I personally feel Sandercock will get the best out of the young talent available to him and feel we will be a better side next season. I predict us to make the playoffs and play some decent rugby and upset some big teams on the way.

But with FC looking to mount a serious challenge by splashing the cash on a new look squad, are we still able to compete with them? Or are we slowly becoming a feeder team for them?

Thoughts please . . .

For the first time in Rovers SL history Watts and Galea cross over the river and it has you hitting the doom and gloom button. Talk about being reactionary!

In answer to your Q: an emphatic NO!

Blimey and i thought they was our feeder team in a word NO and i will say it again NO

Cas are Hull's feeder team aren't they?

The OP can just see the bigger picture unlike most on here.

2 players, who were surplus to requirements, head to Hull and you take that as us being their feeder team!?

Give your head a shake lad!

Geography means we'll exchange players with Hull more often than most clubs, but worrying about feeding them specifically is an overly narrow view.
The point is, will we be a 'buying' or 'selling' club, to use admittedly outdated language?
Basically it depends on whether our crowds/income rise, to the point at least that we can be confident of matching the ambition (sporting and financial) of the best talent we produce. Or we get benefactors with even deeper pockets, which is unlikely.

Didn't you offer them both contracts?

Watts was told he wasn't in Sandy's plans and could go. Galea was offered a contract, but wanted more so decided to retire. Your point is?

Surplus to requirements you said , I think he might have ment galea and poss taylor

Brilliant

Id guess he meant Galea and McDonnell.

For years we took players from Hull because they where better than we had, now the shoes on the other foot

You will develop more youngsters for the next few years than most clubs if you are not going to max out, the youngsters have more opportunities with your team imo and tbh you appear to be doing a good job with it, the problem is once you have blooded and established them teams will always come in with offers and promises which will turn young heads, money to be made for you though.