Great day out yesterday regardless of the result. Train there and back was fantastic in comparison to coach trips I have done in the past.

Watched it back this morning. Why was Sandow up against there 6ft plus backs when they put in high kicks? For the first try he made a poor attempt to defend the kick, take a look at the look Atkins gives him, says it all.
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For the second he should have anticipated the play better and dealt with the knock down ie smash Sneyd.

Appreciate it was a red hot day yesterday but we need get sandow a lot fitter than he currently is.

All day long Danny Houghton was mom. Joke he didn't get awarded it. Great all round player.

There were a few people who felt Toby King weakened the team, but his defensive work was excellent. Considering he only turned 20 last month and had played only 17 senior games, I thought he played pretty well. I think both Ben Currie and King have both made their debuts at age 18 and if we think back to what Currie was like in his first couple of years then there is reason to hope King can be a long term solution at centre. At U19 level and with more time and space you get to see his ball handling skills and footwork. He has got the natural ability, lets just hope he can adapt to the standard of play.

I would agree we missed Gidley when he went off - the team seemed rudderless and it lost those cohesive attacks. Everyone sees the game differently, but for me the turning point was Gidley missing that easy penalty, and almost immediately Ratchford knocking the ball on when carrying it one handed. Up to that point you could see some of the belief draining away from Hull and whilst I am sure they would have never given up, I am convinced we would have won it.

If Currie had kept hold of the ball as he slid over the Hull line in the last minutes, who would have won the Lance Todd ?

I felt that at 10-0 up we needed another try and Hulls heads would start to drop. It didn't happen and Hull produced a magnificent fight back. Could look at Gidley going off or Currie losing the ball as reasons for losing, but that would be churlish, Hull were magnificent and over the full 80 minutes deserved their win.
He improved considerably in the second half, but how the hell did Sneyd get MotM?
Having now walked out of both Wembley and Old Trafford as a loser in recent years, I would take a Wembley defeat every day of the week compared to the total dejection of losing the Grand Final.
It won't, probably by the rules can't, happen, but having guaranteed a top four finish already I would give every one of those seventeen next week off and send the kids to France if necessary.

Danny Houghton all day for me. Although it's a good question whether a late Currie try would have changed the voting etc.

Will hold up my hands been critical of both King brothers of late but yesterday they massively took the opportunity and justified the faith Tony Smith has put in them both.

Just watched game again and got to say Tony Smith is a class act. Always honest after a match win or lose. Shaun Wane needs to take a massive leaf out of his book on how a head coach sets the bar for the players staff and fans.Thought your fans were olso very good.All the best and hopefully see you at old Trafford. If you win that one I wouldn't begrudge you as yesterday was the one we craved.I can die happy now

Thank you to all Wire fans for showing such magnanimity and class in defeat. You should be immensely proud of your team. Obviously I would love to do the double but if not I would like your team to win it.

Defensively we were superb. Hull really struggled to break us down. I just wish we had a specialist winger in our squad who can catch high kicks for fun, then we would have held on to our lead.

I wonder who could do that???????

GET HIM PLAYING

All of your fans that I met yesterday were absolute class and we all made it in to a great final. I have 2 friends that are the least interested in Rugby you can imagine - they watched every minute yesterday, on the edge of their seat for the last 20.

If we don't get to the GF but you do I will be a Wire for the day.

As for Gidleys penalty miss 9/10 he kicks , unfortunately this was the 1/10 , we didn't lose because of it , we lost , if anything through Gidley having to go off and also losing Super Ben

Just thinking the same , going to OT ,if it's not saints vs Wigan , if it's Hull and not the Wire , I'll will be a Hull fan for the day

Thought you were a bit better than us for 60 minutes then we were a lot better than you for 10 minutes, then last 10 we just held on. Bet it was a brilliant game for the neutrals but I hated it, far too close! Hope you all enjoyed the trip still and those coming back today have a safe journey.

