Good tough player with experience, nice age to sign a centre especially as we are trying to keep the team/squad healthy.

Are we still looking at signing a stand off?

No it's the fact that we've watched him week in week out for the past two years through two long injury spells as well each year so we know entirely how he operates. Yes his attack is impressive and his try scoring record proves it but his defense has always been poor and for this he's constantly targetted for it just watch the highlights.

Seems a good addition to the squad for next season. Reports indicate the club want to keep Yeaman for another season, on this seasons form and as long as its not for big bucks I wouldn't complain. Yeaman has had his critics and rightly so over the years but this season he has shown the value he offers and credit to Radford and Co for that.

Maybe great is too strong a word, he has done well and had been very important to the team would be better, look at Talanos form since Yeaman has been with us. Got us back into games a few times with important plays and kept us in it with good defensive reads.

I'd be happy if he stays, but if the club feel it's time to move on I totally understand that too.

Yeah he's still after his target.

Jamie Soward

A fairly decent signing for me. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a better centre who's both off-contract and a realistic target.

The three-quarters are shaping up for next year:

Wing: Talanoa, Lancaster, Fonua, Naughton
Centre: Griffin, Tuimavave, Logan
OOC: Michaels & Yeaman

*Champ Manager time* - Providing we've the cap space, I'd be tempted to offer Bonaire's mate another year as backup centre, as I'm not convinced yet by either of the three centres listed that they're up to his standard defensively. If things did go a little pear-shaped for a couple of games, he'd be a good guy to bring in to sure things up. Michaels I'd release.

Got to say it's refreshing to read a thread where people with differing opinions can argue their cases well without resorting to petty points scoring or abuse, some good stuff on both sides of the argument. Me, I think he'll be a really good signing, has all the attributes to be a fans favourite

As a Salford fan I'm gutted to see Josh go but whether we like to admit it or not Hull are a bigger club with a much larger fan base and possibly more to offer at this stage of his career. It's a shame though as our current squad has bags of potential and losing the likes of Scott Taylor & Josh to you guys just pegs back our development.Both players have a great attitude and I've no doubt will be great assets to your club. Personally I think Josh could turn into a cracking 2nd row but he does need to improve defensively. If he does that then he'll go a long way

So that's now Holdsworth, Sneyd, Feka, Taylor and Griffin you've poached.... looks like we're now your feeder club rather than Wire's!

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It was a light hearted quip mate..... I'm not having a pop! I'm fully aware of the situation with both players. I actually rate all the players you signed from us and have no issues with the way any of them left and genuinely wish them all well. Scott Taylor is a tremendous player and I hope he gets England recognition. Unfortunately England have an abundance of top quality front rowers ATM but he's certainly in that next bracket behind Burgess & Graham and deserves a crack at international level based on his last 18 months form.

The sad thing for Michaels is that based on overall consistant performance he's done better than all the first pick backs aside from JS. He's the the best defensive back including Yeaman/Shaul and given he played right across the back line without any problems I think he was unlucky to be dropped.

Whilst Yeaman has improved it's a lot easier for the pressure/focus to come off in a winning team, he's lost a yard or two and his go forward is no better or worse than Michaels was. He still pulls out the odd excellent tackle but still completely misses others (as in notgetting there at all) and I honestly still think he doesn't get involved enough,
Fonua is very suspect position wise on his D and only the last month has started to put a shift in but given the extra couple of stone he's carrying from his NRL peak and his dodgy knee at season start (which clearly hindered him) he's never a winger atm hence why shifted inside which defensively is a mistake IMHO.
If we have Fonua AND Griffin as our centres then the inside defenders are going to work extra hard I'm afraid as that will continue to be our weakness. In attack it's looking great.