Said before - what’s the point of banging on about local players but winning just more than you lose
We had a mass of local lads under Agar at one point
It’s when we have local lads playing in the GF after finishing Top 2 that we should be making a lot of noise
I’ve also said the Academy needs a total shake up with kids working on skills 15-20 hours week
We might cut out the missed tackles errors

I just don’t buy the local players bit .
The Club all week have sugar coated the loss of Watts with talk of local talent. Fair enough if they are quality and winning you games . At the moment we have a lot of “Hull” lads in the side , but are they going to win us Trophies? Masi has been announced and heralded this week , much like Tommy Lee was when we got rid of Danny Brough . Matongo may be one for the future, but a bit a pressure has been dropped on him with the timing of the announcement!
If the Club has some money to spend, and cap room it needs to be spent if a player is available, or offer a fee for a target.

Did you follow your Uncle WIZEB'S advice?
See, some of us are aware we can get beat any time, at any place.

If Kelly is back next week is it time to Give Sneyd a rest?... I'm pretty sure he is trying too hard to do too much... (and its affecting all aspects of his game)

Hows the tyson wilson brothers coming on,mrs b said they were future stars,aren't they ready yet.?

Maybe our local Lads will stand up in the Derby ? As yours might ?

We signed back to back Lance Todd trophy winner Marc Sneyd so Harry dropped down the order cockle. You'll remember this as you posted that you wanted anyone to win at Wembley in 2016 apart from Hull. Similar for Bobby and Sika

What do you call local lads,is that lads who came through your academy or just hull born lads.?

Maggot watch! He,s back had a win GF here they come

I know a great signing for next season
Nearly made Aussie man of Steel and getting rave reviews and still young
Josh Hodgson

Why, to replace Houghton? He's not going to make enough impact to justify the salary IMHO (because he'd be the highest paid player at the club to draw him back).
I wasn't all that impressed with him at the WC either.

If bumpy doesn't rate him, SIGN HIM UP!

Totally agree, why we would spend a large amount of cap when we have one of the best hookers in the league?

Plus why we would he leave the NRL, got be realistic with targets and target a position we need.

Josh hodgson signed with canberra till 2022.

Maybe Hodgson wouldn't be the best value for money but we definitely need to start looking at another hooker to work with DH. Its unrealistic to think DH can continue playing 80 mins as he hits his 30's and hes starting to pick up injuries which previously he never did. If Litten is the answer then great but I cant see Washbrook being here next season so if Litten still isn't ready then we need an alternative.

Matty Russell rumour doing the rounds!!!

I agree, think Litten could be the answer and should be ready for a few more games next year, hopefully he will get a good run of games at Donny and will benefit like Abdul did.

If we don't think he will be ready I'd look to bring James Cunningham back to the club.

I hope not, although he is a Radford type winger, too many errors in his game, I'd rather have Lineham back.

Interesting one. Wire obviously signed another back today & seemed to have plenty of options anyway and we're probably an outside back short in the squad.


It's quite difficult to say where & when we should use Watts's cap space. We're well-stocked at prop & centre. Right now we need a hooker, but how much game time would a new hooker be likely to get when Houghton returns? At half we have Sneyd & Kelly with Connor likely moving to 6 next year. Wings we're ok, maybe need a backup as mentioned. Fullback, I've spoken about Shaul, he's brilliant at certain things, but useless if we try and use him as a pivot in attack, Miloudi backup. I'd probably say 2nd row, after Mini & Manu we're straight onto our youngsters (although I'm really impressed with Lane), assuming Hadley & Abdul spell each other at 13.

We need an impact player - a Willie Manu, Sam Moa (when he first came), someone who can lift the team and the intensity. At the moment, we replace like for like and have no variety

Absolutely agree with you but I'm assuming we have no quota places left so will have to wait until next year.

That's right, we have all 7 Non-Fed spots used at the mo.

Kelly, Talanoa, Manu & Mini all OOC at the end of this year.

Paea & Faraimo OOC 2019.

Tuimavave OOC 2020

Talanoa and Mini to leave for me at the end of this year (probably Kelly too), so could be some new blood next year

I agree with you.Its great to see young players coming through but at this stage you cant expect them to deliver every game they play especially if given a run of games like Masi,Fash and Jordan Lane have recently.
In the meantime i would use Griffin off the bench to provide a bit of impact into the forwards.
I still dont rate him as a centre but have seen enough of him to see when he is fresh he would have the power to bust some tackles.

Kelly is odds on to leave anyway as he and his family want to go back to Australia
Minichello looks to me as though he is playing his last season.You cant go on forever
Talanoa possibly.Wouldnt surprise me to see jack Logan take his place on Friday