Last time I took notice of you you were ing over a young qlds cup fb who went on to play amateur ru 7's.

If you believe Talanoa was Hull FC's player of the year last year you're as stupid as the person who gave him the award. To slow for wing, can't pass to play centre but he tries hard and plays up for the fans. He's Hull FC's Ben Cockayne.

I didn't call CT awful, I said he was an awful signing. Blocks players like Logan, Dean and HTW on a lot higher wages for a slightly better return.

don't be daft Yeaman will write his own contract extension.
Doesn't deserve a contract performance wise.
if Yeaman had not been a local player and was an Aussie/NZ, fans would have been outraged that he was even in the team.
Michaels has performed better than Yeaman yet fans think he is rubbish and not worth a contract.
thats the misplaced loyalty shown by Radford and some fans because he is from Hull.

Let's give the Lad chance !
Hull FC fans are really starting to p**s me off !
Armchair experts everywhere!

You have hit the nail on the head there,he says things to boost pass sales. Going back to my original post, this is why some posters are, in my opinion,disappointed in the signing.
If he is one of the three top signings promised by AP then I can understand the frustration.I suspect he is and the AP statement is just more bull and spin in a long line of bull and spin.

Not signing players because it blocks 'unproven' youngsters is the stupidest thing I keep seeing repeated! Its a squad. Players with specific skillsets combined with young players is what all good squads are made of.
Wigan are held up as a marker. Hampshire manfredi powell have had to bide their time for years. They make up their squad and are getting more and more games now but got yrs on our young uns!

Should I be jumping for joy? Delighted with signing taylor and pritchard but not nrl fringe players. You knock yourself out about though

yeaman

I can't believe he is one of the 2 pearson referred to in his interview. He was practically frothing at the mouth at these signings so surely it isn't someone with barely any 1st grade experience. IMO it's pointless bringing someone 1/2 way around the world for them to learn their trade in our 1st team

Absolutely spot on, Sheldon. People are the same about Rankin.

Baffling signing.

Hope he's backing up and we still are to sign out 2 outstanding 'top class' backs.

Talanoa was very good last season, he's a better athlete & makes good metres.if you was in touch with FC you would know Logan is not ready to play every week nor are Dean or HTW. The last 2 are not even full time.

I watch the 19s, Logan is ready, as is Lancaster.
Harry will be ready for 2017 if he's used properly next year, we need somewhere for him to play better than the 19s and Doncaster.

I'm not convinced that either Logan or Lancaster will ever be really top class. Both very talented but too small IMO.

You mean Shannon Walker, the ex fastest man in the NRL who at the start of this season turned down 3 RL offers, and was blocked by the RU to play for the Gold Coast in he Auckland 9's? I'm sure loads of our backs are good enough to play for Australia's 7's team! lol

And unlike yourself, I wasn't "ing" over a player I had very little knowledge of. I didn't make up ridiculous lies about attending 3rd grade Sydney RU matches to try and back up my tenuous claims. Claims that were so stupid you mysteriously disappeared throughout Talanoa's entire spell of good form!

Roopy think's Carlos is too good for us to hold on to for 3 seasons, and I doubt there's anyone on the site that would take your view over the guy that watches him every week!

And regarding blocking younger players, if you think we have a centre anywhere near ready enough - you're either wilfully delusional, or a halfwit!

Lancaster will be (he's an inch smaller than Tom Briscoe). Logan needs a good off season and won't be the finished article, but he needs to progress for his own development and that should be in the first team for me.

Sorry for butting in, but he's signed a 3 year deal, it doesn't have to be about him blocking young players in 2016.

At 23 though - he IS still a young player. I agree with your argument when we sign veterans that will only get worse, but this kid has his best days in front of him.

Logan is not ready to play SL every week neither is Lancaster. If you think lineham shoots in Lancaster is worse, plus his core skills are not all that.

If he's here to replace Yeaman then that's fine by me.

Both should be playing SL next year, Callum's core skills are fine for a winger at 18, he used to play FB. You must be the only person I know, including plenty of people down at the 19s that doesn't think he's ready.
Logan needs to learn on the job. He's too good for 19's and until there's ever an 'A' team/U23's grade he'll just stagnate if not allowed to progress.

The thing is you can say he's ready I can say he's not, but his coaching team don't see him as ready to play every week in SL & other games, so we can leave it to them eh.

Who is his 'coaching team' then? Because the Hull FC coaches certainly seem to think he is. Shame he's been injured this year really, he could have maybe shown you why.

The argument is largely immaterial. None of our backs will be fit every game next season, and I have no doubts that Lancaster and Logan will get chances to impress. It will be up to them to keep those spots. On the evidence I've seen so far - Shaul, Michaels, Tuimavave, Talanoa, Naughton should all be ahead of them in the pecking order and 3 of those are youngsters themselves. If one of Vidot, Inu or Fonua comes over, then all it takes is 2 injuries to hit the first team. It's highly unlikely that won't happen.

However disappointed a few may be, it's a long way away from starting the likes of Jason Crookes!!

I've watched him play since been a kid, put him on the end of a move he will finish a try, but he will get peppered with kicks & it would knock his confidence. I just don't see him as ready to play every week in SL, Logan is not big enough, turgut was meant to be the next big star to come through, so you see him as ready?

I liked Jason! Full blown idiot, but he was ok.