They threw the ball around in an attempt to get back into the game but we always had too much for them. I thought the ref kept them in the game especially in the first half but overall I was amazed how comfortable we looked throughout.

Well said that man.

The ones on the whistle yes but 1 came off a dodgy pass that BENTham missed and the other a kick that bounced all over and they broke out and BENTham pinged us for offside after we had got back.

Minimum of two tries were ref assisted, these so called officials are holding our game back, they are an embarrassment to the game.

Was very impressed today. They scored a couple of fairly fortunate tries from loose bouncing balls and alike and we shouldn't have shipped 24 but to be honest we were miles the better team in all areas. Willie was outstanding - best performance I've seen from him possibly ever in a Hull shirt and 80 minutes worth of it too. Yeamo was international class today in attack and defence and overall not a bad player in the pale blue. Scored some great tries and always looked in command. Very impressive and the players deserve more plaudits than they are getting outside of the club and its fans.

we had a few lapses which need sorting, as does some wasteful play in attack (some poor kicks on the 5th tackle, 2 poor drop goal attempts from Thorman etc)

but really only minor tweaks, this side is going to be very competitive with or without Lakuaki and Crocker.

sorry to derail the thread here but i didn't want to start a thread up, but when you played celtic did they offload or try to every tackle?

Rumours abound today on that.

Positive or negative ? Didn't hear anything was stood down the front with my lad.

Yes. Mind you, they had their 2 best players available that day.

I don't think its any coincidence that Manu plays much better for Hull when he has more game time, under Sharp he was on and off all game in 10min spells, where sometimes he'd be lucky to have one run. I'm not suggesting he does 80mins every week, but he has to be given time to get into a game and not spend the match walking to and from the subs bench.

surely he's not biased enough to play the ball!

I agree. I said last week that I feel we get the best out of him when he starts and is on for long periods. He takes time to get into the game, but when he does he's class.

good to see danny maguire there

i didnt think he would have time for the fans

but he had a good chat with me and he is really impressed with us

Thought there was some news, with a Google news alert on Michael Crocker, but only this

Still, not a bad write-up



"Hull, who share top spot with defending champions Leeds, were considerably more superior than the final scoreline suggests and with four internationals in Gareth Raynor, Motu Tony, Epalahame Lauaki and, possibly, Michael Crocker still to join their ranks look to have the makings of a team with genuine title credentials."

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Hope he says the same after 25 games.

No you don't.

thanks for the question answered

Thats what I was getting at, they seemed really poor but still allowed them to score 24 points.

Yep, I'm hoping though that it can be put down to a little bit of early season misunderstanding amongst the team and as they play more first grade together that it will tighten up and start killing off games where we're dominant as we were againsts Hudds, Catalans and apparently Bradford as well.

To be fair, we're still improving game on game and hopefully this will be one area that tightens up. Certainly Agar is aware of the issue so there will no doubt be some focus on it in training.

I'm pleased with the improvement in our attack compared with recent seasons and if that continues to make progress as the team gels then we will hopefully start nailing sides when we have the advantage. The last time we did that was back in 2004 so it's long overdue!

A couple of their tries yesterday were of the annoying type that were a bit unlucky tbh. Knock those off the score and it's pretty comprehensive in our favour. One was a breakaway from a charged down kick and the other was one of those lucky loose bouncing balls from a ballsed up offload by them which allowed a (good) break by their centre and a score to follow. Agree we must keep the concentration better especially towards the end of each half but overall we were dominant in every department.

Have toe honest, am a bit bemused by some comments. Yes it was a deserved win but we still didn't play well for 80 minutes, there's a lot of improvement possible.