I would go as far to say welham is finished at the top level he hasn't shown anything in the last two seasons to convince me otherwise

I'd go further and extend beyond the last 2 years. Even when he scored plenty of tries (on the back of excellent set up play from Dobson & Galea), he was a turnstyle. Had he not been homegrown, the Welham love-in from many of our fans would never have occurred.

I'd start Salter in front of him every time, and young Hallet. If Blair is coming as a centre, that makes Welham about 5th choice.

With the signing confirmations so far -

1. Mantellato
2. Sio
3. Goulding
4. Cockayne
5. Dixon
6. Blair
7. Kelly
8. Weyman
9. Carlile (for now)
10. Costigan
11. Larroyer
12. Donaldson
13. McCarthy

14. Green
15. Horne
16. Cox
17. Walker

Open to be shot down. A couple of players may need swapping from left to right. Charlie is put in the centres because:

a) it's better to have his enthusiasm on the pitch
b) I reckon Mantellato will be great at fullback
c) He's not as quick as Dixon for the wing slot

Salter is great as cover for centre but others are better than him, and Welham is just plain rubbish.

Signing of the season if he can keep fit

Judging by Chris Chesters interview on Humberside it looks like our recruitment is far from finished. Spoke about securing a prop, strike backrower and hooker. Added to the additional half back that he said he wanted last week then perhaps we could have 4 more newcomers shortly.

Hi all,

I'm the AussieRover from Australia I've always supported Hull KR I don't know why but I just like them. Obvisouly I don't watch very much of the games because I'm here in Australia and we only get televised one game a week here. But from who I know of this could be the lineup

1. Josh "Lollylegs" Mantellato
2. Ken Sio
3. Maurice Blair
4. Ben Cockayne
5. Darrell Goulding
6. Albert Kelly
7.
8. Michael Weyman
9.
10.
11. Neville Costigan
12.
13.
Bench
14.
15.
16.
17.

Mantellato - We call him lollylegs over here but he is probably one of the best players that just couldn't make First Grade is a real sharpshooter and rarely misses conversions

Sio - Strong and Powerful

Kelly - Great signing by KR Gold Coast were once leading the table for a few rounds because of him and he was carving it up until he got injured

Blair - Can also play 5/8 (Stand off) another pretty good signing lacks defence at times but solid for the most part.

So we won't be bothering with Dixon, Donaldson and McCarthy then?

Think you need to understand where aussierover is coming from. He has taken Rovers as his team in the UK. He has only really listed the players he knows.

Welcome to the HKR family AussieRover

A lot of business is still to be done I reckon, obviously with the unfortunate retirement of Justin Poore we will require another prop at least? Another half, hooker and another second rower.
I wonder if Costigan will turn into a prop next year.
We need an organiser who would also become a viable candidate for the captaincy.
I hope the names mentioned in despatches sign for Rovers, but with everything still up in the air my team is just wishful thinking.

Sio
Dixon
Goulding
Blair
Mantellato
Kelly
Campese
Walker
Lunt
Costigan
Larroyer
McCarthy
Donaldson

Weyman
Green
Horne/Cox
Boudebza/Carlile

I heard last night that Costigan is as good as gone, if true that leaves us with yet another space to fill.

From a reliable source, if there his such a thing with a rumour, or from his hairdresser's brother's girlfriend?

You should take care not to fall down one of your cracks.
For your information it came from someone that holds a particular position within the club , I wont name him as he probably would not thank me for it.
I can only forward what he told me,(note, I also said if true it would leave us with another space to fill)
However, if you would rather me not relay any such information for the attention of such people as your good self, be it be correct or incorrect then fine, I will keep it to myself in future, its no skin off my nose matey, believe me.

If were getting Lunt in the deal it's not an issue. It took Costigan until half way thru season to do anything even then it was in short bursts. IMO he's replaceable

best defender iv seen in a rovers shirt bar maybe Andy Thompson jst an opinion mind and you are prob right he is replaceable, just some ppl dont watch a team in defence so miss what some players are about.