Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 7:57 am  

moxi1 wrote:

Mulhearn is one of the best props in the division, never mind just young and good. He’s light years ahead of Matongo.

I rate him highly, but you are really stretching it calling him one of the best in the division, how many are on this list? He has the potential to be, but he is still developing. He is better than Matongo, but light years is really over exaggerating.

Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:49 am  

Mulhern is first forward down on team sheet as far as I see it. Amazing progress in relatively short period.
Matongo looks the part. Seems not to have pushed on as expected but still plenty of time. Light years? Maybe maybe not but Mulhern is turning into a leader and as stands is well ahead imo

Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:56 am  

Zooks predictions have been pretty disastrous in recent years who can forget him predicting us going through the qualifiers unbeaten with ease only to get relegated so although I’m hoping for a win and we will have a good chance I’m not that confident to come out with the sort of hammering Zook is predicting after all this just about the same Hull side that beat us with 12 men last year

Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:52 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

An embarrassment? Really? He's average and unspiring, I'll give you that, but he will do a job.

We have head and shoulders the best prop in the fixture in Taylor. You edge the rest of the head to heads, but it's all pretty much tit for tat. I like Garbutt, he's better than Paea, and Mulhern is a good young prop, but so is Matongo. Masoe has his moments but often goes missing. I fancy Nzoungou to be the surprise package of this year. Lannon is a nothing player, you must have just as good in the academy?

Anyway, we don't have long to wait to find out.

I'm not saying you won't win this game, there's every chance you will, but your prediction of 24 is either just bravado or you are massively over rating yourselves/underating Hull.

If you are really that confident then the bookies have you as sizeable outsiders. I'm sure you'll make a killing.

One of the best in SL I think. Could even be the best on show but definitely not head and shoulders above everyone else. He did not even make the final England squad.

Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:10 pm  

It does look like being a similar Hull side to last year's home game which ended sourly despite the early red card. That freak early Houghton try just set us back and then played tig with Connor and Tuimavave and lost a very winnable game again. Our middle and edges look so much stronger now that I just can't see it going that way. Attack has never been our problem,even when struggling we play attractive rugby as Phil Clarke often alludes to. Its the nasty rough stuff we lacked. Not now, that pack is as big and aggressive as they come imo. No brain farts and daft cards or McGuire getting pinged for gobbing off at ref (can see the Zeebrugge stand howling every time he opens his mouth) and we should win the day.

Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:17 pm  

Disagree about Lannon. Very shrewd buy. Every time iv seen him for Salford he has been very good and gone very well in pre-season. The fact he may not make the 17 tells us we have a much stronger side than past years. Rumours another forward due in to replace Josh Johnson and Jewitt and Scruton due back shortly and Lunt and Quinlan back at the crucial end of season and its pretty positive from CP. Apart from the floodlight falling down it's been best preseason for ages.

Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:05 pm  

Rovers by 10+ Tommy Lee anytime try scorer. Printing money

Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:20 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

One of the best in SL I think. Could even be the best on show but definitely not head and shoulders above everyone else. He did not even make the final England squad.

Taylor? I think that was more due to injury than not being selected. Think he had a shoulder op in the off season. Of the English props in SL there aren't many I would swap Taylor for. Thompson, Walmsley if he can return the same player from his injury. That's pretty much it. Mulhern is a really good young prop, but he is yet to reach his potential yet and is a way behind Taylor right now.

Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:12 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

Taylor? I think that was more due to injury than not being selected. Think he had a shoulder op in the off season. Of the English props in SL there aren't many I would swap Taylor for. Thompson, Walmsley if he can return the same player from his injury. That's pretty much it. Mulhern is a really good young prop, but he is yet to reach his potential yet and is a way behind Taylor right now.

Think he did say he was disappointed not to be selected. If he had the op then maybe this was when he was not called up.

Re: Derby Feb1 : Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:36 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

Think he did say he was disappointed not to be selected. If he had the op then maybe this was when he was not called up.

No reflection on Taylor, but it would have been dfficult for any international coach to pick from a team on the end of so many poor results/performances.Hopefully it may be a blessing in disguise for Taylor.