Just how many promising forwards do we need???

Halfback cover, a wing and a replacement if Joel Clinton goes I'd think would be priorities.

If Paea and Withers are confirmed that only leaves 2 or 3 non-club spots in the 25, if my count is right.

One word to sum up Barlow..liability

Sounds like a perfect replacement for Ben Ayne

One thing our squad will not lack next season is numbers.

What's a non-club spot? Rovers must still have stacks of cash to spend. Released from the 2011 caploads to go at. Hudgell has said the new man will be given cash to bring in a few new players.

non-club is my shorthand for the limit on non-club-trained players (or those under 21 like Griffin) you can have in your top 25 earners. As you need 8 club-trained players in your 25, it is effectively 17.

Rough head count... Taulapapa, D. Hodgson, Webster, Hall, J. Hodgson, Dobson, Green, Wheeldon, Netherton, Galea, Horne, O'Hara. That is 12. Excluding Paea, Withers and Clinton. And anybody I've forgotten. It's okay having cash or cap space, but if we sign Barlow, for example, it'll be going on a very small number of very big earners, you'd assume.

I see. Has Hudgell actually said you'll be spending the full salary cap? In the HDM it saidWe still have significant room on the cap to take us to the limit and I am confident our new coach will be able to strengthen us in the key areas for next season."

Not sure whether Hudgell has actually promised to spend the full cap here, just talks about having a lot left. As you say, to spend the same on incoming as outgoing players must mean a couple of world class players coming in.

What he says and what he does may not always be the same. It's a common fault in Hull-based RL Chairman

but micky peaua is all but confirmed and more signings to follow