Still think Cust could be a good signing. Him and Seizer could be a decent halfback pairing. Not worldbeaters but a steady duo which we have lacked . Plus it could mean Balmforth gets gametime which he probably wouldn't have and may see the club keeping him on ?. As for Abdul we don't know what he's on but not a great start being injured. Hopefully we can get him sorted as still when fit a very good player

We were that poor at halfback last year, Reynolds came in and made a huge difference.

Cust and Seizer are both streets ahead of him, Brown, Smith and Charles (as it stands stands)

It's the value of the contract thats ridiculoous for me. If rumours are true and we're paying him £150k a year for 3 years it's a big chunk of cash. I'm sure we could have got him for a lot less as his options were limited. Rovers didn't want him but he was contracted to them

which year?

In Ritchie we trust

Maybe don't belive the rumours, it's purley guesswork or Rovers fans starting rumours.

Which UK based halfback should we have gone for, we have cap space, but it's hard to get people to sign for us in the position we are in.

If Abdull is injured it presents a big opportunity to Cust, he was the one signing I was unsure about but the more I thought about it the more sense it made, he's a quality player, still only young and knows what Cartwright expects from his players, I think Cust will be one of our better players this coming season.

It also presents an opportunity for Balmforth to claim a bench spot, it's a big season for him so will need as much game time as possible.

Thirkill isn't short of 100k or 2

Nor is David Hood, he is far wealthier.

I see AT has set up another company "Hull FC Investments Ltd".

Hull Super League Ltd now has AT, DH and Myler as registered officers.

It's been reported he's a marquee signing (could have been referring to his shirt size is guess) so I'm sure the amount is somewhere near what he's getting.

I'm not sure who I would have signed but i wouldn't have thrown half a million quid at an unfit, injury prone abdul

Domestic marquee can be anything over 50k.

No quality domestic halfs, as I've highlighted, so we we didn't have too much choice, definitely a risk, but one we had to take, still might pay off, not a great start, let's see what happens.