Welcome aboard Carlos . let's give the kid a chance please before we slag him of

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So if Steve Michaels with over 100 first grade NRL games is a waste of a quota spot what does that make this lad who according to Radford has been signed as a back up centre, implying he wont even make the 17 most weeks?

He is clearly a stand off and wants to play there so maybe its been sold to him on the basis he will take over from Pryce in 2017.

I hope he turns out to be an inspired signing and will give him a chance when I see him play but at the moment I'm a bit underwhelmed.

Don't have to tell me Inu has no pace. But I don't expect our centres to have lightening pace, I want that from our wingers, and if we're looking at signing Vidot or Fonua or going with Talanoa as a winger. We'll be big but slow.

Utterly confused by this, if hes coming over to be a standoff then fair enough and he could be pretty exciting, if hes coming over to provide competition in the centres then its a joke as he clearly isnt a centre nor wants to play there

Shock horror ^^^^^^^^

I think everybody should slag him already
they can then look like s later ala thompson,pryce,and particularly minichello!
Kids young,motivated to play,fast, elusive and a general athlete with the skillset of a half.
Call our backs for lacking all of the above but this is still no good! Ha

Last time I saw you post was to tell us how awful a signing Talanoa was, and how he'd be terrible for us. That season he won our player of the year. Now you've called Carlos awful - I'm pretty excited about the signing!!! I know you have this history of wanting to be some kind of English Malcolm Andrews, desperate to look like you have some some kind of exclusive NRL knowledge - but I'm afraid your credibility is shot!

A Kiwi CEO looking after his Kiwi buddies.

six, so playing at centre is a bit of a change - and it has been tough for me. But that's football, that's how it goes."

Doesn't seem overly upset at playing centre.

Anyway, the article is two years old. He may have changed his mind. You've been saying for at least two years you've had enough but still you post.

Or recruiting a decent up & coming utility player from who is available, but knock the club before you see him in action.

Wigan signed Gelling who had not only never played first grade - but had been sacked for smearing excrement around his hotel room. I'm sure no-one would be complaining if we signed him? Wigan's other centre Dan Sarginson also considers himself a standoff, as did Jordan Turner at Saints. Joel Moon at Leeds was a stand off, Chris Bridge at Wire...basically, the league is packed with quality centres that started at off half. I think it's a lot rarer the other way round, and can only think of Schofield at the moment.

I think that some people are just frustrated that IF Carlos is one of the 3 top signings AP wrote about in the 18th man then I can understand them being a bit nonplussed with the signing.I expected from his statement that we would be getting well established,proven and experienced players or is this just more spin from AP.

I for one will welcome the lad to the club ,wish him well and hope he goes on to great things with us.

Pritchard & Taylor alone are massive signings, the big name players are not coming over as much as they used to, the only time players come over is twighlight of their careers or bad lad & no NRL side will touch them.

I don't know how you are going to use him, but he pretty much has all the basics.
He has a decent kicking game, he is big enough and athletic enough to play centre, he is fast and has a good step, he can tackle well.
I don't think you'll keep him for 3 years.
I expect him to make a position his own and earn an NRL contract well before 3 years.

I'm happy with this signing. Tall, athletic utility with good skills; I think he'll go well.

Welcome to Hull Carlos.

Could be the end for Yeamen then ? if we've more backs coming in .

Absolutely willing to give him a chance, but it's an odd signing when we have an outstanding academy producing decent players who barely get a chance.

As it stands

Shaul
Lancaster
Tuimavava
Talanoa
Naughton

Logan as back up

Need at least two more backs IMO.

There's some pace in these really. Think we just need a decen strike centre with good hands.

But who from the 19s are ready to play every week?

I totally agree with you about Pritchard and Taylor,but reading the second part of your post about NRL players,why do you think AP would come out with the statement he has about 3 top class players.

I haven't heard his interview but I believe they are fetching in a very decent centre, they've a few on the radar which will be a massive improvement, but he says things to boost his clubs pass sales, every chairman does, I was just meaning the likes of inglis & co will never grace our competition unless like I posted earlier.

Do you reckon we will make two more signings? A centre and a winger? I reckon it will be one more I listened to the AP interviewee and I got the impression it was two new ones plus Pitchard.

If we make two more there is no need to keep Michaels and Yeaman.

Our forwards could do with another prop. Pritchard & mini are ultimate professionals, I'm happy we are signing these type of players as they are as good off the pitch as on it.