You are joking right?

Westerman and Sharp coming in this season have everyone on a high and I have read nothing but positives about the pair on here. Same with Fitzgibbon and O'Meley, if you ask me players get over-hyped on here, e.g. Tansey.

i'm pretty pleased with the signing of cameron phelps, he's nippy with a good rugby brain and a model pro, not a world beater but has the talent to shine at hull, i think he is the ideal replacement for tansey. i agree we still need a decent half back tho, and if the sammut deal has fallen through can't see it happening now.

1. Those people are tapped. Our lack of creativity blinded people to his obvious flaws. Phelps is a better player no question.

2. Maybe we have had problems signing someone? I dont think the club need to be spending under the salary cap to be making a profit anyway.

In his first season Phelps was brought in as a utility back, played occasionally at centre and although he wasn't bad his tackling technique meant he got ko'd a couple of times at the start. After that he was in and out on the wing until he finally got a run at FB when Mathers left with the Gleeson deal. From then until the end of the season he played very well at FB, he's more of a Hodgson type fullback where he can come in and act as another HB when required, was very effective at the end of last season, so much so that he got the number 1 shirt I think (?). Started the season there but got a pretty bad injury, during which time Roberts was on fire and then Tomkins took the role.

As others have said, if he was English, he'd still be with us IMO. I'd say play him at 6 or 1 (decent kicking game as well) and you'll be onto a winner.

The FC fans will love this, a new 'pivot full-back'

Not sure if he would be tbh, you have numerous players who can cover full back and with the quality of players like Charnley coming through Im not surprised he was released by Wigan.

Nope. 4-6 weeks maybe, if everything is done right

By the way, happy with this signing. Welcome aboard Cameron

Happy as long as it does not take longer than that. Good deal for a year I suppose. I sense though another year of painful mediocrity

his last one didnt take that long

I hope he is used as an out and out fullback and not a utility, people are saying that he gives us cover at halfback but were in the same situation, he can play a bit of 6 but so can Turner and Westerman.

With it looking unlikely that anyone else will come in, if Long gets injured I hope we give Williams a shot, hopefully the coaching staff rate him and have not brought him in to make the numbers up, could be more beneficial long term then slotting anyone in there who is not even comfortable in that position.