Both need to work on their defence!

I'd hate to see some more Kevin Penny's / Shaun Ainscough's.

Good luck to them both

A fully fit Hull team and Yeaman misses out in my opinion, Crooks and Lineham are superstars of the future.

Yeaman is still a better all around player than arundel.

Tend to agree, although Arundel was getting better with each game before he got injured.

I've amended the thread title. Lineham got the hat trick last night but it's only fair to credit Crooks as well for a great performance.

Got to agree....thought Thornley and Richards were shocking.

I've said it since the start of the season, I think Lineham will end up being FC's all time top tryscorer. Massive call but I do believe it. Crooks too can go along way.

Crooks breakthrough game for me, he broke tackles, made clean breaks and created tries. Lineham outside him was clinical with his finishing.

Wait until Ellis is on the right with them, mouthwatering.

i think richards was to busy winning the game

. In all seriousness it sounded like thornley was having a nightmare and causing richards so problems, bound to happen he's still young and he's been having some great games of late.

As for lineham some of you have may of seen that i rate him higher than briscoe and i would prefere him at wigan than briscoe. He has the potential to be as good as ryan hall.

True. Although need to find some balance. We've become as right sided as we were left sided previously.
Briscoe isn't getting a sniff of an opportunity hardly.!!

Always said Tom lineham is much better than briscoe! Would much rather have him than briscoe

Ben Crooks and Mark Percival at Saints are the two hottest centre prospects in the country at the moment in my opinion.
While Watkins is very highly rated (and rightly so) he has 2/3 years on the two mentioned above, and I think by the time they are 22 and maybe bulked up a little they will both be better players if they continue how they are going at the minute,

Don't you think so?

Briscoe Yeamo Tickle - Ellis Crooks Lineham. Nice.

dont think even ellis can out do what whiting did last night as i thought he was every where he was needed.a defensive colossus on our right edge

reading the wigan board, the only reason we kept them close was because they played rubbish! typical wigan arrogance, even worse winners than they are losers!

looking forward to ellis/tickle/holdswoth coming back, we could have a real strong second half of the season and a good shot at the cup!

Whiting made one bad handling error from the scrum but apart from that he was very good again. Gentle alluded to it on the radio afterwards.

Personally i don't think Hall is anything except a finisher, an exceptional one but there is nothing else to his game that makes him stand out, I'd have charnley above Hall myself. Lineham is going to be better, maybe that is why he/she was laughing..or maybe they really think hall is the greatest winger ever and Lineham won't hit the heights..who knows

well tofua (manly winger not sure on spelling) is the best winger in the nrl at the moment and i would have hall over him any day. The only other winger who i would seriously consider being better than ryan hall is brett morris but i would still think about it before choosing.

No chance is Taufua the best winger in the NRL!

Ellis is a huge attacking threat and is great in defence, he will also attract defenders to him which will give Crooks/Lineham more room.

If ryan hall had spent the last 6 years on Hull's wing he wouldn't have had one season where he'd have scored 10 or more tries

Very true. He wouldn't be playing as regularly for England either.

Aye. That's why I was laughing. I like Hall. I do. He plays the piano and everything. I prefer him when he's not bleached his hair, though. But as you say, he's naught but a hefty finisher. Lineham will be so, so much more. He'll be greater than Briscoe to boot, and I rate Briscoe far ahead of Hall, when he's on his game (which we all know he's not been recently).

Felt a bit sorry for Briscoe last night. He was desperate for some ball but that wing never gets fed any more. I could almost feel the frustration from him osmosing though the rain into the east stand. Not just the Yeamo factor, ball consistently went right from dummy half.

Funny thing about Briscoe. He always seems to take half a season to find form. Wasn't it a pep talk from McBanana that kick started him last year? Something like "When you start playing for Hull I'll start considering you for England"?