I was firmly in the I don't like powell camp actually.


But today we won. I don't know what more some fans on here want? It seems like unless it's 50+ to nil its a disappointment. The reality is sport isnt like that...we're 3rd best in the league at best! We've a decent squad but there's lots of room for improvement. I'm enjoying it more than last season, we lost a final and we're not miles away from top

For what it’s worth I’ve no problem with the Wells bias, had we hammered Hull he would have been calling us Grand Final winners. Commentator bias as been a thing all the way back to Hemmings in the Superleague era. During every game whoever it bee they latch on to one team. Least we don’t have to listen to Phil (nobody does it better than) Clarke anymore.

It’s not the scoreline it’s the performance 19 errors if you are content with that then fine. A lot more of us disagree.

You got to see a Dufty cover tackle 1 on 1.

Looks like we had just met before the start of the game happy with the result, but we need to be better. Reminds me of the Leigh game.

And aftwr that cover tackle, he went awol for the rst of the set

I watched him after the tackle as the ball started making its way across the pitch. He basically just skulked off, hands on hips not even watching the play unfold. Any full back worth their salt would have been going like the clappers across the line in case a kick through was coming. Dufty not interested. Done his bit.

Of course I'm not sat here fist bumping and claiming it was a great performance. But we won. Won despite a truly shocking performance as you consider it. So that in itself some would consider a positive. Absolutely fine if that win has soured your weekend, I'm just suggesting maybe it's not all doom and gloom

I'm just glad Williams was fit enough to play. If Stef had been filling in again, we might well have lost that. Our attack was brighter today than against Salford, but we shot ourselves in the foot with so many errors. Just relieved to win, really.

This team is going backwards at an alarming rate.Awful yet again.

2 points - fortunately.
Entertaining to watch for the neutrals I guess but so many errors.
A lot of our issues were self inflicted.
A half decent attacking team would have mullered us.

Hull have some decent youngsters - Moy, Martin and Barmforth.

Max Wood had a good game.
Dufty - Mr. Marmite.

No point in beating ourselves up. We got the 2 points, build on it.

Let's move on.

Okay, here’s a positive from today. Thewlis was excellent. Not a lot else to cheer about but thought he had a great game

I’m not sure how Dufty can be both the best and worst player on the pitch, but he did it.

Awful game, truly awful. I think I counted 5 or 6 errors from Dufty, and he can moan and kick stones all he wants about that decision about being forced in goal, but if he just traps the ball and picks it up without messing around it takes the decision away from the ref.

Frustrating day, but 2 points. There’s a few who will look to take a shot at Vaughan, but Harrison made 27 meters and Bullock 13. I’m not sure pointing at Vaughan is going to achieve anything, he isn’t the issue. Musgrove was our best, in my opinion. There’s just a huge disparity with work rate, Powell didn’t carry the ball at all, Holroyd and Harrison making less than 30m from starting positions. It’s just not good enough. That said, can’t make many meters when you turn it over so often.

47% completion rate does not help those stats either.

Not a great performance. Considering how little ball we had, and how poor our completion was when we did, it was remarkable that we won and how few times they actually broke our line. Harrison was incredibly anonymous.

Positives were that we were pretty resilient in defence and the three tries they scored came either from intercepts or on the back of a shocking decision by Thaler.

A positive, there was a chance for Hull in the second half when Tai and Thewlis got it all wrong and the winger bombed it. The next attack down that side saw Thewlis come up with a belting tackle, superb read and executed it perfectly. I was particularly critical of Thewlis on this earlier in the year, and over the past two seasons, but even after a mistake he had the confidence to try again and pull it off.

And again, Musgrove. Different player today. Good meters, ran hard and that tackle on half time was absolutely necessary! Yes he got pushed back, but was in control of the ball.

Toby King and Ben Currie too worked hard. I thought Currie was going to win it for us when he made the break on the left, shame Dufty couldn’t hold it.

One to forget. 2 points secured. Didn't go so can't complain.

Observation - we need more than a hardworking journeyman added to our pack for 2025.

It annoys me how we don’t take early opportunities to go 2 scores ahead early on a kick a dg.
Why go for it under a pressure situation?
We got lucky.

Been wembley ok we lost and in the top 4 half way thru the season I'd take that

Yes true. Expectations were low and we are better than we thought.

I'm not understanding the Dufty marmite comments without Dufty today we lose simple as. Even when the guy does more of what people are asking for cover tackle if Welsby or Field get back and make that tackle their fans would be applauding not saying how he should do even more, take more of the high balls, he still gets stick.
I thought he was hard done to on the bringing it out call, there was errors across the park today.
But we have the best fullback in SL, with the possible exception of French now he's playing there in Fields absence.
Do i wish he cut out some of the 'Matt Hufty' behaviour yeah but id rather appreciate what he brings than look for sometimes undeserved shortcomings.

As others have said thought Josh Thewlis was great today.

We need to to take it right back to basics in the next game, and (obviously) cut down on all the stupid errors.

Also, if we don't have Dufty in the team then we're not sitting in a play off place in my opinion.

Could he be a better defensive full back? Yes
Could he be a better attacking full back? No

Oh yes, our forwards need to massively improve their game and increase their impact too.

Welsby or field would have got back into position , and not been mia for rhe sutcliffe try, or awol for that drop out they forced from king.

Hes great going forward, just every other part of his game, he zeems to make life harder for himself. The weird jittery stuff when hes catching a kick

I was mystified when Thaler pinged him for an incorrect play the ball. Couldn't see anything wrong with it myself.

Dufty won us the game.
The haters can…
Read em and weep