Does seem a bit reminiscent of the Kear era when he assembled a massive squad out of some huge fear of injuries.

I know we have Crookes injured & Biggs in limbo, but do we need 5 wingers on the books just to fix a reasonably short term problem? He may not even be needed, surely it would be better to wait and see and give a youngster (Stark?) a go, or even bring in a loan if absolutely necessary?

Good signing will put pressure on Lineham who was poor on Friday,
Stark is not ready for superleague yet.

Biggs' wage doesn't count on the cap.

Good signing for Donny, hopefully.

No offence to Liam, but he's simply not good enough to put pressure on Lineham or Talanoa, he's cover for the worst case scenario.

As for people asking for Arundel to be moved, wing is a specialist position nowadays, a centre pushed out would get targeted just as much as a youngster

Adding Colbon, I doubt will put any pressure on Lineham. Even an off form Lineham will pose a threat to the opposition, unlike Colbon.
Stark may not be fully ready but in reality, without Colbon in the squad, he would unlikely be called up.

Stark is some way off at the moment from what I saw pre season. If we had to put Arundel on the wing (specialist position now as already mentioned) due to injury that would only leave Whiting as a backup centre so things could quickly deteriorate. Must be a very small contract so it's a bit of insurance as much as anything. Can't see McDonnell or Crookes playing again for Hull as it would seem likely we'd be over the cap if they did.

I dont understand this signing at all The kid is not very quick and would get targetted under a high ball Yet we have a younger bigger quicker player playing for Donny What has Arundal got to do Whenever i saw him play he was a good prospect To say its a specialised position I could name a few centres and forwards in the present squad who have made a decent fist of if Somebody will correct me

A fair assessment.

Was surprised yesterday when this was just a rumour. My feeling at the time was that we didn't need another winger with Lineham, Talanoa and Crookes in the squad, Biggs to come, and other players that could be switched to the wing if necessary.

But having read some of the comments from Radford I don't think we'll be seeing Biggs any time soon and I must admit that I was unaware that Crookes was injured. So we only have two fit wingers as things stand and we don't want to be shuffling players around and out of position so early on IMO. Plus Colbon's only been signed on a one year deal. I think it makes sense as a cover option for us.

Welcome to the club Liam.

He was steady when he played for us ran the ball back in well but as Stan said he broke his jaw and was never the same player after that can't understand why you've signed unless your getting rid of someone

Great bit of business, if the Crookes rumours are correct.

Just need rid of Arundle and McDonnell now.

What? Is Colbon better than Arundle?

No he's not, but Arundle is probably earning a few quid.....and played for Doncaster at weekend on dual registration. Why would we have loads of cash tied up in someone not getting a game? I'm well aware we need cover, but not at his price.

As for Crookes, he will be on a fair whack and yet again will struggle to get a game when all players are fit. In my eyes it's best they get him gone, and have players like Colbon, who needs to prove himself, on not so much money.

Exactly