If Sam signs and fulfils his potential he should be a straight swap for Cusack on next seasons quota.
Imo a lot rests on how Horney plays, if he doesn’t hit the highs of yesteryears we’ll need to find this elusive “top class” halfback.
Remembering that Longy is at the latter end of his career, this will still be the case in two years time.
There are also a few players with ‘options’ in regards of contract extensions.

In the next year or so the nucleus of the team could (should) be the likes of; Washbrook, Jack and Tom Briscoe, Hall, Houghton, Burnett, Whiting, Tansey, Lauaki, Turner, Horney, Yeaman, Long, O'Meley, Moa? Berrigan? Fitz?
One thing is for sure there's going to be a lot of players coming and going over the next few seasons.
I suppose only time will tell whether the club/Agar has done the right thing.

dobbins are after houghton and hall

Do you think they would jump ship to the dobbins if things next season replicate this season?

Old news.

Up to us to keep hold of them then.

May be old news but one of their centres and their hooker are OOC next season so 1st team spots beckon. Given the opportunity would you rather work under morgan or agar?

i can see houghton and hall going to rovers because rovers will offer big money and just face it hull wont offer them big money because hull wont see them as big enough players to warrent big money.

Cant see Houghton wanting to go as back up to Hodgson

i agree,but we needed someone who could lead us around the park,agar and the club thought he was the right guy but its now been proven he wasnt,what would of happened if hed signed him on a longer deal we would be stuck with him, who else was available at the time?

Stephen Hawkins was available and would have done a better job

if we had not signed anybody at the time people would of being going mental. We signed soemone, it didnt work out, we got rid. I just dont see the problem.. Moaners moaning for moaning sake

That's the big issue though isn't it money! Which they are in short supply of at the moment they won't be waving big wads of cash about this time.

Contract priorites for those out in 2010 are Hall and Houghton. We've got to sort these out with long deals till at least 2012 as soon as possible. Then Yeaman who is coming into his prime in the next couple of years, so he should get a similar length deal too.

Then I think the rest of the out of contract players can go except for probably Whiting (depending on Turner's progression) and Calderwood (depending on J. Briscoe's / Tuffour's progression). Whiting would still be a good squad player and Calderwood could rotate with the young kids for one more season. Kent and Tuffour may also warrant new deals.

I'd imagine Cusack, Raynor, maybe Fitzgibbon and Radford retiring. King will definately be gone by the end of next season and could be Dowes' last in a Hull shirt, this leaves us very light in the forwards again, which makes the signing of Moa a must.