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| After our best start to a Superleague season what do people think so far? Who's stood out? Who's been disappointing? Where have we excelled and what do we need to improve? It seems that there is still no one taking us too seriously outside of Hull. Is this unfair on us or are we getting carried away after a few wins against mid table teams?
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| Quote manu knighted="manu knighted"After our best start to a Superleague season what do people think so far? Who's stood out? Who's been disappointing? Where have we excelled and what do we need to improve? It seems that there is still no one taking us too seriously outside of Hull. Is this unfair on us or are we getting carried away after a few wins against mid table teams?'"
A bit of both I think.
We've efficiently ground out wins and nobody can argue with 4/4. The teams we have played have found it hard to look good against us as I think our gameplan has been sound each time.
On the other hand, no team is anywhere near its best at the moment and I did think Huddersfield were especially poor against us, our defence has looked a little to easily breached at times for my liking and we've squandered a lot of territorial advantage by not turning into a convincing lead which we will need to learn to do if we are to mount a serious challenge.
On the whole I'm satisfied with the start we've made but I'm hoping that our attack begins to gain some fluency soon. In particular I hope we start to use Calderwood better (long kicks and pass to him , yes Graeme Horne I'm speaking to you!) and start to use Manu a lot wider.
Our forwards as a unit have impressed me so far this year. They look a bigger, meaner lot. Richard Horne has also impressed with the speed he has got back to SL rugby.
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| Quote manu knighted="manu knighted"After our best start to a Superleague season what do people think so far? Who's stood out? Who's been disappointing? Where have we excelled and what do we need to improve? It seems that there is still no one taking us too seriously outside of Hull. Is this unfair on us or are we getting carried away after a few wins against mid table teams?'" They've stood out as a team for me. Defence good attack will improve and couldn't give a to$$ what any other fans outside West Hull think IMO
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Fantastic start..not getting carried away..defence has impressed..Calderwood will excel when the grounds dry and get quicker..need to improve our concentration at the end of games..the last minute tries by the opposition will prove costly at some point. if not dealt with soon..do not care what others are thinking if they do not take us seriously it will bite them on the butt
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| An easy run has allowed us to get to the posistion we are in now. If we had played the likes on Leeds, Bradford, St Helens and Wakefield, we would be in the bottom half.
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| well bulls next lets see what happens
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| If it had been last season,we would have lost them games.....not firing on all cylindars on attack but defence looks good and it looks as though we are a damn sight fitter and bigger.
More still to come i think but 8/10 so far..............lets face it,cant be no worse than last season can it.
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| Quote XxHONEYxX="XxHONEYxX"well bulls next lets see what happens'"

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| Quote scarrie="scarrie"A bit of both I think.
We've efficiently ground out wins and nobody can argue with 4/4. The teams we have played have found it hard to look good against us as I think our gameplan has been sound each time.
On the other hand, no team is anywhere near its best at the moment and I did think Huddersfield were especially poor against us, our defence has looked a little to easily breached at times for my liking and we've squandered a lot of territorial advantage by not turning into a convincing lead which we will need to learn to do if we are to mount a serious challenge.
On the whole I'm satisfied with the start we've made but I'm hoping that our attack begins to gain some fluency soon. In particular I hope we start to use Calderwood better (long kicks and pass to him , yes Graeme Horne I'm speaking to you!) and start to use Manu a lot wider.
Our forwards as a unit have impressed me so far this year. They look a bigger, meaner lot. Richard Horne has also impressed with the speed he has got back to SL rugby.'"
What he said.
Early days, some promising signs, not getting carried away.
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| Quote fc baldy="fc baldy"If it had been last season,we would have lost them games.....not firing on all cylindars on attack but defence looks good and it looks as though we are a damn sight fitter and bigger.
More still to come i think but 8/10 so far..............lets face it,cant be no worse than last season can it.'"
Celtic? Believe we beat Wigan early on last year as well?
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| Quote manu knighted="manu knighted"After our best start to a Superleague season what do people think so far? Who's stood out? Who's been disappointing? Where have we excelled and what do we need to improve? It seems that there is still no one taking us too seriously outside of Hull. Is this unfair on us or are we getting carried away after a few wins against mid table teams?'"
I expected nothing this season, so am amazed. Dowes in particular has impressed and Horne's return to fitness is brilliant. The pack generally have been far, far better than I expected given we were expecting the rest of the forwards to be making up the numbers around Carvell and Crocker. The intensity of our defence has been the best feature for me - we seem to have gang-tackled the opposition into touch at least once in each game so far which is a really good indicator of serious effort. Fitness levels seem much better all round.
I am seriously concerned if we get any more outside back injuries though -we've coped so far without Tony, Raynor and Byrne, but seeing that we were thin in the backs anyway if everyone was fit, another injury would spell trouble IMO. The major frustration for me, as I've said a few times already, is that the pinpoint accuracy of our kicking game at Headingley hasn't been seen since - last tackle kicks seem to end up straight in the oppositions hands too often. We need to improved out support play and get more runners going too. Last year there was nothing to follow up but now Berro's freed up to play 9 and Richard Horne's back there are opportunities being created but not capitalised on.
In summary, really pleased with the start to the season. A long way to go and, yes, we've not played a team that's firing yet, but remember that Wigan, Catalans and Huddersfield were all tipped heavily for top 6 and we've done a job on them all. So far, so good, I think that's all you can say 
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| Quote Faithful One="Faithful One"Celtic? Believe we beat Wigan early on last year as well?'"
Last Year IMO Wigan was our best home performance. Not getting carried away but we have beaten 4 out of 4 what more could they have done.
Wigan looked good last Saturday ok against a poor Bulls side but 44 point si a good performance. Saints only won 4-0 in Wales.
My feet are on the ground but I'm wishing and hoping!!
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