him but it should be noted he’s playing his best rugby under Smith.
Satae is still on his one the best forwards in SL but as Thursday night showed he is also very inconsistent and can be more often pretty average.

I think most players have improved in the short time that Smith has been here, the only one than seems to not have is Lane.

I doubt think it’s wrong to say but minus Griffin we have the smallest and poorest SR options so if we can improve that for next season it will be be a big improvement.

We definitely need more quality additions and to replace the players leaving with the same level of player. We’ve let Griffin & Evans go without replacing them which also doesn’t help.

Still think come pre season we will be much better but it isn’t going to happen overnight due to the mess left by both Radford & Hodgson.

In the next 5 we play 3 of the top 5 and both teams fighting for relegation. Tricky run incoming.

so Ashworth and Tindall are inspiring?
Think you can add those two to your uninspiring list

But alot of signings don't get announced till end of season Clifford was October/November time iirc

But we do need atleast 8 players

Winger
Centre
Scrum half
2 props
Hooker
2 2nd rows

Hull are losing a lot of their best players and nobody of note replacing them yet.

Tony Smith sometimes signs players on big money like Vete, Sims and Takairangi so he by no means always gets it right.

We won't know for a few months yet but right now Hull FC 2024 looks weaker than Hull FC 2023.