Its so valuable, particularly when points are at a premium.

Was very relaxed watching that, was always in control throughout, soaked up everything they through at us, we always had another 2nd gear to find. We are a totally different team.

Connor has to stay Full back, playing well there, took two wrong options but at least he is trying something.

Very safe under the high ball, solid defensively and also organising the defence really well.

Kicked well also.

I'm not convinced McNamara is ready but needs a run of games there, if we keep dropping young players after just a couple of games they will never learn.

We're 4th, and could end the round 3rd I think. Pretty sure he'll have a lovely weekend, as will I. Sorry to roughen up your gloss Keith, but appreciate your undimmed interest in us. Your validation means a lot. Really.

I’ll take the points, don’t know how, but we got them, sack that Sky team,

Thoughts on his try assist
His safety under the high ball
And his two brilliant Inplay kicks that relieved huge pressure on us?

Connor was solid tonight.

Thought I was the only one who was screaming at the TV for that. Lino left on the floor from the play before. He wasn't a marker, and didn't retreat 10 so he shouldn't have been able to be involved.

Was just discussing this with Mr B. It may be the bleeding obvious given that he's a double Lance Todd winner but Sneyd's goal kicking record is sensational.

I thought Savellio was man of the match, he was outstanding.

Didnt get alot from the officials tonight, I thought Satae's was a try also. Even most Wakey fans on their forum mentioned how much they got off the ref.

Big raps to swift tonight , thought he was excellent, putting his hand up looking for work and taking tough carries and gaining valuable meters on our exit sets. Brilliant finish for his try too.

excellent win tonight, short turn around early injuries man in the bin ref pinging us, yep all in all very good win, defence really stood up well, attack still bit clunky but that will get better, well done lads

For me that was a great win when everything is taken into consideration. I got berated earlier in the week when I outlined the odds stacked against us but if you spoke to some of the players last Tuesday they wondered just how they would back it up as the Warrington game had been a real mental and physical battle. I felt it was in the end a heroic performance against a team and a coach who were desperate to win it. Our attack was again clunky but what a pass from Connor and what an overall spirit we showed as a group of players. Under the circumstances it was a great win for team spirit as we never gave up and it was also a game I doubt we would have won last year..

Thought it was a monumental defensive effort, coming off the back of last weeks effort.
Tells you all you need to know about our mindset and tenacity under BH
Then we get a rare effort in their half and win the game. Sublime pass from Connor.
Think Ben Mc is growing as well. Not afraid of bending his back and putting a tackle in.

Man of the match for me

The defensive effort from tonight coupled with the short turnaround resulted in tired players making more errors then usual and poor discipline due to fatigue.
I'm not going to bemoan the ref as we were our own worst enemy at times and out last tackle plays were disappointing but a win is a win.
Wakefield had won 2 of our last 3 meetings so credit to the lads for their mindset to stick in the grind.
Who knows how the team of last year would have fared in that arm wrestle.
This is our best start to a season for 12 years now and whilst we will have poor patches occasionally I'm enjoying this new journey so far, even Swift alluded to our happy camp this season so despite a below par performance I'm happy with the win.

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Quote ="Bombed Out"The defensive effort from tonight coupled with the short turnaround resulted in tired players making more errors then usual and poor discipline due to fatigue. I'm not going to bemoan the ref as we were our own worst enemy at times and out last tackle plays were disappointing but a win is a win. Wakefield had won 2 of our last 3 meetings so credit to the lads for their mindset to stick in the grind. Who knows how the team of last year would have fared in that arm wrestle. This is our best start to a season for 12 years now and whilst we will have poor patches occasionally I'm enjoying this new journey so far, even Swift alluded to our happy camp this season so despite a below par performance I'm happy with the win.'" https://twitter.com/hullfcofficial/stat ... 54984?s=19

massive effort from the team in defence.defended 5 repeat sets on our line.
What is a concern is that indiscipline is creeping back into the team.Last week also against Warrington.
This puts so much pressure back on defence.
I dont know whether Sneyd is still playing with an injury but he has to start taking more control as our last tackle plays are so poor.
Looks like we willl lose Bowden for several weeks and Faraimo likely to get two match ban
Fonua will come back in and luckily we have Jack Brown available for Bowden but it does highlight our lack of depth in the forwards

11 tackle busts

Plus 19 carries and 113 metres.

Big figures from Carlos as usual

1 try
133 metres
15 carries
4 runs from dummy half
1 tackle bust
1 clean break
20 tackles

Seems like the win has come at a cost. In addition to Shaul, Reynolds, Ma'u and Matongo on the sidelines we've now got Griffin, Sneyd and Bowden with issues and Faraimo maybe getting a ban. Never mind, only Wigan next.

Good to hear BH post match when asked about the interception that the play was on, the execution was off so we definitely don't want to be discouraging that sort of enterprise.

Shaul and Matongo haven't been here since game 1 so hardly a miss.
Not sure how far away Ma'u and Reynolds are away from fitness.
Bowden out of all of them seems more likely to miss the Wigan game.
Try not to focus on the negative, Wigan also have key personnel missing too.

That's a new one, I must remember that.

Shaul is a miss because he is an experienced player in our squad who is unavailable. Matongo would have come into contention with Ma'u and Bowden out, so is a miss.
Ma'u is a 3-4 week injury based on last week's update, so 2-3 week's still. Reynolds was said to be 4-6 week's 2 weeks ago. So neither will be back according to stated timescales. As you say Bowden is likely to miss out, so that's 5-7 players missing against last year's Grand Finalists. Not negative, just factual. As you'll see from my posts after the match, I'm pretty chipper about our start to the season, but we haven't played a top side yet and now have to do so with a chunk of the squad out, possibly evem both first choice halves.Good to keep a sense of perspective I think.