Justt woke up with my stomach a bit knotted, with a few butterflies flapping about.
Surely we can't pull this one off, can we?
My head keeps telling me [ino[/i.
But we've been here before, haven't we, been here before and done it with the odds stacked against us?

Yes, but not without either first choice halfback, a disinterested winger and a weak pack.

COYH, but I am not that optimistic!

Thanks for the early morning reality check.

Forecast is for rain all day on sunday. Not sure if that would benefit us or not

Don't think it would be against us, but , I was gonna wear some shorts and flip-flops.

I woke up with an erection

Congratulations.


I can only manage a semi these days.

Oh well better than nowt

I'm getting more and more excited. Nothing is beyond Hull, we can match any team on the day. We've pulled stranger things off.

Well, the squad are a bunch of winkers so should be good at pulling things off!

Reading Mark O'Meley piece in the Wail today it is clear how much the players want this. It was clear after that fantastic effort in France and their apparent indifference to the league. I think we can do it. no one gave us a prayer against saints in 2005, similar situation here, nothing to lose. a few players last hussar for Hull. Am quietly confident.

It has to be a siege mentality - players and supporters alike.

I'm taking extra socks, should they be needed by our fans at the end.

I will also take an effigy of Gentle for people to burn should it go the other way

Yes. Lots of dummy half running for me, get them on the back foot with fast play of the balls. Thinking mainly about our backs, ours much more effective at that than theirs. They also can't help themselves with pushing a pass/offload at times,could hurt them in rain n bad weather. Dry track wouldn't be any good to us if we gonna be missing a few

Who do you support

This with a simple game plan is our best hope. Not sure we've been that good at it this year though. Wire will do the same - they beat us with it at the KC earlier this year.

So Warrington don't make high errors due to expansive game they play? Which in wet conditions would be amplified.
I advocate lots of dummy half running to play at a pace (Warrington pack big n old) plus we can't hold the ball in the dry never mind the wet lately.

This is nothing like 2005. That year we was dominant throughout our cup run playing like the cup was ours throughout, this year weve played nobody and simply look lost, have been appauling in the league and simply have no chance.

Quote ="VerbalKint"Reading Mark O'Meley piece in the Wail today it is clear how much the players want this. It was clear after that fantastic effort in France and their apparent indifference to the league. I think we can do it. no one gave us a prayer against saints in 2005, similar situation here, nothing to lose. a few players last hussar for Hull. Am quietly confident.'" If they all went into it with that mentality we would have a really good chance. Sadly I fear a few of our lot won't however! Great piece though and worth a read! www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html

Quote ="VerbalKint"Reading Mark O'Meley piece in the Wail today it is clear how much the players want this. It was clear after that fantastic effort in France and their apparent indifference to the league. I think we can do it. no one gave us a prayer against saints in 2005, similar situation here, nothing to lose. a few players last hussar for Hull. Am quietly confident.'" If they all went into it with that mentality we would have a really good chance. Sadly I fear a few of our lot won't however! Great piece though and worth a read! www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html

It is a one off game and the players and coach are definitely throwing everything at it. We have a 50/50 chance of winning and I wont be admitting defeat till the game is over(well if we are 50 down at half time i will also admit defeat).

Nervous and excited! Lets get behind the boys for 80 minutes!

Is that possible ?

I'm sure Wakey and Catalans would disagree. Wakey are in decent form now (albeit they may not have been at the time) and Catalans are above us and handed us our backsides at their place only a few weeks before we beat them. Hardly "nobody".

Not saying we'll win on Sunday, but that's a particularly negative post.

You say that like his other posts are generally positive.

Will be a great game, could go either way, but people keep thinking this will be our Achilles' Heel. Not been yet and can see no reason for it now. The pack is actually split 7:5 between old and young(ish)....not sure which 10 will play..

Old - Morley, Higham, Carvell, Wood, Westwood, Waterhouse, Monaghan

Young(ish) - Hill, Cooper, Grix, Currie, Harrison