I agree he had a good stint, though thought Whiting had a brilliant game. Really made a difference and gave us options. A cracking cup game, loved it. Saw Sir Bradley Wiggins racing on his bike on the way back to Leeds too which topped the day off.

There was nothing wrong with what I said and just because we got a result doesn't mean that what I thought should/could have being the selections wouldn't have done any better. Personally I think it would especially Yeaman being dropped whom aside from jumping and catching a high ball for the first time in years was again bang average and I still think Cunningham should have been used as interchange.

Anyway, ignoring your pathetic trolling attempt as usual I was very impressed at the overall improvement in attack, it showed that when we do put the ball about, get some dummy runners, offload a bit that we can be an attacking threat. The first 20 minutes were fantastic, caught Cas cold and we looked like we might put them away in the first half.
Sloppy defending/decision making (Yeaman) allowed them to score and whilst 16-4 up at HT there was a nagging doubt.

Start of 2nd half and it looked like Leeds all over again, they scored again through allowing easy yards upfield then not dealing with a kick (Yeaman..again) but for a massive effort by Pryce, Naughton, Talanoa to get the Cas winger into touch the result could have turned around as at that point as Cas had all the momentum. It was a game changer for me. We managed to hold them out again and then score. Cas forwards looked knackered and our kicks were very good for the most part but yet again no attempts at 40-20s when there are acres of space behind on the 4th/5th?
Naughton showed a great turn of speed going around Tansey (in time he'll learn to step inside and make the FB look a total tool but that's being really picky...lol) Watts had a great game, Mini again, Rankin, in fact the whole team was the best I've seen for some time as an overall package. Sorry but Yeaman needs dropping, yes he got a try and he made a couple of telling tackles but for the most part he's a liability.
Also somewhat worrying was our line speed in defence, really allowed them to make easy metres time and again. BUT the effort on show was easily in the top 2-3 this season, there was a belief in attack that has been lacking for 95% of the season and most of last season too.
So after a nightmare journey up Thursday on the A1 courtesy of some numpty and his fresh fruit lorry it was well worth the journey.
Congratulations to Radford and the team, a thoroughly deserved and entertaining win.

Just seen Radfords after match comment on the BBC page.



This sounds promising...

At last it appears we ARE able to deliver a grinding performance when we are up against it. At 16-14 I was really nervous as Cas looked on top and we've all seen us "throw it away" before from winning positions. But to my great satisfaction we just battened down the hatches for 10 minutes and just rode it out till the tide started to turn. Agar and Gentle teams could not do that consistently.

In our 2 previous games we have also had to come from behind and find a way to ride out the storm till momentum shifts back to us for us to go on and win the game.Then today we had to just dig in when Cas were running hot and sure enough the momentum gradually changed in our favour and we never took our foot off the throat again to win convincingly a game we could have once lost.

This team is learning how to win matches, and learning that SL opposition will have their moments in a game, its just how to deal with that and wrestle it back, not by scoring on every set, but by building through each, cutting out the mistakes in the process and kicking well. We have the leaders and kickers to do this now.
This may not be a watershed moment for our team but it could be, If the game management penny hasn't finally dropped then it is just about to topple.
Radders is a young coach and he is progressing really well and his team is listening and learning from mistakes and defeats as well as the victories. Great performance Hull FC you learning fast how to find a way to win.

Top post uppo

Well,I missed the match as I was getting fed up with it all and bored with dire rugby and thought I'd stay away as I have a pass and missing home games is pointless.This wasn't a knee jerk reaction as I felt same last season and thought enough was enough but the ins at wire and yesterday have got me thinking that Radford may just be getting it right after a steep learning curve and I admit I wanted him out and would still do if we miss the 8 but if he succeeds,then I will hold my hand up and admit I was wrong.

Your arrogance is quite something. The reason they think they should be competing with us is that they don't see us as a "big" club as you would put it. The fact you take pleasure in trawling through "little" clubs forums to ridicule their fans I find rather embarrasing.

not arrogance, its was to compliment their away support at first! but found nobody around! plus they dont think they should be competing with us, it was a divine right to beat us yesterday as we are seen as a bottom 4 team! now thats arrogance! the big/little club comment was tongue in cheek and i didnt ridicule any of their fans as i only read what they say!

your telling me that you dont venture onto other clubs forums to see what they have said about games!? i find that hard to believe

It was his place to lose when playing on the left wing.he did well and was unlucky to be dropped but of course had to make way for Yeaman.
Get rid of Yeaman,Sa back to centre and Naughton or Michaels on the left when Lineham is fit

I very rarely look at other clubs forums as I don't have the time.

