: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:08 pm  

goldyfc08 wrote:

yer yer,
getting carried away,
no problem with him in attack,
but it gets on my nerves when he does not try when he has the ball in hand.

we all get carried away but i guess that Hall will be on the wing monday with Thorman at fullback, looks like Briscoe will be out.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:10 pm  

HULLMAD wrote:

we all get carried away but i guess that Hall will be on the wing monday with Thorman at fullback, looks like Briscoe will be out.

With Washbrook having the place on the bench i should think

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:11 pm  

tommyfromhull wrote:

With Washbrook having the place on the bench i should think

unless he goes in the halves with Horney.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:13 pm  

oh goody back to the same situation as last year then, no direction in the middle.
How many coaches need to come in and ignore the fact we have no decent playmakers?

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:15 pm  

hullbg wrote:

oh goody back to the same situation as last year then, no direction in the middle.
How many coaches need to come in and ignore the fact we have no decent playmakers?

EXACTLY! same thing as last year! we bought Thorman as a scrum half.

We need Motu and Raynor back asap before we have even more bad deja vu

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:17 pm  

hullbg wrote:

oh goody back to the same situation as last year then, no direction in the middle.
How many coaches need to come in and ignore the fact we have no decent playmakers?

trouble is who else plays in the halves .

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:20 pm  

The fact we bought Thorman as a scrum half means we should stick with it, god knows how many combinations we tried last year and they all failed, why people think it would be different this time is beyond me.

It all boils down to the coach/board still not having the foresight to sign a couple of players one who is a dedicated Scrum half and someone else who can step into that position should the need arise.

What is the point of having a team of decent forwards with decent wingers/centres but nobody to marshall them about on the pitch, teams are built round good halfback pairings not around forwards etc.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:21 pm  

I have to say that for the majority of the game, the FC boys did not look interested.
Yes they are good in arm wrestle, which today was, but they have to rise above that.

Craig Hall - certainly not the 'go forward' threat of Briscoe.
Calderwood - tried his hardest but just isnt cutting it
Yeaman - what the f**k happened today? He's meant to be a Talisman
Briscoe - great effort, no supporting act
Berrigan - always 100% but again, no supporting act
Thorman - had his chance to win over the 'undecided' - wasted it.
Horne - great to see him improving

Forwards - not taking it from deep enough, Thackray looked up for it, but Radford, Manu, tc just didnt have the cutting edge.

Hull are best in the offload and the quick play of the ball.

But they looked tired, no bounce out of teh tackle when on the floor or on impact.

Tactics werent wrong (they dont apply as much in a derby) but if 75% of your team dont really want the win, then it doesnt mattter what you say as a coach, or draw out on a whiteboard - if your players dont want it, its falling on deaf ears.

Someone has alluded to it in an earlier post, but the Cancer in the sqaud is still there. It needs to be removed.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:22 pm  

hullbg wrote:

The fact we bought Thorman as a scrum half means we should stick with it, god knows how many combinations we tried last year and they all failed, why people think it would be different this time is beyond me.

It all boils down to the coach/board still not having the foresight to sign a couple of players one who is a dedicated Scrum half and someone else who can step into that position should the need arise.

What is the point of having a team of decent forwards with decent wingers/centres but nobody to marshall them about on the pitch, teams are built round good halfback pairings not around forwards etc.

thats fine when theres no injures, who plays on the wing with Briscoe possibly out, Hall seems obvious choice.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:24 pm  

Does it matter, the ball doesn;t get to them.

However i would go

Yeamen/whiting/horne/calderwood