I was genuinely excited for the coming season and beyond and with the Martin signing i was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt but now Aspinwall!!! If the club had signed a quality centre and back rower then the squad would of been lifted to top four next year and then the year after we could of become genuine contenders but these two signings mean 6-8th position beckons and basically another season writen off imo and being genuine contenders is yet another season away.

I bet you've got people rushing to our favourite agents website.

Agree with this. A 1 year deal can be extended, but if he turns out to be poor, we can get rid easily enough.

Maybe Gentle will want to set his stall out next year and challenge for both trophies, but really push on in 2013 when he has his own team...

Not the signing that some thought! But he'll do a job for us next season, as will Martin.
As these are both just 1yr deals is it possible that Mcrae/Gentle have long term quality signings lined up for the 2013 season, when they become available??
Dont understand for some why the season is already over as its not Sika Manu or the like? We'll have a strong season next year and will surprise a few people, by the looks of it mainly our own fans!

We release a quality player in Obst and sign a violent criminal, nothing seems to have changed, disappointed to say the least.

I agree with that!

Obst can play backrow now? What happened to second chances?

Jesus Christ Bomber what are you playing at? awful signing. I would rather we kept the money in the pot until someone decent came along.

The problem is that while Aspinwall is a decent player he's maybe not to the standard us fans [ithink[/i we should have.

That's partly the fault of the Rumours thread. Names get chucked about in there and all of a sudden we're signing half the Aussie squad. When we don't people are disappointed. Madness.

In an ideal world, I wouldn't have signed Aspinwall, but
a) who else is available?
b) who can we afford?
c) who is off quota?
d) who wants to come to Hull FC?

The fact people believed we would get a big signing did not originate from daft rumours, it originated from the interview Pearson did!...his little speech about wanting to be the best and not afraid to spend money.....and what have we got!

Did he give a chance to the bloke he beat the out of?

Dissappointed. Hope he proves his worth.
Still am not sure how you release Obst and acquire Aspinwall :S

I did not hear people shouting 2nd chance for Cock'ead, hypocrites!

We aint gonna have that much manouvreability on the cap for 2013.

It was a dangerous driving offence wasn't it?