Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:16 pm  

tommyfromhull wrote:

Apparently NB was unhappy with the coaching, had a meeting with Clarke and is off. Okunbor might be following.

Stop it now, think this might just finish me off.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:19 pm  

I don't mind Brown leaving if we use his quota spot properly.
If we can get a decent genuine 7 and a good 2nd rower to replace Brown and Hoy then we will have a better balance to the team.

Full backs - Walker, Litten Hoy
Halves - New 7, Trueman, Charles, Smith (if necessary)
Hookers - Houghon, Balmforth, Hodgson, Smith

We will look better in the halves with a genuine 7 and also stronger in the back row. I admit Brown at 9 was the best we had, but overall I think we would still look better going forward thanks to a new 7 and 11.

With Hull Live saying we have targets at 7 and 11, I'd be interested to know who targeted them. Was it players Smith identified before parting ways, or is it James Clarke who has picked them.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:21 pm  

weaver93 wrote:

Maybe there is sufficient cover, at the moment
Morgan Smith, Danny Houghton, & Balmforth,Hodgson.

hopefully Balmforth will get his chance to shine.....no more Lane or Cator at 9 either!

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:25 pm  

number 6 wrote:

hopefully Balmforth will get his chance to shine.....no more Lane or Cator at 9 either!

Knowing our luck the new guy in charge will probably fancy the idea of trying Herman Ese'Ese at 9.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:31 pm  

Hasbag wrote:

Knowing our luck the new guy in charge will probably fancy the idea of trying Herman Ese'Ese at 9.

to 'bolster' this doesn't mean a takeover is happening? dan clearly states this in the article

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:33 pm  

tommyfromhull wrote:

Apparently NB was unhappy with the coaching, had a meeting with Clarke and is off. Okunbor might be following.

Good, I suspect Brown was only here for a season anyway. Better to get business done early and have some cash to spend this summer on 2025 transfers

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:34 pm  

Theeaststander1 wrote:

to 'bolster' this doesn't mean a takeover is happening? dan clearly states this in the article

He meant coach, why would an owner choose who plays hooker?

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:39 pm  

Absolutley no way we can carry the season on with houghton at 9, whoever keeps rolling that out needs banning, nu brown will leave a big hole at hooker, i suspect Jeylan Hodgson will get his shot, and we may well see Balmforth cover hooker and 13

[Chris71]

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:51 pm  

UllFC wrote:

tommyfromhull wrote:

Apparently NB was unhappy with the coaching, had a meeting with Clarke and is off. Okunbor might be following.

Good, I suspect Brown was only here for a season anyway. Better to get business done early and have some cash to spend this summer on 2025 transfers

If that is true then it is no wonder we have performed so poorly.
I had heard that training didn’t last long and consisted of little more than a few hours a day but found that hard to believe but maybe it has been far too relaxed.

What’s done is done and we move on yet again. I think most myself included had high hopes that Smith with all his experience would turn us around but sadly he has only managed to take us further back.

If Smith had been allowed to carry on any longer I think the damage done to the club would have been terminal.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:41 pm  

Ligi Sao apparently unfollowed the Hull FC Instagram account.
Is this really now the modern way in which we find out a player is leaving the club??