He can tackle.

He can now, what about 4 months after he signed?

Oh, I'm confident we can train it out of him.

IMO Hardmans not good enough for S/L. He'd of been here bye now if he was.

I believe he can be, he can also cover 1-7. It's all irrelevant, he won't leave Fev unless he fell out with his partner or her father told him to go and earn in Super league.

I'll second that, he wasnt good enough for St Helens and was only an average player with a lack of pace during the time that he was here imo, if some people on here genuinely believe he is the answer then we realy are in trouble .

St Helens had Paul Wellens and we had Shaun Briscoe, now we're facing the prospect of Hall (in some fans eyes) at FB, Hardman is a better choice IMO.

He might possibly the less of two evils given the choice between the two but it would still be a massive step backwards imo.
In my honest opinion i doubt very much that either scenario will play out, i cannot see the club even considering these two as possibilities.

Hardman would outright reject us, anyway.

Thank God for small mercies.

Agreed, he would be stupid to leave when hes got it so good. But he still aint good enough for a mid table side. He would struggle to get in a bottom SL side so i certainly dont want him back here.

I don't know what you are basing your opinion on, Hardman is a very good fullback and would more than hold his own in Super league. If not for his apparent loyalties to Featherstone and his partners father, I think he'd be undoubtedly in Super league. I was sad to see him go after his loan spell.