Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:25 pm  

Gaskell is class, and would do the business in any SL team. Pryce is waaaay short of SL standard any more, he'd do OK in the Championship in a side where he didn't have to graft or do any more than his occasional cameos. He's not going to get anybody promotion but much less in a team with no scrum half. I already am resigned to promotion being a hopeless case this year, and Pryce for Gaskell is like a Porsche for a venerable Granada. And would confirm settling for part time Championship mediocrity. Which is where we are headed

Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:29 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

And would confirm settling for part time Championship mediocrity. Which is where we are headed

^
Exactly this

Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:59 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Gaskell is class, and would do the business in any SL team. Pryce is waaaay short of SL standard any more, he'd do OK in the Championship in a side where he didn't have to graft or do any more than his occasional cameos. He's not going to get anybody promotion but much less in a team with no scrum half. I already am resigned to promotion being a hopeless case this year, and Pryce for Gaskell is like a Porsche for a venerable Granada. And would confirm settling for part time Championship mediocrity. Which is where we are headed

You are wrong about Pryce, I've watched him in every game for Hull since he signed and is still a SL quality halfback, when fit still good enough for a team currently in the top four of SL. We really missed him went he was out for a few games. Just too bad knocks these days.

[Bullseye]

Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:48 am  

Playing behind that Hull pack alongside Sneyd with the likes of Shaul in the backline running off him is a different world to what he’d experience with us. I wouldn’t like to think how Pryce would go behind our pack (minus our better frontrowers who might be tempted to leave) with Oscar Thomas as his halfback partner. I can see him not fancying it much at Batley in February. He never was one to dig deep when we were in the mire.

If we were to sign Pryce in place of Gaskell we’d better sign a very decent scrum half or watch season ticket sales dry up.

Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:50 pm  

I think Gaskell would be a really good fit for Hull. Sneyd doesn't need anyone alongside him to help pull the strings, he can control a game on his own. What we need is someone who can get on the shoulders of the big men and turn those half breaks and chances into points. Shaul aside we still aren't quite clinical enough in attack, and someone like Gaskell would go a long way to sorting that.

On the flip side, I do think Pryce still has alot to offer, but from what I've seen and read of you this year he'd be something of a square peg unless you put an organising 7 alongside him.

[Bullseye]

Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Wed May 04, 2016 4:19 pm  

Tom Armstrong anyone? http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_218 ... ip-34.html

Tom Armstrong anyone? http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_218 ... ip-34.html

Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Wed May 04, 2016 5:07 pm  

It's a yes from me. I was hoping to sign him up this year when they signed Tonga and it was reported he was unhappy about losing the no.4 jersey and moving down the pecking order... A great player!

Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Wed May 04, 2016 5:52 pm  

NorthumbriaBull wrote:

It's a yes from me. I was hoping to sign him up this year when they signed Tonga and it was reported he was unhappy about losing the no.4 jersey and moving down the pecking order... A great player!

not a patch on the player he was last season so far this season

Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Wed May 04, 2016 7:53 pm  

NorthumbriaBull wrote:

It's a yes from me. I was hoping to sign him up this year when they signed Tonga and it was reported he was unhappy about losing the no.4 jersey and moving down the pecking order... A great player!

That's probably why we are 'saving' Tonga - for next season! He's only played one game for us, so far!

Seriously, Armstrong has been something of a shadow of the player he was in 2014. Last year he was studying for his masters degree, (yes, a RL player with brains!) and this season he has been injured.

Re: Recruitment & Retention Latest : Thu May 05, 2016 12:35 pm  

Well he's better than Purtell & Blythe, so would improve our squad. When looking at potential signings, surely the primary question is always "Does he improve the first choice 17?". If answer is no, then you can ask is he a worthwhile backup player. IMO with Armstrong, the answer to that primary question is Yes.