Jake gets it, healthy competition and genuine want to help the community clubs, both clubs doing this helps the city all round

Something that should have been done 20 years ago but hull had the stadium league position and strength to not worry about rovers taking youth

yet we're getting ever closer and on recent form you are getting ever further away, cheap dig which i'm sure will come back to bite you very soon.

The difference in those signings is the ones you've listed for Rovers will block the path for any of their youth players. The ones for Hull are made with the end result in mind of actually benefitting our youth by giving them the knowledge they need to make the step up. Hardaker (troubled time off the pitch but has undoubtedly been a superstar on it) will be invaluable for our England academy centre and also highly rated young full back. Holmes has nearly 300 games experience to pass on to our young second rower but looked very good last year.
Alongside Sezer to help with players like Charles and Kemp, Rapana to guide Barron, Martin and Moy. Our signings will steady the ship next season, but they have also been made with long term thinking in mind with regards to giving our young players every opportunity to make it as SL players. Rovers are doing the opposite and trying to buy short term success with seemingly no youth to fall back on should that not work out

Your whole post proved to be a load of e when you claimed Ese'Ese would only 'potentially' get in your team when you have plodders like Luckley and Brown, or Sue who Ese'Ese can comfortably play more minutes than (plus the other 2 props listed above)

Brown and Wynne aren't young projects anymore. Wynne is almost 24 and Brown will be 25 in a few months.

We might be getting further away running on a shoestring since covid, but now we have extremely wealthy owners who don't appear to be messing around and money will not be an issue anymore.

In 5 years time we'll be right back up near the top of SL and have everything in place to stay there long term.

And they’ll still have shipping containers propping up their big screen.

You were getting closer. The landscape has changed again now. Sorry about that.

Sad reality for you is that you can have your best ever season, we can have our worst ever season, and we’ll still be the bigger club with bigger support.

Just how it is, thems the rules.

Not worth the debate if you think Ese Ese would potentially get in your 17, your bias clearly shows here.

I see our neighbours are getting a bit twitchy now the big dogs of the city are back...

Name any Rovers prop and let's compare there stats for last year, let's see how Ese Ese compares?

Yes I'm sure the local stars of the future will now be flocking to Rovers with their 3G pitch on Preston Road.

Having said that, who gives a about Rovers anyway? This is a thread about our recruitment.

Even in their best every SL season, we could laugh at them, battered in the semi, didn't score a try in the final.

Back where? Where have you been? Let’s not forget this time last season your enthusiasm off the back of signing Pele and Nu Brown and thinking a top 6 finish could be in grasp with the messiah Smith at the wheel

Indeed mate, the only thing back at the moment is the arrogance which we've seen from their fans for many years, it's usually dispersed by the end of May and i see no difference this time round

Don't you lot have your own little secret forum where you all can discuss all things hull fc?

No shame in admitting or hiding from the fact that, in reality, this club is coming back from the brink. The sole aim for this club under Pearson during/post Covid was to simply survive. He had his critics, myself included, but to his credit he has sourced probably the best case situation.

Completely new chapter for the club, substantial investment from a very wealthy board, a lease at the stadium of which the new owners consider 'more than a fair deal', new facilities, a much more professional set up behind the scenes, and on paper at least a pretty experienced squad mixed with a decent bunch of homegrown talent.

There is no real arrogance here, some comments may be said tongue in cheek, but no Hull fan expects this to be an overnight fix, most would place us 8-10th on the table for next season. However based on the amount to be invested alone, our squad will be one that, in theory, should be one that's competing at the very top.

im a rugby league fan first mate, the bias will always be there for rovers, i praised that 16,17 squad of yours and still do to this day, it was almost a failure as i had you winning the GF but radford let his personal friendships and high fiving after the cc cup win hinder the latter end of the season

ese ese looked good in lets face it the worst hull fc side since SL began, you cannot say and put stats against rovers 11th 6points vs 2nd 40 points

thats not bias thats just simple truth

No one will remember the 2024 season RL C, there will be no open top bus parade, no 10 or 20 year anniversary.

5 years time, will just be another season.

Rovers have done some good things, no one can deny that,but youth development isn't one if them amd signing average players like Richardson, Kershaw and Ruan, won't help you in the short term and certainly not the long term.

We have been awful for 3 season, no one is arguing that, we will probably struggle this year too, but looks like we have along term plan.

Like Cas, Salford and Hudds these seasons where you get to finals and fail, will be long forgotten, unless you win a trophy.

Probably your last chance in 2025 for a while.

all true, but this isnt a short term plan

Neither is ours,why do rovers fans feel the need to come on here,very weird

Herman does about twice the m85nutes of Sue and about 3 times better

Herman's stats were outstanding last season and would have been even better in a stronger team. He'd walk into the first choice 17 of every club in sl

You say Bout goading and top trumps but when you claim the likes of Brown, Wynne and Kershaw are young prospects I’m sorry but you lost any debate on that statement alone. The likes of Hardaker, Sezer, Holmes and Rapana have been signed to pass on valuable experience to the young players coming through and won’t block the path of progression. Signing the likes of Wynne, Kershaw and now Ruan blocks the path of any potential talent you may have.

You say Bout goading and top trumps but when you claim the likes of Brown, Wynne and Kershaw are young prospects I’m sorry but you lost any debate on that statement alone. The likes of Hardaker, Sezer, Holmes and Rapana have been signed to pass on valuable experience to the young players coming through and won’t block the path of progression. Signing the likes of Wynne, Kershaw and now Ruan blocks the path of any potential talent you may have.

brown and wynne are very much still prospects, lets not backtrack now, youre gonna end up regretting ti like hadley and litten