Not sure why the Dobbins troll with multiple user names doesn’t stick to the secret forum.

Very little on the market available and I suspect that Hugo wasn’t the first name on the list.

Realistically he is a squad player and won’t be taking much off the cap, can’t say I’ve ever been impressed when watching him previously but we shall see.

Who's the Hull FC player?

As you say very little on the market and would be a squad player to give us some cover.

Think he has potential to be in the 17, Ashworth is injury prone and the next in line is Fash, who needs to improve on last year's form.

Gardiner and Laidlaw I'm not sure they are good enough, both have given chances but they don't look good enough for SL IMO.

Adds depth, another option/prospect to work with, alongside the likes of Staveley, Laidlaw. The more bets you place, the more chance of getting a winner. Seems like a sensible strategy.

Wait, so he won't be blocking the path of a younger player like our similar signings?

To be fair you are right,you don’t produce any youngsters to have their paths blocked..

Weve given the chance to some young props, they weren't good enough, Laidaw and Gardiner played 30 games between them last year and don't look good enough as it stands.

We are different to Rovers, we don't have your quality, bet he plays double figures in games, I'd be suprised if Ruan plays 5 games.

He'll be another AJ Wallace or Greg Richards

Cas linked with Dan Okoro from Wire. Rovers signing Ruan and us linked with Salabio says everything about where the market for middles is at right now.

I would've been more tempted to keep our powder dry and try to recruit mid season

No that's not likely at all, we've already given opportunities to the younger players such as Gardiner and Laidlaw and they've shown they either aren't good enough or ready yet and Staveley is coming back from a serious injury. A lot of that could be down to the poor Coaches we've had and the lack of structure and both training and game time.

We are short in the middles so Salabio would help to add a little depth as that is what we are lacking in that dept, so no it wouldn't be blocking the path for younger players.

Thanks for the clarification

Think I would too, although still think we will have the cap space for another signing mid season

In an ideal world i think we would but don't think we can afford to wait to be honest. We only have four first choice props available as it stands with Herman, Aydin, Ashworth and Ligi.
Fash still doing rehab and as Dave K says Ashworth prone to injuries and Gardiner, Laidlaw not really good enough.
Sutton would have been ideal albeit a gamble given his injury record but seems the rumour about him was just that..

If Salabio been has released and is without a club, don’t we receive some dispensation on the cap? Think this was the case with one of Rovers’ recent signings.

I’m all for some squad depth. Better to have him onboard and going through pre-season, than a short term loan signing during the season.

The main thing is if he can run, tackle, stay fit and not get sin binned/sent off/suspended. All of those attributes combined will be an upgrade on many of our players last season.

Think agree with this. Even if Ashworth is Injury free, forwards will miss games and for me waignhouse is the future but 12 months away

I’ve seen limited from him but looks like an old fashioned run it straight & hard forward which I like. Too often forwards try to be ball players.

Ideally, I’d like one more prop on loan and then looking at centres as well

Also be useful when we have to rest players due to new regs

Could be a decent pick up only 24 adds some decent depth to the pack and 6"4 and well over 16 stone seems a good size.

If injuries bite Wainhouse, Jebson, Kirby etc... aren't ready to play every week so it makes sense to add some depth and size to our pack.

I can’t wait to see
Wainhouse

I just hope he fulfils his potential

Not really heard of this kid. Get that there's not a lot of middles about but we were promised a hard working middle. Does this dude fit that? Would of made a serious play for Byrne and offered a fee if necessary.

Shocked few people know about him. Thought he played pretty regularly last season. Just checked and he made 10 appearances (14 times in 17 man squad, 4 unused sub). Would’ve played a few times for wakey had he not suplexed Myler into oblivion.

Not a dreadful pick up for a squad player who is still to reach his peak

Byrne has come out and said he didn't want to leave Wigan anyway, so don't really know what we could do with that

To be fair they didn’t really promise anything they said they were looking for a hard working middle. I think it’s safe to say whoever was the original plan A just didn’t work out as Salibio wouldn’t have been it. If Byrne was the target always seemed like a tricky deal to do as Peet seemed adamant he wasn’t going to be released from his final year from the off.

Seen some comments by Giants fans where they’re disappointed that he hasn’t been retained.

If he ends up here, just have to see how he goes.

Think the major plays are still to come, with statements being made.

Not an easy task for Myler to quickly correct the poor recruitment/retention since 2018.