they'll be maths involved too, with the salary cap. if we are bringing in a few quality players they won't be cheap. i like green and he will always be one of the CC16 players, but you can't keep everyone

Looking like were losing 8 forwards and no backs and adding 2 backs and 4/5 forwards. Leaves the squad lop sided for me

Numbers could be different if you add savelio talanoa and miloudi in the mix

So far we've lost 2 backs and added 2.
Miloudi and Talanoa out
Swift and Fonua in.
In the fwds we've confirmed
Thompson
Langtree
Green
Litten all out

Jones
Savelio in.

I reckon the following will also leave
Washbrook
Mini
Manu
Hadley
Paea
Westerman
Logan

add Dawson Jones to that list

If Greens injury record was a little better no doubt he’d have another contract at Hull. Unfortunately he just misses too many games.
Not overly fussed about Litten, way too small to do 80mins at SL level.

Andy Ackers is an interesting one.

Maybe Radford rates Webster in the Reserves as back up hooker ?

Meh, since Radford took over the only player thats been released that you could say we've missed is Watts &that was a completely different circumstance. If he doesn't see either player as good enough of good enough value for money next year then that's enough for me.

That's one way to look at it. If you take the squad we went into the season with, vs the one we might start next year with:

Out
Backs:
Talanoa -> Naulago
Miloudi -> Swift
Griffin (to the pack) -> Fonua

Forwards:
Minichiello -> Griffin
Manu -> Ma'u
Paea -> Ikahihifo
Westerman - Sao
Green -> Savelio
Litten -> Cator / Cunningham?
Hadley -> Ellis
Langtree
Thompson

Would love us to sign a big lump like fifita or walmsley.

That’s what I meant when I mentioned them and realised I’d left Ellis out , plus washy to go as well . I did say a while ago if we let 6 forwards go we need 6 forwards in with us only having lane and brown coming through . With better quality coming in we maybe could bring 1 less forward in , but 2 less would be hard when injuries start .

There's also Nzoungou under contract I think who seems to have been injured for ages. And Bienek - not sure what's going on with him.

….. we've already played 32 players this season who count on the cap, (plus Ratu who doesn't), so my guess is that Bienek could push us over the edge.
Nzoungou has been playing for Doncaster.

Makes sense. Bienek doing any good? Was a lot of interest in him when we signed him.

No idea, but he's been playing regularly for Batley.

Props for next year who we have now looks like
Taylor
Bowden
Masi
Fash
Bienek
Brown
(Ellis )
No where near good enough or enough depth , Jury is out on bienek and we can’t rely on brown yet week in week out . Surely we must be bringing 2 in at least if we’re losing Paea and green and haven’t replaced watts yet . Could maybe see setae and ikahihifo coming in .

Nzoungou was MOM for Doncaster on Wednesday. Had a two match ban recently

No
coming off the bench at Batley but wasnt selected for their cup match on Wednesday.
I wouldnt be surprised if we let him go

Green has always annoyed me - i think hes a better player than Bowden but inconsistent and injured a lot. If he could stay fit and a be more consistent then itd be like a new player after all the time hes had out - i think having a little more weight has benifitted him - on leaving he could either go on to be great at his next club but equally he could just fade into the championship - who knows with him?

Batley are on the tv one day this week, may get a look at him

Some of the two year deals handed out last year to incoming fringe players look a bit odd now.
I know MDJ has been unlucky with his injury, but none of them have hardly appeared.
Not really added anything to the team.

We certainly need some grunt up front.When Chris Green is the best we have in recent games then alarm bells should be ringing.
Radford seems to be happy with the recruitment so we just have to wait.

Think we need fresh legs. Evidenced by last nights lack of go forward.

We were beat up front, Masoe & Garbut, don’t know what’s up with Scotty lately.

did i miss 4 wins, one being a smahing of Catalans in Perpognan, did we run a side close who were playing, potentially, for their SL careers?

Are we 3rd?
Still in the Challemge Cup?

Yup, thought so.