More or less all the mistakes we made last night were when we were trying to spin the ball. We don't play 5 drives and a kick all the time it's just that we don't have the quality in the backs to get the ball wide.

I would love to see ANY sort of tactic employed by Hull.

The only time we try to spin the ball wide is when we are losing out of panic. If we were coached to do this well we wouldnt. Professional rugby league players can do the basics right such as passing and catching otherwise they wouldnt be where they are. They simply need to do it as an option not as a panic play.

Sorry Dave but I'll give you some examples of us spinning the ball:

1st half:

Craig Hall coming into line in shift to the left drops the ball knock on.
Danny Washbrook drops ball during shift to the right with useful looking overlap available knock on.
G Horne tries to ship ball on to Calderwood right edge knock on.

Calderwood scores on right edge.

2nd half:
Chris Thorman spinning ball wide right to G Horne pass behind/Horne goes too early knock on.
Kirk Yeaman throws out abysmal ball in general direction of his winger Broughton knock on.
Craig Hall fails to release/pass to winger on left flank.

None of these were panic plays they were just sh[ii[/ite execution by a back line which lacks the ability to perform the basics at a level suitable for super league. I don't think our tactics are by any means the best but this 5 drives and a kick lark is not the real story.

Incidentally Wakefield played an almost exclusive 5 scoots and a kick game last night and beat us thanks to having a top 33 year old with pace and the necessary skill levels to bring backs capable of backing up and catching into the game.

This is why we need a leader on the pitch. I saw the Brough drop goal well before he did it but didn't have the nowse to get in a position to even try.