Good luck to Ruan, but I never saw anything at all to suggest he’d be worth signing. I never knew he was on the pitch at times. Can’t recall one thing of note that he did in a game.

I’d have been very disappointed if we’d signed him and blocked the path of someone like Kirby.

Dobbins recruitment is up there with ours from 2018.

Salabio looks like he's signing after his release from Hudds. Nothing to get too excited about. Hopefully just a 1 year deal.

His claim to fame is dropping Myler on his head on his Wakey debut

Not the signing I was hoping for but we'll see how he goes. Slim pickings for next season I suppose.

Don't mind Salabio - no nonsense, nice and direct. Could be a decent pick up, particularly at this stage.

Agree. He's certainly got some size and presence about him. Will be a decent squad player and won't take much cap up.

Does the same logic here apply to the Salabio signing?

The logic is I’ll judge a player when I see him.
I’ve judged Ruan. Dont rate him at all.

I’ll judge any signings we make once I’ve seen them play in a black and white shirt.

I'll go as far as saying that this should also apply to existing players. It's a fresh start for all with a new and more professional setup at the club.

How long is Fash out for, does anyone know?

confirmed what we already knew https://www.hullfc.com/blog/2024/12/21/ ... -for-2025/

confirmed what we already knew https://www.hullfc.com/blog/2024/12/21/ ... -for-2025/

Big lad. Young and could be anything. But certainly a much needed boost for us. Look forward to seeing the lad play

Hull linked to Deon Cross

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Cross would be a good signing, centre is our weakest position currently and Cross would be a welcome addition. I imagine Salford won't command much of a transfer fee for players given that they have to cut costs by 40% as part of them being in special measures

Be a very good signing if we can get him over the line.

Agree, given the current state of the non quota player pool Cross would be an excellent acquisition and even more with our need to add some quality in the centres.

Would be happy with Cross. Really don't think he's anything special but he is a good solid SL player and that is better than what we have so it's a worthwhile addition.
Our young centres (Westerman and Dawson) both seem to be a couple of years off been ready (maybe only 1 year for Westerman) so if we can get Cross on a 2 year deal that would keep us going until we know if either of them are ready to step up, or also if Litten is capable of being a permanent centre.
He's better than Chamberlain, and Chamberlain is better than any of our other current back ups, so definitely a good move for squad balance.

Cross is better than what we have but we do have to be careful that we don't run out of 2026 cap space if we keep signing stop gaps

I know Salford will insist they don’t want to lose anyone but surely from their point of view they’ve got decent back options and if they lost Cross it wouldn’t be as bad for them losing someone like Sneyd? Especially if there’s a small transfer fee. Cross wouldn’t get into their 17 as a centre and off the top of my head they have Ryan who could replace Cross on the wing.

We could do with centre options and supposedly have some cap space so could be a goer but like always with Lancashire based players depends on who else is interested and if he’ll want to relocate.

Salford would still have a backline of Ryan, Marsters, Lafai, MacDonald with Hankinson as back up. Leaves them light but they might not have much option.

Cross would be a good pick up for us, but it sounds like he's a long way off signing

Yeah, the article says he’s a ‘target’ but let’s face it who hasn’t been a target for us since April? He fits the bill with his age and being a non quota centre but you’d expect for any move for a contracted player would require a lot of willing on their part, Lancashire players are not always so keen.

Not 100% sure on Cross, but adds competition to a weak position.

Two things I do like is
We are actively trying to recruit and the right positions and we are willing to pay fees for players.

Yeah im not fully sold on Cross, think he's better on the wing than at centre. However its another player who won't demand a huge amount and doesn't take up a quota.

12 tries in SL for Cross last season...3 more than our top try scorer (Martin with 9)

in a much better side.

Only issue for me is we'd probably have to offer him a decent wedge and likely a 3 year deal to get him to move over

how many against us?