I'll accept that your "little" club comment wasn't serious, but I've read through the posts on ther and out of all 10 there's only 1 which is dismissive of Hull

"Hull arent even a good team and they hammered us. All involved as cas should feel humiliated"

and this is countered by

"IMO Hull FC are a good side that are under performing. I think they are the side that should be breaking into that top 4, not us. Their squad is good and especially with a few young home grown players in there."

All the other posts are about their club, coach and players. I don't see anyone saying they've a devine right to beat us.

that was in another thread, magnifecent support one on their forum, seems the cas fans have deserted the rlforums to set up their own, widnes have their own and had the same attitude

i dont see us a as a big club, but for two teams fans to feel that they should beat us after finishing above us last season for the first time in many was laughable

Does anybody know when the highlights of the this weekends cup games will be on TV? And what channel

I haven't found it anywhere on the bbc - no superleague show as far as I can tell.

BBC website says 23.25 tomorrow night but North West only (channel 95icon_cool.gif. BBC in our region shows Graham Norton.

I've taken the time to read through the two pages on that thread and I still can't see any posts that imply they have a god given right to beat us. It's mostly posts about how the players aren't putting the effort in that reflects the passion of the supporters. There are no "we should be beating Hull" type comments. Indeed one poster says that they're a team who can beat anyone on their day but also lose to anyone. Something which is probably about right.

I hope you don't take this personally. I'm not picking on you. I just think that as a group of supporters we should show respect to our opponents wether we win or lose.

It's quite funny that now we've been drawn with Leeds there are a lot of fans posting that they think we have a great chance of beating them. Nothing wrong with that of course but I wonder if there are Leeds fans posting that we string a few results together and suddenly we're world beaters when we've won nothing for years.

Still waiting for the usual suspects to come on here and say well done, they would have been here and posted 20 times if we had list, really annoys me that people who choose not to go, come bin here moan about the team, but fail to credit the team.

Read into that what you will. There's an interesting newbie who signed up a couple of hours after Rovers stuck 50 on Catalans. Contributions limited to doomsday FC predictions against Saints away, Salford at home, Warrington away (by at least 40) no follow-up praise, just accusing Radford of lies and saying we'll get hammered vs Leeds in the cup. Make your own mind up as to its motivation, I will.

Well done all involved, was a decent game, had a bit of a dodgy spell, before and after half time, but was impressed that we managed to stem the tide and get the momentum back. Any news on Ellis?

That wasn't aimed at you, as I know you attend games and will be positive when it is deserved.

Agree with what you have said.

Still waiting on comment from the two biggest culprits.

As one who has been a critic of radford,yesterdays performance was a breath of fresh air,a total change in performance.After cas came back to 16-14 early season we would have tried to hang on to the lead,saturday we had a total change of attitude and thought lets keep attacking and we will score.Ellis has made a huge difference setting the example on the pitch,and hopefully his injury is not too serious,but didnt look good.I still believe we have won despite radfords coaching rather than because of it.
IMO when a team is struggling thats when the coach earns his corn,and with the quality of player we have,we have been struggling far too long.A good coach would have turned it round long before now,players hanging on to their place for the wrong reasons,it will be a pleasure to be proved wrong,but I fear this small purple patch will soon end,as the coach still has no idea what his best team is,the fact yeaman is still in the side is proof of that.Still COYH.

To be fair I did say I wouldn't be going whilst Radford was still in charge, so probably would of deserved it. But I guess not going aint going change anything

A good win for you this week,you seem to be showing improvement especially point scoring wise.Tough draw in the next round for both of us,but at least were both at home,but I wouldnt swop ours for yours.

Really? You wouldn't swap your fixture against the 7th place team who are awful away from home to play the best team in the league, well that is a surprise.

Always a pleasure to surprise you dave.

Campese stays fit, you win that one, if not, could be a tricky one. Got to be said, hes the best signing this year, credit to rovers for taking a gamble on him