Thanks very much , just off down to get in the queue!

Sort of agree. I was very impressed with Dowes when he went came back from that personal training thing he did in London a few years ago, but of course he was brought back early, never finished it and once the effect wore off he has looked solid but unspectacular. Bad move by the club to not let him complete it.

Not overly impressed by the whole thing though - smacks of "quick get Dowesy signed up, Player A/B/C has turned us down".

He won't let us down but it's not going to stir the masses to run to the KC to buy a season pass.

Is he? If you read the views of a lot on here for the past couple of years about Yeamo most will agree that he's been average at best.

The difference i guess is that Yeaman has had no service for 4 years like he used to get. Dowes has just been overtaken and is doing the same job as he always has.

With a decent halfback Yeamo could get back to his best. He needs to stop dropping the ball when hitting the gap though!!

I went to the England v Cumbria game a couple of weeks back and i thought that Dowes first stint on the park was the best i have seen him play in 4 years. Broke tackles and got a couple of good off-loads away.
It is Richard Agars job to get him to replicate that form in a Hull shirt. There-in lies your problem.

Whatever you think about Ewan Dowes re-signing the one positive you can take is that with this piece of the jigsaw sorted we must be a lot closer to knowing how things look under the cap and who we can in fact seriously go for now if needed.

Would have being bitterly disappointed if he'd have got more than 1 year however hopefully this 1 year might give him a kick up the . Not many teams have a better back-up prop than Dowes (hopefully that's all he is). He clearly had an over-inflated value of himself and hopefully the fact that he only got one year from us and the lack of interest from others will wake him up.

Fair point.

Makes you wonder why there wasnt a clamour for his signature from other super league clubs..

Perhaps the likes of Wakey, Cas and Bradford who were rumoured to have held talks with him were not prepared to pay him at the same level as Hull are..?

TBF he was only playing against England, lets get things into perspective

I think a change of scenery may have actually done him good on this occasion though I am not unhappy that he provides us with depth in the squad.

As mentionned earlier he hasnt performed at the high standards he set since 2006 and by going on that course type thingy in 2008/09 kind of shows that he was trying something differnent to try to recapture that form.

For me he must look across at Moa, O Meley, Radders and Fitz and know that if he doesnt perform then he is unlikely to get much game time unless he produces this Cumbria type form.

I hope he does for Hull's benefit.

That Hull were. We've reduced our offer to him which is likely to be nearer or the same as what they offered him.

I think you can safely say Dowes did not re sign for Hull because of the money!

Maybe thinks he can play well enough to earn another year on top off next year and qualify for a testimonial?