Superior strength in the forwards! Really , you mean fiffita? Considering most rate Taylor as a world class forward , I don’t see how that’s the case , 1 man doesn’t make a team , they’ve plenty of injuries to. I know the game ain’t played on paper, but looking at the 2 17s , we should be winning this . If not , then questions do need asking why we haven’t , making excuses for a defeat before we’ve even played mrs b is just ridiculous. Looking forward to this one , COYH

Surely no one can doubt a near full strength Hull side will beat a depleted wakefield? Especially when you take into account that we are coached by our most successful coach in 2 generations and wakey by the hull kr cast off? Where's your belief?

Er, no - not just Fifita! He's the standout forward, but what about: Pauli Pauli (6ft 5ins, 18st 13lb), Keegan Hirst (6ft 5ins, 19st 3lb), Craig Kopczak (6ft 4ins, 17st), Justin Horo (6ft 3ins, 15st 10oz), with Tinirau Arona for good measure (he's a relative lightweight at 5ft 11ins and 16st 10lb!

Oh right it’s all about size then !! That’s not the wife says

We’ve some pretty big lads in green Ellis and masi, westermans a unit, manu easily as big as arona , so yeh , not sure what’s so superior

Hull by 14+ ... need to be winning this and should be . Wakey are a good side but there missing Johnson tupou Miller brough and 2 good back rowers , all who were in form and and a big part of there team .

Wakefield's pack seems to have the most go-forward of any in superleague this season, BUT I just hope you're right and we match them tomorrow

Correct, and their size should certainly be a concern for our pack that was comprehensively rolled on Monday. Let's hope we get a platform for Kelly, Connor and Sneyd.

This.

Their creativity and key strike players are missing. Yes, Fifita is a great player, but one prop will not win you a game. Pauli will score tomorrow as he will trample over one of outR smaller players.

Hull need to be patient and keep turning Wakey forwards around.

Hull by 14-18

Have faith , look what happens to us when we don’t have our first choice half’s , and a few injuries . It won’t be easy don’t get me wrong, but we’ll have to much for them with our strong spine and lots of intensity , which I’m definitely expecting after that shower last Monday

Weather likely to favour wakeys monster pack

Not really we beat them in terrible conditions

What a dirge the first half of Wigan v Cas has been. Both sides look tired.

Dreadful game. The weather didn't help but the effects of the Easter weekend clearly on show.

Good result for us though. Up to third, remarkably, if we win tomorrow.

dry day forecast tomorrow.

Awful game. They both tried to play percentage rugby because of the weather, but still made loads of errors anyway.

Pretty good outcome for us though. Leaves the door open to go third if we can get the job done tomorrow.

I just felt sorry for both sides, looked out on their feet. Weird position to be in league wise. Tomorrow is the sort of game we'd have ground out in 2016 that's for sure. Hopefully drier conditions than tonight's game.

Agreed on both counts. Raises the stakes a little but hope for something a bit more entertaining!

If it's less entertaining the fans will be asking for a refund! Probably the worst game I have seen this year.

Nope, we are definitely a fair weather team, a few years ago muddy wet was a leveler in our favour, these days it goes against us.
I think Hull just naturally adapt well to muddy wet, we want a fast track, no wrasslin and a keen ref...

So all the comments about our lightweight pack over the last 9 months can be taken with a pinch of salt.

We are a very poor wet weather team. The hotter the better for us, all of our most memorable performances in recent years have come when it's been baking hot.

Hull FC: Connor Wynne, Josh Griffin, Carlos Tuimavave, Jake Connor, Jack Logan, Albert Kelly, Marc Sneyd, Scott Taylor, Danny Houghton, Mickey Paea, Dean Hadley, Sika Manu, Gareth Ellis.

Bench from: Chris Green, Masi Matongo, Brad Fash, Joe Westerman

Griffin to the wing , Connor centre, looks a good balance and decent bench

Faraimo out leaves us with 0 wingers and 4 centres. Hope Bureta is back next week, really need him in the side.

Could have played Ratu

Discipline not where it needs to be and we're picking up knocks.