It'll be a spoken interview and people tend to speak a little less precisely than they write. Context, intonation etc are stripped away when a journalist writes it up. Add the word 'all' to the first quote, as in 'obviously we can't announce who they [iall[/i are at present' and it tallies. Not the only way of doing it, but one of the simplest.

Remember, with Watts and Pitts that is 8 new signings by Gentle inside his first season - near enough a third of the squad. As 8 of your top 25 earners have to be club trained, it's changing about half the squad that you're free to change (I know that isn't exactly right, but just for simplicity's sake).

Bateman is Bulls best player but will go to Wire, he'll be a star that lad.

If we weren't already we should be looking at Whitehead and Kopzack. Whithead rumoured to be going to Leeds and Burgess to NRL. Lulia is a very good player who I would also take.

Now that Bulls have gone tits up we should be picking at the carcass. Looking into Bateman, Whitehead, Kopzcack, Burgess, Lulia, etc.

they haven't gone just yet, administration for 10 days, then liquidation.

Bateman is massively being hyped up.

I like to sign him, but wouldn't get in a bidding war for him.

I'd look at Kopzack and Whitehead (Tickles long term replacement).

Whitehaed would be a good signing but dont get what people see in Kopzak tbh

Hopefully the 4 signed plus 2 close to be signed will be.

Winger (Crooks)
Halfback
FB
3 Forwards. (Paea, Elima and Lovegrove)

Having read it again I'm pretty sure it is 6 in total. Ellis and Arundel, plus two already signed (Crookes + Forward?) plus two big names that they are confident of getting but not confirmed (Paea + Half Back?).

That's what Smailes said to me earlier, he did say another 1/2 come be added to that too.

Yeah, but as they're in administration they need to find money from somewhere, and clubs like ourselves, Warrington, Leeds, etc, will be able to put in offers for their best players which will be unlikely to be turned down.

Especially if the administrators are making the decisions.

if its right about hull talking to high profile halfback.who could it be?.chase,brough,burrows,sowerd or do hull consider holdsworth high profile?.keeps us all guessing i suppose.

I'd cry if we signed Burrow to play in the halves.

That makes more sense actually. Cheers .

Seriously though, could Soward actually be a real target?! Would be ing awesome.