Bit harsh on fitzgibbon by you lot. He's been your stand out player all year and has put in 7 games of exceptional rugby. He should have been rested this week, he's a great player but you must all have known he would need the odd game out to keep his energy and performance levels that high.

Think you need to cut him a bit of slack.

Time travel does exist !!

It was back to the old Hull of last year, 8 games, five wins, the only difference are that some of the wins were actually good ones.

Inconsistenceis all over the park last night, just like last year, lacking desire, urgencey,organisation and most disturbing, where were the leaders !!

Given the number of games, 'the best pre-season' with a relativley stable team to select from, i'm not seeing progression, we should be pulling things together now, but what seems to be happening is it's unravelling.

The Brafut game was iffy, even allowing for the conditions, i fear for Good Friday, i suppose it's close enough to con the players it's a home game, that could be the key, all away games play a vid on the bus of shots of Anlaby road, Walton Street, we need something to change and rappid.

Long needs to cut his hair and sort his self out !
He has offered nothing since he came back into the side. Berrigan last night looked like he couldn`t be bothered.
We had more than enough to take Salford to the cleaners last night.
Our attack looks slow and our try line defence was terrible. How did they allow Broughton in!

Rovers must be sh****g themelves more derby woe for us I`m afraid!

Berrigan just gone through the motions last 3 games .
Long think still injured not playing up to his reputation

Berrigan's performances are for me a key reason why the side is underperforming. He is slow and slack with much of his work from dummy half and not the sort of dynamic player I like to see in that position. He does not spark the team often enough and looks like someone doing the minimum for his brass. Not a patch on Swainy I'm afraid.

You saying its going to be a Long Good Friday?

One player did stand out when he was on the park Moa ..He did what he was told to do run the ball up and he put the big hits in ..In my opinion he was taken off to soon

I think he only stood out because he was the only forward not to knock on! but he deserves to keep his spot for friday IMO, Dowes has long been Mr Forgettable instead of the old Mr Consistency

Long was ordinary has been since his return from injury...

Berro was average, nothing new there, if we are lucky we may see the odd glimse of his brilliance in the derby, no worries though he has another year to show us the odd glimses

He was keen to show Agar he should be included, Moa was playing for his shirt, we have a lot of players who do not have to bother with trivialities like that...Got to questions if Agar has any b0llox

must admit I'm starting to lose patience, I accepted than in 2008 he played all over the place because of our injury's. 2009 he was injured himself a lot and playing with injections.

but this year he's had his knee and shoulder sorted, played most games at hooker in a dominant pack...and what we're seeing isn't the origin/international we signed to be honest.

lets hope he has an impact like he did in last years KC derby, he almost changed the game when he came back on with his 40/20 and try.

The odd game is not enough for me not for the alledged £170k he is on



Money which could be invested in backs which we are desperate for.

Berrigan is a waste of space and money and played a big part in our downfall last night.Infact i would say he has done nothing in the last 3 years and is so overated it's unreal for a so called world class player.

Resign!!!!!!

i thought Reece Lynn was lucky thst Salford didnt target him earlier and more often too. thrown in a little too early but hell learn from it i guess

you cant say that about Dowes mate!! many on here think he is potentially the next Webke!!
on the other hand you and I think he is a plodder , the guy is a cheap squad player and nothing more!! again like Radford surely we should be aiming higher.
I believe there is still a ton of dead wood to be shed from FC and it goes like this
Agar
Radford
Yeaman
Moa
Hall
Dowes

Totally agree a handful of good games in 3 seasons. A major disappointment for me. I'd put in our three quarters see if it invigorates him and us.

These 2 reportedly on over £300k between them too

Any advance on 300k?

Well I thought that at least Danny Houghton played well!

Maybe we should bang Berrigan in the centres if he's not making an impact at hooker? We're weak in the three-quarters, so could help?

old braveheart dont have the guts to do it!!

Anybody watched Saint Helens for the last few seasons would realise Longy floats in and out of games, and usually the more important the game the more he is in it. The first game of the season proves that.
Hopefully he will be fit for Friday and we will see it again

its not the worst idea, Berrigan was offering little at hooker yesterday anyway, and his handling skills outside could cause Rovers some problems.

I'd be happy to play Berrigan at centre, LF or 6, but the problem is Houghton cant play a full game there and we dont have a another hooker in the squad.

One of the things that needs addressing next season is to sign another young hooker.

houghtons just not good enough to be a starting sl hooker yet.