After 5 rounds? Get a grip.

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Yep...early days yet.

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The crux of my post is that surely it is not just coincidence that the newest and least funded clubs already occupy the bottom 7 after 5 rounds , I find the argument that it is early days a bit too easy to put forward.
If the table was upside down then would everybody just be thinking it was too early to say ?

you find it arrogant do you ..When Hull beat Saint on they ground your lot stated it was a poor Saints team You beat them on your ground with a Saints weaken team but it was a great win Talk about pot calling kettle

I don't think you'll find many who aren't saying we beat a very depleated saints team, still better than losing to a depleated saints team tho'. I don't remember many saying your win against saints wasn't a good win. The few idiots maybe who can't see past their own team but not many.



And I was saying that there are only 2 points between 1st and 9th, if it was upside down all the pundits would be saying 'once it dries out the better teams will come to the fore' as they did last year. Each year throws up a surprise package or two and I don't expect this year to be any different. I also expect Leeds to win the GF again and they're only in 5th at the mo'. I'd be surprised if after this next round the top 7 are the same 7 teams as this week.

The great thing about this league so far is that the phrases "the big top 4" or "the big top 6" are starting to become a memory.

This early on the table shows very very little. We are in the top 6 and lost to Crusaders, KR in the bottom 6 and beat Saints.

Think Hull vs Wigan has is a 50/50 game, not "likely" that we will loose personally.

Yep, I agree. The only factors going their way is a) Home fixture and b) they got beat my a very close margin last week and want to make dividends.

but wigan are fravioutes and are at home so the likley is that wigan will win but i woundt put it past us winning

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... efault.stm After 6 rounds it reads the same but with Rovers dropping down as one of Sl newer clubs starting to struggle

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... efault.stm After 6 rounds it reads the same but with Rovers dropping down as one of Sl newer clubs starting to struggle

Well I have to agree it starts to take shape round about now..I expect Catalans & Crusaders to challenge as the pitches dry out

Agree with that. Leeds will pick it up as well. Bradford at home is a game we need to be winning to get in the 8.

Win our next three (Bradford at home, Salford and Rovers away) and we will be on 14 points and probably 3rd at worst in the table. We may even be 6 points ahead of Leeds. If we can then win one of Warrington at home or Leeds away we will be in a very strong position. All of this is quite possible.

i really fell that bradford and salford are must wins games for us. considering the fixtures after these we may not pick up much points so think bradford at home and salford away are vital to win to keep us in a strong position no matter what happens in the games after wuds

Bradford will be a tough game, if we do not keep Orford under control he will cause us some damage..

We need to win the next two against Bradford and Salford, as after that we have a tough easter. If we don't win these next two then we will slip right down the table.

I can see us winning two out of the next three. The unfortunate thing is I think it will be the next two we win !!
IMO Hull FC very rarely seem to build up much momentum/steam. We always win a few, seem to get a bit too comfortable/over confident and then fall flat on our backsides. This is what I think we will be like after the next two wins and then get shown our own backsides by Rovers (Who IMO will lose the next two !)

I would have taken 4 from 6 at the beginning of the season to be fair.

i dont read much into the table until about round 17 as it can be pretty much anybodys game in the first half of the season then the teams up the anti for the coming play off places.

Same here, however the results are a bit mixed to what I thought they would be, not complaining though

Have to laugh at some people on here, at the start of the season would we expect to beat Saints at Saints, NO, would we expect to beat Crusaders at Wrexham, YES, would we expect to beat Wigan at Wigan, NO.

As it stands we lost to Crusaders but picked up a surprise 2 points at Saints, we've won our games at home (which is the basic requirement for any side with aspirations in the league), we lost to the current league leaders, fair enough the manner of the defeat appears a concern, but it really doesn't come as a shock, does it?

I think how we perform as the pitches dry out will be the key . The building block has to be home form which so far has been good . Also , it looks a lot tighter league this season .

That,s when we will fully unleash Hall & Calders, speed merchants.