Professional contact sports teams should all be looking to replicate the type of pitch that Arsenal play on.
Although its 100% grass it also contains natural granulated cork and synthetic microfibre.
These type of pitches can take a lot more useage but more important lower the risk of ACL injury and head injury if the player hits his head on the ground

Is that 5g if so I may have been wrong about the 4g pitch I read somewhere it was a mixture

Just saw on the Facebook forum page for us, ‘hull fc fans forum’ that we have signed trueman for season after next, if true be great imo

Be a great signing....but, we would need a 7 too

Is his back better?

Spends more time in the stands then on the pitch and people slate Reynolds. Why do you think Radford or Powell doesn’t want him?

Mentioned on the Cas Forum as well.

Reynolds and GAle will play max 5 matches together - sick note meets age 30+

Truman would be a great signing, ok he has had a few injury problems, but certainly worth a risk as he is one of the best halfbacks in the league at is only 22.

Him and Hookem at 6 and 7 next season could be a fantastic partnership we could build on for the next few years.

I would love us to test Cas and offer a small fee to see if we can get his him season and then release Reynolds giving us another quota spot for latter in the year of needed.

Lot of if and buts but worth looking in too.

That all sounds very exciting, but I don’t understand if Trueman is available, and Cas are looking to release him, how come they never accepted Wires alleged massive offer for him, hope it happens though.

Maybe he’s not keen on Powell or Radford?
To be fair, Powell can be a bit left field, he binned Sneyd off after signing for FC and he gave Richardson a torrid time last season. He seems to get massive downers on certain players. Radford is, well, Radford.

Both Warrington and Leeds got turned down for Truey. He also had NRL offers. So despite his injury concerns, he's hot property. I just can't see us getting him, but I'd be delighted if we did.

Might have a good relationship with Gale and I think him and Scott also came through the academy together at Bradford.

Michael Shenton may also be a factor if this story turns out to be true.

https://twitter.com/M_Shaw1/status/1460 ... jQLDQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/M_Shaw1/status/1460 ... jQLDQ&s=19

The speculation continues

List of ooc British half backs for 2023 haha?

May sound a bit conspiracy theory like, but could Hull FC have asked HDM to write that story to dampen down the speculation and hide the fact a deal is in place?
Seeing as we can’t speak to players until May officially

Maybe we were given permission this year to talk to him (other clubs did) before Gale was signed.

Hope it is true but it cannot be unless we have broken rules and approached him / granted permission to talk to him, but if Warrington , Leeds or the NRL are viable options why on earth come here? No logic in this story , all three other options must be more attractive if he has ambitions to be winning SL or testing himself in a far superior and sunny environment.

An insight into our coaches management style or sour grapes??? https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... pe-6213421

An insight into our coaches management style or sour grapes??? https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... pe-6213421

Wire and Leeds were obviously granted permission to talk to him, why not us? In respect to Wire, perhaps he doesn’t like Powell, as I stated in a previous post. Leeds have just signed, Austin and Sezer, that’s why Gale left. As for The NRL, it just might be, that he doesn’t want to go halfway around the world, to play rugby, lots of players haven’t hacked it. Erm, Wire haven’t won Super League despite 4 finals, granted he has a better chance with Leeds but have faith, we may surprise a few, next season plus we haven’t got a clue which players we’re going after for 2023 season, we’re still guessing whether more players are coming for next season.

Quote ="The Dentist Wilf"An insight into our coaches management style or sour grapes??? https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... pe-6213421'" Possibly a bit of both. Any new management style will inevitably but someones nose out of joint. Hodgsons style clearly didn't work for Faraimo hopefully it will with our remaining players.

Quote ="The Dentist Wilf"An insight into our coaches management style or sour grapes??? https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... pe-6213421'" Possibly a bit of both. Any new management style will inevitably but someones nose out of joint. Hodgsons style clearly didn't work for Faraimo hopefully it will with our remaining players.

Quote ="The Dentist Wilf"An insight into our coaches management style or sour grapes??? https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... pe-6213421'" Seems a bit of sour grapes to me. Fonua was one of our top earners and was picked to start the season. Swift was one of our most consistent players last year. Hodgson had no issue dropping Fonua about 3/4 games in for Faraimo after a slow start.

Quote ="The Dentist Wilf"An insight into our coaches management style or sour grapes??? https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... pe-6213421'" Seems a bit of sour grapes to me. Fonua was one of our top earners and was picked to start the season. Swift was one of our most consistent players last year. Hodgson had no issue dropping Fonua about 3/4 games in for Faraimo after a slow start.

On the subject of players having digs at coaches



Saw this in an interview with Connor on thr clubs site:

[iBrett Hodgson has taken a slightly different approach at the start of pre-season training this year, incorporating some ball handling drills into the early stages of the schedule.

“My first five or six pre-seasons here at Hull, we didn’t touch a ball for the first four weeks and I found that to be like torture,” he explained.

“At the end of the day, we are all rugby players and we want the ball in our hands.[/i

Hopefully our skill level is improved next season.

Maybe prefers having a coach who’s a “mate” as well

Been a lot of chatter from Cas in the off season. Let’s see how things pan out.
I’m pretty happy with the professional approach of BH.