Surely Marquee should mean someone who is international quality ?

George Williams, Tom Burgess, Eliot Whitehead for example.

Looks like we will continue having no representatives in Internationals or even train on squads.

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He's not gonna take a pay cut so that would mean his £175k (min) going in full on the cap instead of £100k as now...and then shell out for another marquee? Lose/lose.

I don't think Adam has come into possession of a money printing machine and gambling others money for no end result generally ends in tears.

Pearson and Myler have got this all wrong from the get go.

The facts relating to Jordan Abdul are:

- he’s been injury prone and struggled with weight his whole career. (Kelly was fat before he came to us)
- he would be a big earner.
- MOS point per game ratio is fantastic
- non quota
- Catalan and St Helens are both interested in signing him.

He obviously has massive flaws but realistically is a great player and better than anything we’ve got.

If Charles is going to be as good as we all think, it’ll provide us good cover if JA/ JT have a spell on the side line.

People acting like we’d be signing him from Champ and not from Catalan where he is first choice playing for a choice a lot of people are saying we should’ve brought in

Club can't do any right in some people's eyes.

We lacked investment, had no marquee players and a poor coaching set up.

We now have investment, going to have 3 marquee players, above the cap, new coaching set up. Our recruitment far from over, a new coach coming in and Myler only been here 4 weeks.

Let's give the club and Myler a chance to at least finish his first round of recruitment.

The club can only be applauded by trying to change the dynamics of the squad from what was signed last season and to an extent previously .
Trying to juggle the SL Cap with better players in a limited player pool and loaning /Severing others off must be a nightmare .
At least we haven't got Clark doing the root and branch !!

Not sure what you mean - he's currently first choice at Catalans.

They have also not learnt that pace is an essential now in the modern game
The club has suffered from a lack of pace for several seasons now yet if the rumours are true we will have two slow halfbacks as Trumeman lost his pace following the first injury at Castleford
Abdul is a carthorse and in Briscoe,Hardaker and Sutcliffe what is likely to be the slowest backline ever seen in S/L

IF we can keep them both fit, Trueman and Abdul could compliment each other well and be a good halfback pairing, they're basically the opposite of each other, Trueman is a fast elusive runner, but doesn't have a brilliant kicking game and isn't an organiser. Abdul has the best kicking game in the league, is an organiser (and not a runner of the ball) could work well, but the worry for me is keeping them both fit, I'm more worried about Trueman suffering another long term injury than Abdul

You're speaking the words but not getting the point...

'above the cap'...'3 marquee players'

None of the marquee players are internationals and all have suffered restricting injuries that often reoccur...'above the cap' having signed, on multi year deals, a 30yr old, 2 x 32yr olds, a 33yr old, a 34yr old, so far, some best described as journeymen, some clearly mercenary, and all on their last payday.

None of whom have the remotest chance of 'success'.

Not even certain that any new coach will/would want any of these players. Asiata eg plays a particular way for the modern game and not every coach likes to play that way.

It's farcical. Imagine what a well run club could have done with the millions now committed to contracts for pretty much nothing aside a non-bottom 2 finish...and then repeat.

Hull Live saying Pele to be loaned to York for fitness

What a great winter for recruitment, we'd honestly have been better going down the job centre and shouting 'anyone played Rugby at all?'