According to Gentle, just Whiting with concussion.

Will voice a few of my opinions from today;

Thought Shaul made some very good runs in the first half. Little nippy players and cut through a few defenders in some good attacking play.

Lineham must have notched up more hit ups than the forwards. He was taking it in at least once a set, and twice on some of them. Not shy of putting the work in!

O'Meley looked great. Strong running and always made extra yards after the collision.

Ellis was as steady as I expected him to be. Made some good drives. We just need to make sure we have a player on his shoulder more often as he got his hands free a couple of times but there was nobody to offload to.

Holdsworth's kicking looked better than anything I've seen at Hull for a few seasons. Nearly every kick (even if straight down the middle) at least found the floor and not straight into the full backs hands. He did kick one out on the full, but it looked to me like he was attempting a 40/20 and I'm glad to see we have a kicker who feels confident to go for those!

McDonnell looked good when he actually got the ball. On two occasions rather than taking it on the full he opted to try and trap it with his foot. One didn't pay off and Cas ended up with another 6 tackles 10 metres from our line. His 40/20 save was one of the plays of the match.

Just some opinions on a few players who I thought stood out. Everybody else played steady and we were obviously still a bit rusty at times. I can't wait to see how they go next week now and then who our starting 17 will be come the season!!

Ellis ran hard in attack and defended well when he got the chance, Cas avoided him like the plague.
Holdsworth looked good and put some alright kicks in, Heremaia went alright in the halves in the second half.
Arundel didn't look bad, didnt get chance to do much, same goes for Crookes who I thought looks like he's put on a bit of timber since Bradford.

In the first half, Shaul and Cunningham impressed me and both look very promising, Crooks and Bowden both played well to get their tries, Green also ran very well.

Did you think Lineham was trying a bit too hard after seeing he was on the B team ? Tried a miracle pass on the first tackle for instance.

Mr Tourettes behind me let off a string of expletives when McDonnell saved the 40/20 about him being a liability and letting in more than he scores. I despair at times with people basing their opinion on 20 minutes of play (at that time).

Typical friendly quite scrappy but encouraging signs from the new signings, just 1 mistake from mcdonnell but showed great footwork when stopping 40/20

Never really looked at it that way, and I suppose he could have been.
Yeah that was a stupid pass. If it came off then Crooks could have been away, but I guess Lineham is no Richard Whiting!

Green
Cunningham
O'Meley
McDonnell
Heremaia

were my picks today. Good hit out, nice ovation for Yeamo and a win. That'll do.

Anyone know why Johnson didn't play?

think cas will struggle this season - millward will be under pressure if they don't get the results

good workout from FC, did enough without ever getting out of second gear.

wish the refs in these friendlies wouldnt be so quick to penalise - they should talk to the players more and for example let them know that a ruck offence would be a penalty in a superleague game whilst letting the game go on. no one wants to see penalty after penalty in a friendly

As I said, Gentle sees Holdsworth and Heremaia as his first choice halves this year.

Seymour went well imo, best I have seen for a while, organised well and kicked some decent balls.

I concur.

Really?? Because IMO Seymour was a damn sight better than Holdsworth. Not criticising anyone but in terms of kicking games it was a non contest..

I also thought seymour did well some decent kicks especially for crooks try ,think some people have made their mind up over seymour and 1 bad pass or kick then its a bad game

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i'm not sure gentle really rates seymour and think he's only still here because we didn't sign a scrum half - i too think he's looking more at heremaia for scrum half.

my own view is that we should give seymour a chance to impress now he's free of niggling injuries, he did okay today

It's the 'Sharp/Blacklock' blame policy

fair one pal, you did call it. and after seeing how it all transpired im not surprised. Heramia was one of our best player while Seymour was the least impressive. one thing not to forget is that Seymour was playing along side much less experience players. and we did score off his kick.

Not me, I would love Seymour to do well, I still have hopes for him but I didn't see anything today that illustrated he has turned things around. His kick for the try was good but most of his other kicks were poor and we already know he doesn't have much length on them. His passes always look hurried and he chucks out more than a few wayward ones, he even did one that the player had to take at head height from dummy half. Holdsworth seemed to have time on the ball and didnt seem hurried at all, his flick on to make the overlap on for Briscoe was sublime.

First game of the season and it wasn't a disaster for him but I personally hoped for more.

According to twitter, Tickle, Kent and Johnson all carrying knocks from Tenerife so weren't risked. Whiting picked up a concussion from his clash of heads.

Thought Tickle and Kent we're just being given more time to recover ops they've both had.

Just what I expected from a first run out Cas look a better team when Chase wasn't on the pitch.When he is on all play goes through him.Hull played on top of him and stopped Cas go forwards and that was only the youngsters who went in at halftime 10 - 6 up.You could see the difference in the second half with the first team players on the pitch.I will not have ago at players.The two Hull play makers had different teams to lead around the park both did the job Next week game will tell us more

Holdsworth was the least impressive. It seems to me that Seymour has been quietly getting on with things while Holdsworth has been too busy talking to the media... I'd start with Seymour/Heremaia next week.

No disrespect, but I doubt that.

I recon predominantly, it will be Holdsworth and Seymour/(Horne covering injuries) with Heremia/Houghton on the bench at 9 were he plays best.
We cannot rely on Heremia being mainly in the halves, and leaving Houghton to do the 80, or if Houghton gets injured, then we have to use Heremia at 9

thats your opinion, but i think its rather academic as Holdsworth in all but nailed on and the real question is who will partner him