[Chris71]

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:05 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

Smith probably has a better long kicking game than Hoy? Which will be important in the early sets of the game to make sure we're clearing the ball as far down the pitch as possible. M
Not sure with Lane, he's not someone who can come off the bench and provide impact to the team

Sensible post and agree, think the part in bold is spot on too for me.

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:23 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

Sensible post and agree, think the part in bold is spot on too for me.

Think it's really where we struggled in the Wigan friendly too. Fash and Houghton went off pretty early in the game leaving us with limited options.

Wigan brought on Mago, Dupree, Walters and Leeming. Its a night and day difference compared to what we have at the minute

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:32 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Think it's really where we struggled in the Wigan friendly too. Fash and Houghton went off pretty early in the game leaving us with limited options.

Wigan brought on Mago, Dupree, Walters and Leeming. Its a night and day difference compared to what we have at the minute

Whilst Wigan’s bench was far superior to ours i think that was magnified by having an extended bench.

I don’t think a bench of Ashworth, Jack Brown and Smith or Hoy is that bad.

Big season for Jack Brown. Time for him to step up and show what he can do.

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:38 pm  

Yeah I'd agree to an extent. The unlimited interchanges would've helped too.

I thought Jack Brown had a decent game when he came on. Smith's philosophy should suit his style

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:02 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

One thing that does concern me, is Balmforth not making that squad, 21 players and 5 out, might again be reading more into this, but don't see him getting a chance this season at Hull.

yes agree
only two things come to mind
1) Smith doesnt like him
2)Smith doesnt rate him

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:12 pm  

davey41 wrote:

Whilst Wigan’s bench was far superior to ours i think that was magnified by having an extended bench.

I don’t think a bench of Ashworth, Jack Brown and Smith or Hoy is that bad.

Big season for Jack Brown. Time for him to step up and show what he can do.

Can see Hoy on the bench for this one.Need more at half back than he has so far shown but decent cover if we need to change things at half back or full back.
Pele wont like it but i would hold him back and give him extended game time off the bench so that we have some impact on interchanges

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:59 pm  

The Dentist Wilf wrote:

The latest gimmick we are trying is the wheeze of opening the season with the world’s greatest RL Derby, but the reality here in Hull is that starting the season with the biggest game in the city brings the added "bonus" that whoever wins on Thursday goes on with strength while the losers start deflated and on the back foot and perhaps too, a tad low on confidence. I say that because when you play this game a few rounds in you have seen (hopefully) some hope and some wins which you can fall back on if you lose. So, for me this week the stakes have never been higher.

Think we need the win more than they do.
Defeat for rovers will leave them with some egg on their faces, but I wouldn't see it necessarily derailing their year.

Defeat for us, on the other hand, will deflate even further what little gas there is in the Fc balloon, especially if it becomes a convincing defeat. The gloom surrounding the supporter base could become suffocating before anyone else has even started their season!

I've seen a number of derbies down the years where the end result has totally defied all pre-match predictions, I'm hoping tomorrow night is going to be another one of those.
A win, and we are all going to be in a much happier frame of mind going forward. Let's keep the faith, as always.

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:35 pm  

Bit disapointed in the team selection if its accurate. I dont see how Lane warrants a squad place at all, we have two young second rows champing at the bit to prove themselfs, i think weve missed a trick playing Jebson second row freeing up Sao/Ashworth to bulk up our bench props.

You d hope Balmforth is involved soon too or could be another young talent lost due to square pegs in round holes (cator)

You start wondering if this club ever learns, sorry for the pessimism but as i say square pegs in round holes and players constantly selected despite having terrible form houghton/lane last season.

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:52 pm  

Never known so many confident red and white French Connection UK heads, will love it if we can turn them over

Re: So it all starts. Next Up HULL KR : Wed Feb 14, 2024 7:04 pm  

Will be glad for the talking to stop and the action to start, know the club have to do their thing to shift as many tickets as possible but theres been a load of stories about little the last few weeks.

And can we all agree that if the team go behind we get behind them! Know they have depressed us all the last couple of years but we have picked up a bad habit of going silent and walking out early. People surely dont need to be home that early on a wet February Thursday night