LEE Radford insists the door is not shut on anyone at Hull FC after making it clear Joe Arundel and Jay Pitts may still have a future at the club.
The two players have been loaned to Bradford Bulls for the season after finding it difficult to break into Radford's team this season.
The duo have been used sparingly, with Arundel in particular falling down the pecking order so far that utility man Richard Whiting has been selected above him in recent weeks.
Eager to stress the switch to Bradford does not mean the end of their Hull careers, Radford says the door remains open.
However, for Arundel and Pitts, as well as several of the players sent to Doncaster on a dual-registration deal, Radford says the door only remains open if the players can match the high standards set.
"Both Joe and Jay have deals here and if they perform to our standards and to their standards, the door is definitely not shut on them. It's not shut on anyone and the same rules apply," Radford told the Mail.
"I have to pick my best 17 that I think has played the most consistent in the last nine or 10 rounds and those two were not going to get in at present.
"But they deserve to be playing and for me it is a simple thing that they need game time and they can get it at Bradford.
"It is a good move for them and a good move for us. We can recall them after 29 days and the door is certainly not shut on them or anybody else."
Pitts made his debut for the Bulls on Sunday, starting in the second row as Bradford came from behind to beat Catalan Dragons and book their place in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup.
Arundel, who still has another two years to run after this one on his Hull deal, will be hoping to follow Pitts' lead with a debut against Warrington this weekend as both look to impress not only Bulls coach Francis Cummins, but Radford too.
While Pitts was celebrating a cup win for Bradford, Hull's Chris Green was part of the Doncaster team brushed aside 68-0 by Warrington on Sunday.
The Hull prop played his second game for Paul Cooke's men after coming back from a pre-season injury which has seen him sit on the sidelines so far.
"With Chris coming back, we felt it would be good to get another game into him," explained Radford.
"He's got a tough route back into the team because we've got a healthy pack at the minute and he needs game time to get up to speed."
