Not a firework signing but I'd rather have Aspinwall then someone like that Ephrame Lauaki who you got rid of. He's a solid grafter, every team needs 1 or 2 to do a job defensively.

Just looking at the majority of the posters on this thread. If you're happy with this signing then good for you, but the majority of the posters on this thread do not consider Martin Aspinwall to be the kind of signing AP's statements had led them to believe we'd be making.

the majority of players who sign for us often refer to our passionate support of everything black and white and as one of the reasons that made them sign,i hope neither martin or aspinwall read these threads as their opinions might change-for gods sake give them a chance to pull a shirt on before we rubbish them as many did with westerman

Have Wire being fined had points deducted??
How naive are some folk, get real, if we really want to be up there with the likes of Wire we need ways around the salary cap, and with AP coming in most of us thought this would happen, but as of yet it dosnt look like it has.

I think anyone with any common sense and knowledge of the game knew that it would take time. You can't just go cancelling contracts left right and centre and make other clubs part with their best players cos we want them to. While Pearson didn't put a timescale on making the club a top 2 team he also didn't say it would be next season. I'd be interested to know who you think we should have signed and who we should have got rid of and by what means. The only 2 questionable signings are both on 12 month contracts,i think some people need a reality check.

Yes cos Warrington went from where they where,to where they are now in one close season.

Just shows the lack of availability within the forwards!

A lot of their players were already at the club when Tony Smith took over.

Don't you all just get the impression there's one more signing to come once a visa is rubber stamped?

one thing is certain, Gentle can't lose next season, if we win things he'll be lauded, if we lose he can blame McRae for picking the players.

Have they been found guilty of breaking the cap like you suggest we do?

Dont forget that the cap is live now & has been for a while so any signings they do make have to be approved by the RFL 1st.

Just because lots of people say Wire break the cap every year doesn't make it true.

Which players will Mcrae have picked or be picking?

Lynch, O'Carrol, Martin and Aspinwall for a start.

Wasn't O'Carroll signed before McRae?

Think that will be it for now.I think they will leave the quota palce open and see what happens during the course of the season.

Firstly, could we maybe have a seperate thread for petty sniping about what he has/hasn't done in his personal life and how he should/shouldn't be treated for it?

Secondly, looking at him from a playing perspective: I've never particularly rated him (how he's made national squads is beyond me), and his injury record is spotted with niggles. It's a questionable signing but does add numbers we need in the back row is only on a 1-year deal, so may work out ok.

Putting this signing together with Martin, it does look like the club are struggling with recruitment due to what's already signed up, hence the 1-year deals for uninspiring names. Looks to me like next year is the target for big moves. That said, I am still a bit disappointed and personally hope for a situation where Whiting/Turner/young backrower play sufficiently well enough for neither of them to be in the team, which is not indiciative of good signings.

I really hope there is still one more to come in.

So PG didn't have a say in any of those signings??

cant say im impressed with the last 2 signings but then again think there hands are tied to a certain extent, according to sum on here next season already a right off, for goodness sake lets give them all a chance,why oh why are sum soooooooooooooooo negative all the time, right rant over comeeeeeeeeee onnnnnnnnnnnnn uuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuullllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

And to think the club have all over Obst in order to sign Aspinwall. Bet Obst feels great about it.

Way too many "glass half full" Hull fans about, all last year all we wanted was Agar to go, well he has and we have a new coach. We havn't even seen the new team play yet and already half the people are writing off the season.

Give the new coaching setup a chance, the team we have are way capable of challanging. We have a good spine to the team and now we sign someone that means we will give the youth a chance and people moan. Again all last year all we heard was why dont we give the youth a chance and we will this year.

My glass is full right now and I think we will give it a real go next year and until I have a watched a few matches next season I am not going to start saying we wont do well right now before a ball as even been kicked.

Come on you 'ullllla

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Cannot wait to wear my new shirt.

Aspinwall a good player, puts his body on the line everytime he takes the ball up and runs very strongly like briscoe. would of kept him at the giants but he was a naughty lad

Not really, it's irrelevant to Obst who comes in unless they are going to play in the same position he does. It's been well known for ages that Obst would rarely get a game if he stayed.

I agree with Punos! I'm gonna give everyone,players/coaches/owners a fair chance, God knows we gave Agar plenty!

I don't think that is in question, everyone posting on this thread wants FC to do well and will be happy to say they were wrong if it turns out that Aspinwall and Martin et al prove them to be so, it's just a bloody big IF to some people.