Surely Radders will opt for a prop at 13 otherwise Carlos would have to get through a shed load more defensive work than he's used to doing? I like the thought of having a ball player at 13 but those days seem to a thing of the past

I'd be amazed if Carlos plays at 13, not Radfords style.

Hopefull with Kelly at 6, it will give the team have better balance and help Shaul and Sneyd

It is to be brutally honest. 110%er no doubt. But a more Xfactor player with that quota spot would really complete us as a team imo

Why do we need an extra pivot playing in the line? Had our most successful year in many playing without 1
Also thinking about pretty much every top team in the world I can't think of any with an additional 13 pivot player

Yeh completely agree, not sure what the obsession is with it on here. We looked really well balanced this year, just missing a bit of spark, which hopefully kelly will give us, and hopefully shaul can play a little smarter after another decent season. Think radford will go carlos and fonua one side and griffin , talonoa the other, which you couldnt argue with , looks pretty devastating, michaels to be waiting in the wings, injury or the carlos fonua combo doesnt work

But then a lot of teams now have a full back that is a converted half and can pass the ball. Tomkins, Gidley, Ratchford, Dorn, Hanbury, Gaz O'Brien.

Shaul, as much as I love his speed and back up play, can break down an attack because he chooses the wrong option, or leaves little space for the winger/centre or his pass isn't good enough

Last year we played most of the year with one halfback, should really help Shaul having two this year, I'd also expect him to be working on this during pre season. Hopefully Sneyd will also be working on developing a killer pass that he lacks, so he doesn't rely too much on his short kicking game.

Think about every top teams full back and what they offer as a pivot.

Our attack stops when the ball gets to Shaul a lot of the time. Most teams play with the full back as an extra pivot unfortunately Shaul doesn't have that in his game so having Carlos as the extra pivot makes sense. Will take a lot of the pressure off from Sneyd leaving Shaul and Kelly do what they do best which is support play and speed.

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Disagree. Sneyd and kelly both like to get their hands on the ball a lot. A pivot joining from deep like from fullback,as and when is a weapon that's hard to defend. So its up to Shaul to do that. Or he may find himself out for connor or carlos.
3 men stood in the line when weve already got a very productive hooker is too many chief's not enough Indians stuff for me
Given the size and physicality of the team assembled it's not practical use to try and finesse all over the pitch. We're a go forward and be dominant team and we play off the back of that. Unless we're gonna chang 70%of our personal to accommodate such a game I can't see us becoming a team that plays a straight out pivot at 13

Shaul has proved the last few seasons he can't play as a pivot. Ask any Rovers fan Kelly isn't a type of half that'll control a game he's a runner. Imo we need another ball player in the team which Carlos can do. Sneyd and Carlos as the main pivots with Kelly and Shaul supporting. We get great go forward irrelevant who's at 13 anyway.

70% change?

Then Shaul might be in bother then
An attacking fullback is a 1000 times more effctive than a man stood in the line clogging up an attack. Especially with a productive 9 like houghton who takes up a lot of the slack..kicking etc
If you think kelly is just a support player then you're in for a treat imo. With our pack he's gonna have a platform to work from that he's not had at rovers. Go on video site and look at 4 mins in the pre season game v rovers this year
Kelly hits the winger pin point from 4 men in from a left to right. Can't recall a hull player ever hitting that ball like that

A man clogging up the line?
Off course I know he can hit a good pass but he's much much more devastating as a running halfback. Horne is a prime example. Great running game but struggled to control a game. Look at how Leeds used Sinfield as a 13 along with a running 6 in McGuire. If we use Kelly as a half to control his side of the field we won't see the best of him imo.