Re: Joint 3rd : Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:00 pm  

Tinkerman23 wrote:

How would it?

because they support rovers

Re: Joint 3rd : Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:01 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

they have a squad comprised mostly of cast offs who failed elsewhere (we are one of the bigger contributors here) and they currently have a worse injury situation than we do.

I can think of Lyne and Miller, that's about it, Miller is injured but I'll definitely give you Lyne
Apart from those 2 I can't think of anybody else that's been anywhere near Hull, but I could be wrong.
Today's squad featured 9 players born and played mostly within the WF postcode, I know its not about postcodes but even if you include injured and fringe players, still nobody's been near Hull I don't think ?

Re: Joint 3rd : Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:11 pm  

We trained Hadley up into one of the form 2nd rowers in the comp and you've destroyed him! I do not understand the coaching ethos at HFC.

Re: Joint 3rd : Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:13 pm  

Upanunder wrote:

I can think of Lyne and Miller, that's about it, Miller is injured but I'll definitely give you Lyne
Apart from those 2 I can't think of anybody else that's been anywhere near Hull, but I could be wrong.
Today's squad featured 9 players born and played mostly within the WF postcode, I know its not about postcodes but even if you include injured and fringe players, still nobody's been near Hull I don't think ?

In addition to the two you've mentioned , I think he's probably talking about Danny Brough and Joe Arundel.

For what it's worth I think Wakey (as mentioned by someone else) have a great blend of big forwards and powerful/rapid backs, with creativity in the halves. That coupled with what seems a great team ethos and Chezzy's coaching appears to be a good formula.

Re: Joint 3rd : Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:16 pm  

You can't claim DB...he was a Wakey cast off before he was anyone else's cast off.

Re: Joint 3rd : Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:20 pm  

Ahh, well, both of them are injured but there is no doubt they've made a positive contribution at Wakey, quite how much credit Hull can take for that, I dunno.
We're gonna take credit for Ellis though...lol

Re: Joint 3rd : Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:38 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

I’m not a happy clapper (and still not totally convinced by LR), but a bit of perspective is needed.
It was apparent early on that this was going to be a transitional season.
The heavy defeats are really disappointing, but we’ve had equal highs in the Catalan and Good Friday games. Plus we’ve signed up our playmaker for three more years.
I’m not unhappy where we are. Top five would be an achievement for me, with some proactive recruitment taking place, which will fill in the gaps which are clearly evident.

But it shouldnt have been a transitional season.
Poor recruitment has made it the season it is.
Radford has to take the responsibility for that.
We had the platform from two Challenge Cup wins to kick on but poor decisions starting with the Watts fiasco have seen us on the end of several huge losses.
Once you build a platform for success the sign of a good coach and management is to keep it going.
Radford has failed and now we will have a huge turnover of players in preparation for next season which should include several of the fringe/reserve players who are just not good enough.

Re: Joint 3rd : Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:54 pm  

Does the above then mean next season becomes another 'transitional' as the new signings need a season to settle in ?
That's what a lot of posters are saying on here as the reason for mediocre results etc this season
Jam tomorrow syndrome

Re: Joint 3rd : Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:04 am  

So am I the only one who still thinks we're gonna win Super league this year?

This post will age very well.

Re: Joint 3rd : Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:11 am  

Joint third worst defence in Super League too. Warrington away in three weeks.