: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:48 am  

Standee wrote:

There isn't (and shouldn't) be any problem, this place is a bit like a love fest at times where players/coaches/the club can do no wrong, so having people like me around provides something to counter that.

Calderwood is not of the required quality for Hull FC to challenge in SL, that is a simple fact. There are no other FC players in the squad so I can't make comment on them, so whilst it looks like I am singling Calderwood out I am not.

I don't think this forum needs 'people like you' or any other kind of people with specific roles tbh. People should give their honest opinion and not try to come accross in a certain way.

Calderwood is a very good winger and he has shown that over the years in SL. He has had a very good end to the season for both club and country and imo is exactly what we need.

: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:49 am  

PAUL M wrote:

I don't think this forum needs 'people like you' or any other kind of people with specific roles tbh. People should give their honest opinion and not try to come accross in a certain way.

I don't have a "specific role", it's just I don't follow the popular opinion on things, I form my own.

: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:52 am  

Standee wrote:

I don't have a "specific role", it's just I don't follow the popular opinion on things, I form my own.

Sometimes people seem to go against the popular opinion for the sake of it I find.

Sometimes I see a genuine point but other times I just see some people's views are FC bashing for the sake of it.

I tend to say what I feel whether its pro or anti the club.

: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:56 am  

PAUL M wrote:

Sometimes people seem to go against the popular opinion for the sake of it I find.

Sometimes I see a genuine point but other times I just see some people's views are FC bashing for the sake of it.

I tend to say what I feel whether its pro or anti the club.

Fair enough, I don't take any deliberate stance, I take each issue as I find, the club are doing a lot of things wrong at the moment in my eyes, and have been doing for some time.

: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:12 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

Sometimes people seem to go against the popular opinion for the sake of it I find.

Oh no we dont!!!

: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:22 pm  

Standee wrote:

I'd take a gamble on one of our youngsters personally, especially with no P/R.

Take it you have never seen our reserves play.

: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:24 pm  

The Hollywood Frasier wrote:

Take it you have never seen our reserves play.

Yes, but not often enough to know individual players etc. (as I don't live in Hull, or in fact, very near at all).

If we don't have people coming through that are even worth a gamble then we're doing something wrong.

: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:30 pm  

Standee wrote:

If we don't have people coming through that are even worth a gamble then we're doing something wrong.

Jack Briscoe is coming through but he is nowhere near ready as he has hardly played for the Reserves this season mainly in the Academy. He is the best winger we have coming through though.

: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:40 pm  

The Hollywood Frasier wrote:

Jack Briscoe is coming through but he is nowhere near ready as he has hardly played for the Reserves this season mainly in the Academy. He is the best winger we have coming through though.

Plenty of last seasons reserves have now left the club and signed for NL clubs. TBH I think Hull will struggle at reserve grade and acadamy grade for a few years now, particularly with Rovers being so active in this area.

: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:43 pm  

Gordon Gekko wrote:

Plenty of last seasons reserves have now left the club and signed for NL clubs. TBH I think Hull will struggle at reserve grade and acadamy grade for a few years now, particularly with Rovers being so active in this area.

Maybe so, however, every couple of years you do tend to see us get rid of a batch of players that havent made it and refresh the squad.