we tried to get sammut,but failed.witt we should have gone for 2 year ago.as for the rest ,all fair players,but id rather have obst than any of them.just my opinion of course.saw briggs for the first time playing for bradford u20s yesterday.not impressed.

Did Williams play?

yes,i dont think hes ready for first team yet.didnt really stand out.

Fair enough, that's your opinion, but out of curiosity what is there about Obst that you rate higher than the others? I definitely have not seen anything from him in his 6 years at Wakey that makes him a better player than Orr and Diskin, and Briggs may not be much better than Obst yet but has the potential to be so and more years ahead of him.

Agar has made some good signings, which makes it all the more puzzling really. I think part of the problem may be that we don't seem to be very aware of who might be available below the more famous names. Maybe our scouting/contact network in Australia simply isn't very good?

I think there's a bit of luck in some recruiting, something we did well with when we got Moa.

obst has always impressed me when ive seen him for wakefield.i think he would have been even better with a top club.

Why is he moving again..?

Key point - Obst wouldn't be at Hull if Tansey had behaved. On the back of that disruption things look to have turned out better than they might have.

People won't accept that Tansey was our cover.

Is that despite agar announcing at the forum last year that his main priority was a back up half back and the fact that phelps is playing where tansey did?

I have been surprised by Green, he looks a good 6 and will better playing outside Dobson.

I said at the time I would have liked to see Briggs brought in but we have to remember we had Nicklas ready to step up this season and Agar obviously thinks the likes of Nicklas/Williams are better bets than Briggs/Moore which is fair enough.

Presumably because our coach stated that he wanted to sign a back up half back when tansey was still part of the squad