meaning buisness on or off the pitch? the coaching staff has been overhauled, new training centre has been announced

its only october too


as for big signings, only fools on here believed we would sign lyon, jennings et all

pearson said don't expet too much this season as the signings made meant that there was little manouver to play with the cap! 2013 onwards wwll see more changes. seems many forget that statement in their desire to bring in top nrl players

martin is, i agree an average signing, not overly impressed but now he is a hul player, will get my support on the pitch

Our signings didn't need to be superstars. After Lynch (great signing btw), all we needed IMO was a quality SR and centre not megastars but not old average nobodies either.

On top of that, Radford has now gone (no loss there) but it leaves us very light in the pack and we are told that that's pretty much it. Underwhelming recruitment doesn't sum it up for me.

Quote: thehullwhitestar "So why have we been built up by AP and McCrae if that's the case? "Wait till Oct/Nov and you'll see that we mean business" "Two or three big signings to come" They have done too much talking the talk about our squad and how we're going to be re-engaged but ultimately they are not walking the walk ! Tony Martin is a complete joke signing for "an ambitious club"'" www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=19190 no mention of signing two or three big signings here

Quote: thehullwhitestar "So why have we been built up by AP and McCrae if that's the case? "Wait till Oct/Nov and you'll see that we mean business" "Two or three big signings to come" They have done too much talking the talk about our squad and how we're going to be re-engaged but ultimately they are not walking the walk ! Tony Martin is a complete joke signing for "an ambitious club"'" www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=19190 no mention of signing two or three big signings here

its ok wanting a quality SR but if there isnt one available, we won't get one

time to put faith in our u20s

green, pearce, kent, bowden have to be given the chance

saints have kept faith with theirs, we should start showing some with ours

You're obviously happy with our squad then. Good for you !

I'm sure that we're really going to smash a hole into the top four with a squad that is very light in the forwards and still has a very weak right hand side. Now that's being "realistic".

never mind, it's like talking to spoilt kids who have rich parents, want want want!

im not expecting top 4 next season

happy with the squad? not dissapointed, not estatic but then who is?

no room for improvements are available, just some seem to think the salary cap doesnt exist!

I haven't seen anyone disregarding the salary cap. What I have seen are fans questioning how our squad can be close to the cap now when compared to other squads in SL, especially after recent quotes from AP and McCrae.

who outside the club knows who gets paid what?

maybe other clubs are better at negotiating deals, with or within the cap!

We have brought in some really good players for next and git a new coaching set up. Why not see them play before the moaning starts.

Nobody knows, certainly not me. However, I know quality and depth in a squad when I see it and we haven't got enough of it when compared to the top sides.

Whether they're managing the cap better ,spending more money and showing more ambition or just cheating the cap, who knows but our squad does not match up (if we are spending the same amount)

I doubt we will smash the top4 either...but I am confident Gentle will get an extra 10/20% out of the players do have, and combined with better game plans that will be enough for a 5th/6th finish.

We can make a top4 assault the year after when he's brought some better quality in.

I don't know why people are being so negative...if Pearson hadn't bought the club we'd most likely be sat contemplating another season of Agar in charge, another 'exciting' 8th place finish, and the lowest number of pass holders since the move to the KC.

be honest with yourself, did you expect us to be matching the likes of warrington, wigan, saints and leeds next season? i don't, rome wasn't built in a day! end of next season i will be expecting more to be delivered than this season.

I honestly think that we have now got rid of almost all of the dross from the squad. With that in mind, I would expect us to be in a position to be able to make a couple of more than average signings.

The signing of Martin makes no sense at all and to be now told that that's more or less it, is very disappointing.