Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:27 pm  

To put together a rough starting 13 of what we have so far:

Rapana
Martin
Hardaker
Chamberlain
Briscoe
Abdul
Sezer
Ese'ese
Cust
Aydin
Holmes
Cartwright
Asiata

That is, besides Martin and Ese'ese, a completely new squad to what started round one of this season. It certainly does feel like the "transition period" we seem to have been stuck in for years is coming to an end.

Would I have liked to have seen some more exciting names in that squad? Absolutely. Do I think we still look weak in certain areas? No doubt about it.

But what i will give Myler credit for is that this, for the first time in a while, feels like a completely clean slate. I don't expect that 13 to contend for top 6, but having trying to look at it from an optimist point of view, it is at least a starting point for us to move forward. It is also by far and away better than what we started this season with, not that it was a difficult task.

Asiata, Rapana and by all accounts Hardaker (if you chose to ignore his off-field antics) are good leaders to have within the squad, which is something we have been desperately lacking since Ellis retired.

[Chris71]

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:28 pm  

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:

Cuddleclub wrote:

Good post

Thank you but in reality I've just echoed what Chris has said but not as eloquently

Is that what they call plagiarism

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:37 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

Is that what they call plagiarism

Please don't sue. I'm brassic, the only thing I have of any "value" is my season pass

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:08 pm  

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:

Please don't sue. I'm brassic, the only thing I have of any "value" is my season pass

I’ll give you a bag of space raiders and a freddo for it

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:19 pm  

Gone from a leadership team of Fash, Lane and Houghton to Asiata, Sezer and Rapana.

None have Hull links, all are products of the NRL and are proven winners, covering the back line , halves and forwards. Alongside some experienced SL players who have had plenty of success across the positions. Myler has put a lot of thought into it IMO.

Echoing what others have said - we’re a strike centre short, but on paper we’re a way better side. I actually think Walker could be a could centre, but we won’t do that. I’d like to think we still have some cap space left for another one or two additions.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:38 pm  

Dan reporting both done deals as well as Cust.

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:08 pm  

Cuddleclub wrote:

Cust
Herman
Rapana
Sezer
Sao
Cartwright
Asiata

That’s all our quotas full then, allegedly Sezer has signed.

Ese Ese
Sao
Brown
Ockunbor
Carlos
Hoy
Pele

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:11 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Ese Ese
Sao
Brown
Ockunbor
Carlos
Hoy
Pele

I challenge anyone to be worse than Okunbur

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:22 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Fages was rumoured earlier this week

terrible player. I'd rather have drinkwater

Re: Shopping list for 2025 : Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:55 pm  

No doubt about it, we will be a different proposition next season.
Really hope Walker stays. I thought he went well at 6 when he played there.
Still expect 2 maybe 3 more to come in.