A home tie for the play offs should not be out of reach and should be the aim.
Bring a young,hungry half back into the club from the national leagues or promote one (any candidates from the 21s or academy?) and we are all set.

Fully agree about bringing a young scrum half in or promoting them to full time training. Its the only position we have no cover in.

Lee Williams has a chance IMO.

has he signed for the u20's? Their signings dont seem to get announced anymore.

He still has another year in the under 18's he will only be 17/18.

But I would guess that he will play some games for the reserves this year.

Looks a great prospect, I have watched him for a few years now, if the coachs think he can make it I would have him training a couple of times a week with long.

I want to see some good, consistent, competitive rugby from Hull FC played with passion; I want to see some ideas from our halves in the last 20M as well as risk-taking with flair from further out; I want to see solid defence so that it's not as destructive if an audacious move doesn't come off; I want to see some good rugby games because I've seen a lot of dull ones over the last two years (that's not just aimed at FC); I want to see someone talking to the ref more so that we can get a few more calls going our way; I want to see no more threads on here about boozed-up players; I want to see players wearing their shirt with the same pride that the supporters do. With all that we might win more than we lose and we might have a chance of a top-four finish.

No pressure then!

Yeah I mean you murdered us twice this year didn't you!

do Floodlight Nines count

if the coachs think hes got a chance and with the u18's not going ahead next year (i think!) he should be our 7 for the u20's for the next 2 seasons.

and if he's a member of the jets he'll spend training sessions along side long (tbh if we really think hes got a shot then a full time contract is a must)

but then is the really hard part and while alot depends of his development i wouldnt want to see us say hes had 2 years with long and now he SHOULD be ready. we need to show a little bit more time, not like with tommy lee, and if we need to bring in a 7 from out side and have the young lad out at a nl1 club, which will be at a better level.

he'll still train full time with us and then if our 7 gets a injury he can be brought in for experience.

Anything other than a trophy is a poor result for a club of this stature and I've thought the same every year since I started watching them in 1979. Still I would be content with a top half finish.

So you would be content with a "poor result"?

Major Black was very happy last season :-

Floodlit 9's
Fair play bathroom suite
Real wooden spoon.

Great season for the humbugs by his reckoning !