Taken from the squad thread, and with May fast approaching:
Jamie Shaul (2022-?)
Josh Bowden (2022)
Josh Reynolds (2022+1)
Connor Wynne (2022+1)
Joe Lovodua (2022)
Danny Houghton (2022)
Jordan Johnstone (2022)
Cameron Scott (2022)
Manu Ma’u (2022)
Mitieli Vulikijapani (2022)
Luke Gale (2022+1?)

Hopefully the option on Wynne is in our favour, would definitely be taking that up. Lovodua would be a top priority for me.

Keep Wynne Lovodua and Scott

Undecided on Mitch and Gale. Depends who is available.

The rest should be released (providing we can find suitable replacements)

Keep lovodua, Wynne shaul, mitch and gale

Still think gale and shaul have a lot to bring

Gale is one of the best halfs in the comp still when fit

Lovodua, Scott and Wynne should be soon and the priority

I'd also extend Mitch for another year, but that might depend of the army.

Undecided on Gale and Houghton, see how the next couple of months go.

Release Bowden, Shaul, JJ, Reynolds and Ma'u.

Gives us some cap and 2 quota spots to play with.

Sign 3 players, including a halfback and hooker and promote with replace Bowden and JJ.

That's more or less how I'd see it, although I do think Gale will prove his worth in the coming months, Leeds fans are already bemoaning his exit and subsequent replacement, Sezer, so with the dearth of good halves available, would maybe look at another year for him.

I know Houghton has done well in some games this year, but we do have a tendency to hold on to players for that year too many, so I'd be scouring the Aussie young guns for a replacement, the talent pool is so much larger over there, hence how we found Lovodua, who is proving an excellent acquisition, despite being relatively unknown.

Jamie Shaul (2022-?) Release
Josh Bowden (2022) Unsure probably release
Josh Reynolds (2022+1) Release
Connor Wynne (2022+1) Extend 2/3 years
Joe Lovodua (2022) Extend 2 years
Danny Houghton (2022) rolling one year deal for me he still plays a massive part despite his critics
Jordan Johnstone (2022) Release
Cameron Scott (2022) Extend 1/2 years
Manu Ma’u (2022) Unsure looked good since he was back maybe a year max depends on whos available
Mitieli Vulikijapani (2022) extend a year
Luke Gale (2022+1?) Keep for another year

I don't think Shaul brings anything. Mitch and Wynne constantly impress when drafted in. They are our back-up backs

Pretty much my thoughts too

Don't worry, he is the only one who thinks that, thinks he is better than Connor.

Won't be long until he mentions the semi final interception or start a thread when he misses one tackle.

Shauls hardly been given a chance other than against saints in dreadful weather when everyone in the team was appalling

Mitch has played well but not even close to ratu so it's another downgrade

What does Houghton bring? He does the same job as Jordan Johnstone except Houghton is on 5 times more wage

Lovodua should be hooker he's done more in attack in 5 or 6 games than Houghton has in his full career

Friggin hell, you are deluded! Shaul played against Cas away as well and was pretty poor. Why mention Ratu? Fash isn't as good as Scott Logan either.

Your comment on Houghton is just completely disrespectful

He's played in four out of the seven games so far this season, so that's clearly nonsense.

Houghton does nothing except tackle

It wont be until he leaves/retires we will realise how much he held back our attack

100k a year to tackle



My point is yes mitch has done OK but that's the reason we keep going backwards if we're replacing players with players not as good

On the wing... He hasn't played on the wing in his 9 years as a pro

You play James Roby at scrum half he wouldn't be as good played out of position

Connor is a great player at times but hasn't done it in the biggest games that semi final a prime example we was right in it till that moment

2005 no one remembers or cares how we did against leigh Huddersfield and Wakefield..... It was against saints and Leeds what mattered

Shaul has done it the biggest games he scored the winning try in 2016 he was one of our best players in the 2017 semi against Leeds

It's 2022. You don't select someone because he was one of our best players in a game five years ago.

His attitude particularly defensively was very questionable during Radfords last season, we then have a new coach in Hodgson who's decided he's not our number 1 fullback.

He has a very limited game, as did Sneyd and as does Houghton, Hodgson is evolving our style of play with players with a well rounded range of skills in the key positions.

Shaul will be a victim of his limited abilities and salary, and rightly so. He l be released end of the season and the wage invested to better effect.

Talent boy would, totally clueless, I honestly can't remember Shauls last really good game.

100K a year for Houghton is way out you living a your own world.

I’ve said this before but I honestly think that ‘tackle’ at Fev was the turning point.

I remember seeing that at the time and wincing. Didn't the ref just pass it off as an "early tackle"? Did it even get Shaul a penalty (or was it a penalty, but no other sanction?) As a contrast, just imagine if that tackle had happened in the first few games of this season!

Jamie has been a brilliant player for the club and secured the 2016 win at Wembley, which is to this day the greatest day of my life, every Hull fan will be forever grateful for the memories he's provided for us all.

BUT, this is the nature of sport, players come and go. And unfortunately for him, taking into consideration his salary, it would be right for us to let him go come the end of the season. He isn't going to get ahead of Connor at FB, and I don't see him as a hooker nor a winger. It would be a shame for him to spend the rest of his career playing in the reserves on a much lower contract, he deserves more than that.

It's a salary cap sport. We can't keep everyone and if we've got kids that can do a job then we have to let players go to free up cap space so we can sign massive props to squash the opposition.

I'm intrigued

I think we l let Mau and Reynolds go.
Where would we use the 2 quota spots?
Do we move Lane to second row and bring in a loose forward.
Do we keep Lane at loose forward and bring in a second row.
Do we keep Gale
Do we sign an overseas half back to replace Gale.

Taking into account most think we've signed Trueman to replace Reynolds

Options options with some good cap to play around with

To early to make decisions but so what here we go!

1 Connor
2 Mcintosh
3 Tuimavave
4 Griffin
5 Swift
6 Trueman?
7 Gale (As long as he plays a decent number of games)
8 Satae
9 ?
10 Sao
11 ?
12 Savelio
13 Lane

14 Evans
15 Taylor
16 Lovodua
17 Cator

Big decision about Houghton.