I'd rather have experience on the right with Crooks as back up. I like/rate Arundel but just asking questions. If we are happy to play a youngster then why not Crooks? Probably not ready but not sure Arundel is our best option.



Maybe he is, he is highly rated and I think his signing would be another coup for the club. I mentioned him in the off season as a player I liked.



Maybe Crooks will be Briscoe's replacement on the wing if he goes?



Crooks should be the backup I accept that, just not sure inexperience on the right is the best thing for us and if it is then why not try Crooks.

Also got told by a Cas employee that Arundel is coming to us. We'll see.

Completely understand on all of those points, and don't disagree on a couple of them. I just didn't get why yourself and easthullfcfan seemed to be saying that Arundel would affect Crooks' development but still wanted to bring a centre in. It doesn't really matter who the centre we bring in is from Crooks' point of view, as long as he has the right coaches and players around him to learn from.

We need to sign Manu up, would be a massive loss, we easily get into every SL's 13.



Get him tied up for a coup of years, I wouldn't swap him for any other backrow Forward in SL and would rather have him than Ellis.



Be great if in the next couple of weeks we announced the extentions of him, O Meley and Whiting.

I hope we wait and see how Turner and Crooks go before we sign Arundel, Turner looks much improved under Gentle and Crookes is scoring trys for fun in the reserves.



Unless one of them is going to play on the wing if Briscoe goes to the NRL.

Yeah, Soliola was in the backrow. I meant to say this in the last post but I didn't quite explain it properly.





I think Meli's played at centre every game for them but they keep swapping their wingers around. So far they've had Makinson, Gardner, Foster and Wheeler starting on the wing for them at one point or another.

If we're going to replace Briscoe with an under 20's player than surely it will be Lineham and not a centre come winger?

Lineham looks the bee's and expect him to make the break through within a few years.

Scott is indeed a big Hull fan, I think he would like to come to us one day - but Rovers treat him well when he finished school and got him into coaching youngsters and then full time training very quickly. IIRC he was also released from Hull FC's scholarship so maybe he will hold a grudge to prove them wrong.

On the other hand, remember that Briscoe himself was a centre in the 20s.

Soliola would be a great signing in the centre.

got talking to dobbins fan 2day he reckons Manu has been told he can leave at the end of the season by FC,

apparently it was the talk of "the east stand" that KR were after our Willie. Cant see it personally why would we tell our prized form 2nd row that can leave, he loves FC and i would like to think he would jump at the chance to stay.

And a Wovers fan told you this. And you believe it?

I got told this as well, not by a KR fan though

As if any club would tell Manu to leave





Now if the money on the table is not right well then that is another story, although I will be really upset if we do not find the right deal, as to be honest as much as I am over the moon about Ellis if it meant sacrificing Manu I would not be happy! Manu is our best player...

I agree, would be a massive shame if he left! especially to another super league club

no of course not, no reason wot so ever for Willie to leave and i told him that. We are trying to build a top team not dismantle it.

i personally think its the dobbins fans trying to upset the apple cart of us signing ellis sour grapes and all that.

Just be plain stupid to let Manu go, be very surprised if they did

I was told this too Paul by somebody with links to FC that he's not in Gentle's plans for next season!!

Nobody was even contemplating Manu not be here next season this time last week. Only since the announcement that we've signed Ellis has this rumour surfaced. IMO people are putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5.

Spot on. It's laughable!

I couldn't see Pearson mentioning Manu in the press this week as one of our form players , then letting him go or even knowing he was of praising him so highly . I've heard rovers was rife with rumours yesterday . Moi moi , Crabtree and more from people at work . Prob just jealous after us snatching Ellis and them been skint .

Some people are very gullible.

well the dobbins have been pushed back into the shade, (where they belong), they need some publicity!!

its up to us now to get the players already at the club that we want to stay to sign new deals Starting with Manu, as its goes i dont believe for one second that Manu has been told he is surplus to requirements. When it was only on Thursday that Gentle had a meeting with all the players to tell if they want to part of the squad next year they can be provided they play well and there is enough space on the cap to that.



Will just be glad when things are signed and sealed.