I reckon Cartwright will be class for Pele. Big on fitness which is what is holding him back. I’d be inclined to give him a second year which is brave considering it’s a quota spot. Think we definitely need another prop.

If Gardner comes anywhere near our 17 man squad next year we’ve got something wrong. He’ll be class in the championship I think as he’s pretty rounded. Just no parts of his game are good enough for SL.

With Sutty going, wonder who will be in the centres

Stewart and Cartwright In for the rest of the season

Maybe he saw that Cartwright is big on fitness and changed his mind.

Think our 5 props are good enough, probably need one more for depth. I'd definitely make an enquiry for Chan, even if on a lone year loan deal.

Stewart could be great for us. Goodbye, Wakka?

Unless we were releasing one of Sao, Pele or perish the thought Ese'ese then I really don't see what the point of signing Satae would be if he were available as we already have enough quota spots tied up and need quality elsewhere particularly at 9, back row and centre and even a half as have reservations of going with Trueman/Abdul as first choice halves purely on fitness/injury records.

I'd definitely look to release Okunbor who sadly just doesn't look anywhere near good enough, even more so when taking a quota spot. I'd give Pele a pre season under Cartwright who seems to be a stickler on fitness and training hard which is what Pele seems to be in need of.

If we keep Pele, that's one quota spot and we are desperate for a centre and hooker, think that's more important than a prop, particularly when we have 5 decent ones and Pele is a massive risk

He wanted out so I wonder if he said something out of turn and that’s why he got dropped. Or radically, could Stewart play centre for us? (This season or beyond)

Walker will be going, he will be a good salary and currently can't get in the worst Hull FC in years.

Think the writing is on the wall.

We might not have a lot of wriggle room with quota spots for next season anyway as according to the HDM article it seems to say Cartwright and Stewart are signed up for this season and beyond unless I’m interpreting that wrong.

If so they replace Hoy and Brown, Asiata will replace Carlos so to bring in another quota player we’d have to pay off either Okunbor, Sau or Pele.

Part of me does want to see Pele coached by Cartwright.

Also there’s a lot of speculation already about our fullback situation and the players we have in that position. Does anyone actually know anything about Stewart? He’s not an NRL player so there’s not really any info on him, could he maybe been brought in to play centre, does he play there too?

Hopefully we can get Okunbor off the books. Cartwright becomes a straight swap for Okunbor and then that opens up 1 more quota space for likely a overseas hooker.
Pele might be worth keeping if Cartwright can get him fitter because he looks a really destructive runner at times, just need to see it more often, and make him fit enough to deal with being moved around in defence.

Stewart plays in the Q Cup for Brisbane Tigers. I'm assuming that's where Cartwright has seen him play.

He had a train and trial at Melbourne in preseason and came through the ranks at St George

Looks good on highlights (yes I know), only seen him play on the wing and FB.

Been on the fringes at St George and has been playing in the QRL Cup, so Cartwright should know him well.