I'm not going to single out any players but our right side of defence is definitely a problem. I was sitting at the east end of the south stand and it all happened right in front of me. The way they got through us with such ease was very worrying. I don't know what the answer is but there is clearly a problem.

I've watched them, on Catalan's 2nd and 3rd try's Fonua is marking up the wrong man, leaving Naughton with two men. Fonua gets attracted to the ball far too easily, it's as simple as that, nothing to do with the system or slide.
I don't really remember Micheals playing right centre too often and I thought with Logan it was the physicality he struggled with? I'm not wanting to bag Fonua, but he's a winger and really should play there.

Main problem for me is we don't slide over enough leaving fonua and naughton isolated. Pryce isn't cutting it for me. Tuimvare should have a crack at stand off when fit

I agree that Fonua has been suspect in defence but having watched the tries back I'm not sure that was the case last night. First one is down to Pryce for mine, second one is Naughton jamming in, and third is the whole defence failing to slide.

I'll have another look but at first viewing that's what I saw.

The problem for the two try's I'm talking about is Fonua doesn't slide at all. He's not mobile enough for a centre.

When you look back, watch who he's actually lined up against. 2nd and 3rd try he's taking the wrong man leaving Naughton with 2 men and no choice but to jam in.

Thought Sneyd was great last night, Glenn Stewart was trying to make him his bitch but he just kept going. Not many halves that'd 1-on-1 tackle a player his size successfully.

Get real. The footage is clear cut. Do u think he is superman and can stop everything
It's really clear and very simple footage
How in Gods name can 2 tries outside of the winger be centres fault?
Also after 1st he kicked off at pryce n Pryce accepted it!!

Don't get see how Naughton's effort in first half wasn't a try, looked like he grounded it.

I'm not talking about the 1st, I'm talking about their 2nd & 3rd! I agree the first was Pryce's fault.

2 tries outside a winger can be the Centres fault when that Centre marks up wrong forcing the winger to jam in. A centre and winger defend in pairs, if the centre goes in so should the winger. Naughton did that, if he'd stayed out wide the Centre gets a walk in. Identifying your man is under 8's stuff.

As I said, I'll have another look but for the third try it seemed to me that Naughton, Fonua, and Pryce are correctly spaced but the whole defence has failed to slide leading to the overlap.

Second try it seemed to me that Fonua was the right distance from Pryce but Naughton had jammed in and was too close to Fonua. Whether that was a lack of confidence in his centre or just a bad defensive read I'm not sure.

Forget which side they score on, 4 out of the 5 tries were directly from a penalty. It happens every single week. We simply cannot defend from a penalty. I don't know what happens to the mindset of the team, but I can almost guarantee that in the set of 6 from a penalty, we will concede.
The discipline will cost us dearly.

Think we have a genuine class scrum half on our hands with Sneyd. Been a long wait for one.
Doesn't always get it right, but he's still got a lot of improvement in him.

This seasons bug bearer for me is this one .

And the 5th from a dropped ball in our own half. I was amazed that we held out in that last 5 minutes given what had gone before

How many tries did we score after receiving penalties ?

Our right side defence is a concern but bringing Logan in to shore up a defensive problem certainly isn't the answer.

i don't think it is fonua's fault cause he's Not that bad in defence but I don't think he's fit he's still carrying imo I've notice at the beginning of the season when a ball was kicked he speed off to chase it. Recently its just been more of a Jog

But if we don't change things when players have a few bad games they become complacent. Haven't we had this problem with Yeamo for the last 5 years?

If fonua couldn't defend he'd of played 0 games at centre for Tonga n more so at a Bellamy coached Melbourne team
As I've said it's the whole right combo. Absolutely 0 chance that Fonua could of on his own could of influenced the stopping of any of them scores down that side
Right sides been having trouble long before Fonua got back in the team

Logan not the answer at the moment though needs lots more games at a lower level to learn his trade defensively. If it was to be changed I wouldn't put him in because he's getting exposed at the moment.

Recognised by Fonua, citing change in personnel. Good to read they have each others' backs www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Mahe-Fon ... story.html

Recognised by Fonua, citing change in personnel. Good to read they have each others' backs www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Mahe-Fon ... story.html

just seen the tries, ok franks offload to yeamo for the first try and his pass to naughton looked borderline but am i the only one who thinks the first 4 tries from the dragons were iffy with the ball drifting forward?

Wishful thinking

watching them on the SL show, the fourth certainly does look dodgy

Tipping Hull to win these days is easy. Have faith!!