I thought you missed a trick right at the end of the first half, seconds left on the clock and you were in "Position A" for a drop goal and a two score lead at the break, instead you ran it and it petered out into nothing.
Lots of if only and maybe in the second half but that one point would have given you a shot at a draw late on.
Anyway, as a neutral yesterday, cracking entertainment and just what RL needed in a showpiece event.

A great game, not a great deal in it, we just don't know when to give up, and we really wanted this win, got to give a mention to your coach Tony Smith, what a great guy, he spoke well about the game and he was right, and he was extremely gracious in defeat, and to your fans, my 80 year old father (who's waited 66 years for this win) has never had so many kisses and hand shakes, by your fans, he was ecstatic and your fans recognised this, great fans, thank you, and if we don't make that GF then this household will be wire for the day!

He missed the kick at 6-0.

Some truly great comments here from the Hull fans , class fans class team gotta be one of us two for the grand final just gotta be

Wasn't confident before the game yesterday against their power and size but the team stood up well to the physical battle and definitely had them rattled. As somebody has already said, turning point was losing 2 of our best tacklers in quick succession and we lost our control.
For their effort and commitment, find it hard to critical of individuals. Mike Cooper will give us more go forward next year and offer more support to Chris Hill in what will be a fairly young set of forwards.
Finally, Jack Hughes is turning out to be our best signing from last year and was outstanding yesterday - tackled everything in sight, never stopped and hard as nails.

George King had an excellent game and I loved the footwork at the line. He's learning from Hilly, and has a good pair of hands too.
Toby had a great game too.
In all honesty I couldn't say that any of our players had a poor game, and one point mid way through the 2nd half said it all for me.
Bennie made 3 or 4 tackles from marker on the trot. The guys was out on his knees for the last one but he still made it.
When the players give it their all - even if the result doesn't go our way, and there are the odd mistakes - I for one can't ask for much more.

Your fans were great along with the players and your coach. I thought that you were the better side and Clarke the best player on the pitch, we just don't give up, our effort and team spirit is amazing.

I hope if we don't win the GF you do.

close match by the 2 best teams in SL, really nothing in it, just glad we came out on top, your supporters are a credit to your club,

Just recovering, what a final, what a battle !
The 2 fighters left punch drunk on the floor, and one of them just managed to get up before the count of ten and somehow remain standing but wobbly at the final bell before the other could rise from his knees.
It was that close.

Neither had anything left in the tank.

Each War Horse cut, battered, bruised, bloodied and broken.... but heroes.
This may not have been the greatest contest in terms of flowing rugby, as ferocious, sometimes vicious defence simply does not allow such luxuries to happen.
But it was the greatest final of another kind, where for 80 mins it was a War of power and bravery, guts and determination, and finally who had the will to win.
It was a nerve jangling spectacle of brutality within rules, played out in a cauldron of heat, (31deg at pitch side) that was at times just too difficult and gut wrenching to watch.

Huge Respect and more to a Wire team and backroom staff who conducting themselves with amazing strength at the time they were hurting the most. Which was no different to you amazing Wire fans who somehow rose above the heartbreak of what we had just witnessed to shake hands with us on the concourse, on the tube and in the streets pubs. There are many stories here in Hull of your wonderful sportsmanship. It wont be forgotten.
RESPECT to all.

This ^^^
Really a game of unbelievably small margins , you've won at Wembley before you can let us have this one , hopefully see you again at old Trafford .

PS wtf is Chris Hill doing with his hair , Is it a comb over

Losing Gidley was the turning point. Yet unlike a certain team I could mention, Gidley's injury was a result of fair play....
Yes we're all thinking about the same team.

Well done Hull. I think TS has learnt a lesson from you and we'll see Penny back on the left wing. Love Russell or not, having him and Sandow on the same wing is like having an oopalumpa goalie face a penalty shootout.

Russell, I thought had a great game. Move him to Full Back and get Ratchford away from that role