Re: The Dull Derby : Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:18 pm  

Paul Thexton wrote:

Neither team would have scored in a brothel in that first half.

despite the face that both teams did (score tries that is, not in a brothel admittedly)

Re: The Dull Derby : Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:52 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

I love it, you have an opinion that neither Hull FC or Hull KR are doing that well with ball in hand, as was evidenced during a woeful first half, you then comment that Hull FC have actually been decent on other occasions this year, and you still get some irate muppet "finding you out" with a long detailed post full of waffle

But you have not seen hull play this year so how can yoy state that? Simple question. I have watched every minute of our games and was simply pointing out your failings. As for others. Oyr completion rate was far better than many teams today. Basic football which wears teams down. Leeds have excelled at it for a decade or more. Rather that than error strewn play like Wire for example

[Paul Thexton]

Re: The Dull Derby : Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:02 am  

the artist wrote:

despite the face that both teams did (score tries that is, not in a brothel admittedly)

Aye, but it was a very long time in coming, maybe my expectations were simply too high? My issue wasn't so much the lack of scoring, but the fact it came about from some really pretty terrible last tackle options or pushing passes when it wasn't needed (I was kind of hoping to see something a bit better than that since I've watched it at Warrington so far season )

Re: The Dull Derby : Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:07 am  

I must admit, i thought it was one of the 'tamest' Hull derbies I have ever seen.

Then again Sts V Wigan wasn't the 'blood and thunder' you would come to expect either.

Re: The Dull Derby : Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:23 am  

Kosh wrote:

Why does anyone still care what Lister says about anything? He's a proven to$$er.

No problem, happy to help.

Re: The Dull Derby : Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:41 am  

roversmad wrote:

I must admit, i thought it was one of the 'tamest' Hull derbies I have ever seen.

Then again Sts V Wigan wasn't the 'blood and thunder' you would come to expect either.

I noticed that. There wasn't much aggression on show this year. I blame it on Clint Newton's departure, he was a great pantomime villain who usually got things fired up.

Re: The Dull Derby : Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:30 am  

roversmad wrote:

I must admit, i thought it was one of the 'tamest' Hull derbies I have ever seen.

Then again Sts V Wigan wasn't the 'blood and thunder' you would come to expect either.

Possibly because we both have coaches now that realise that the game isn't the be all and end all, that there's more to the season than the 2 (or 3) derbies.

Re: The Dull Derby : Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:47 am  

I enjoyed it, the Hull forwards looked like they could have waited for a week for The KR forwards to roll over into submission.

Re: The Dull Derby : Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:36 pm  

scarrie wrote:

I noticed that. There wasn't much aggression on show this year. I blame it on Clint Newton's departure, he was a great pantomime villain who usually got things fired up.

I actually liked the guy,even though he was always trying to wind us Hull fans up.

Re: The Dull Derby : Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:40 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

As per title. Probably the least interesting derby I've seen for years.

You must have a very short memory. Seem to remember many Saints and Wigan derbys (Cardiff ring a bell?) that were over almost before they began. Now they were like watching paint dry.