: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:41 pm
SmokeyTA wrote:
you have thackray and now moa? and Luauki is more of a second rower than a prop, a good one, one in the Puletua/Lauitiiti mold, not at their level imo, but still a good player,
im really not questioning the signing of Lauaki, i would have taken him at leeds should we not get eastwood,
but i dont see the need for Lauaki and Moa and Croker and Cusack and Manu when you have SL quality british players like Radford Tickle King Thackray etc
lets hope so, Hull have a feel of a club trying to placate the fans with signings at the moment, and as Leeds fan i can guarantee you that wont work
Cusack and Byrne are the only Hull overseas players that could easily have been replaced by British players IMO. And I would hope that next season we look to replace them with British players (despite both making good starts to the season)
The others are either of better quality (Berrigan, Crocker if he ever arrives...) or are a type of player that Britain rarely produces such as Manu.
Sam Moa is untested rookie, and im sure his wages and 1 year deal will reflect that, if he impresses he stays, if he doesn't we'll have barely lost much money.
we are still weak at right centre though, with a choice of the inexperienced Briscoe or Hall or G Horne or Whiting who while decent and solid are too slow for centre IMO
