Yes I agree thought Evans and brown brought energy from the bench in the first half. I actually thought BH got the bench right today but it's the use of the bench that was dreadful again

Just wonder what they do at training to look so abject is most facets of the game.

Lovodua isn’t a 9 and would have been wasted there. The point of a 7 & 9 is to control a ruck and neither did any of that today

Just amend my reply. Griffin was poor like everyone else but he is a good player.

Time to rebuild, play the youth.

Although not sure the fans have the patience for a couple of years.

Rovers today choose not to play 2 overseas players who have underperformed, we did to follow suit.

Good argument to introduce the Captain’s Challenge after those two horrendous ‘Knock On’ decisions by James Child today.

Would love to see him interviewed to explain where he thought the ball was knocked foward???

Hull we’re poor today and Rovers out-enthused us (just like Cas and Hudds did), however the ‘knock on’ awarded against Mckintosh directly led to Rovers second try.

Reynolds has been washed up for a good while, injuries have took their toll on him.

Wynne in for Griffin
Lovodua for Reynolds
Mcnamara for Gale

Let's have some accountability for performances. Who knows it my deflate some egos and breed some consistency, as those 3s performances wasn't acceptable

Thought Sao and Brown, Mau had a right go, Houghton wasn't bad either

Connor, Swift just didn't happen for them wernt in sync at all.

No the appalling defensive effort from Griffin lead to the 2nd try.

Hodgson is completely out of his depth and that is reflected in our shambles of a team on the pitch. His recruitment is a complete joke as well, Gale, Reynolds, Evans and Macintosh are an expensive embarrassment of signings. Add that to a finished Houghton and an absolutely awful Griffin and we are a literal shambles. The season was over before it began and a big clear out is needed. Start by sending Hodgson home and giving Ellis a chance to show how you get something out of one of SL's most expensive squads.

Would they not put purtill in charge if he's been there longer?

Exactly, what with our financial woes and their tremendous news owing their ground the city is Rovers. It's tough to take but let them enjoy their moment in the sun because they've waited a long time for it.

On the back of a memorable Derby win they surely will win many trophies after a near 40 year hiatus, We can only look on in jealousy.

Said it could be 20 years before we racked any silverware up again.
Don't think we'll be troubling the judges again this year so we're 25% of the way there.


I was unconvinced when Hodgson was recruited.
I was even less convinced when he decided to bring Reynolds with him. And I'd have Sneyd over Gale every day of the year.
I also think Mau is a very good player. Just hasn't had chance to show what he's all about in a pretty poor team.

Think he's part of the problem.

Bring back Club Hull.

We have the worst half back pair in SL and probably one of the most expensive. Add that to flogging a finished Houghton every week and our 6, 7 and 9 is the worst in the competition. There is no real surprise that we are as poor as we are and I can't imagine that AP has any answers or the appetite to carry on wasting his money.

Depressingly a very accurate post.

bloody hell i actually agree with you

Sorry Griffin is not a good player.he is a very average plodder
cant remember if its 4 years or five years at the club but he has had one decent season

Stop talking crap, got the players, just no direction, if that’s down to the coach, senior players, poor dressing room etc, but playing the youngster’s isn’t the answer. We need something, someone, to fire this squad up

If everyone run the ball in, the way mau does we’d be getting somewhere

Another poor performance by Connor. He continues to only star when FC are on top in a game. I cannot remember when he was even half decent when the team were under pressure. Think his score of 4 today was generous. Coupled with 4 for Reynolds and 5 for Gale says it all. To complete the spine Houghton on 6 was a standout.

Does anyone still say Connor for England?

We’ve been here before though. They had a few years finishing above us under Justin Morgan. We only started regularly winning derbies after minute 60 in 2016.
Not sure why people are making out it’s a massive achievement being top dog in Hull. It’s not as if we’re the standard bearers of super league.
At least the KR keyboard warriors will have something to do now, hence why people now don’t bother using these boards as much.

Reynolds. At least with Thorman we thought we were getting a talented player. I’ve seen nothing from Reynolds to even suggest it.

I agree it's not a massive achievement, but it's derby day so it's relevant today. The Saints Wigan derby as ever was several notches higher than ours in terms of quality and why outside of our city is seen as the definitive match up. Who knows what happens next? We have a rough few weeks ahead no doubt, whilst Rovers will reach the CC final and go above us in the table. Our pressing concern is sorting our pivots out and quickly.