I quite agree we have 2 teams in the final both of which you could say that the coaches don't have their own teams.
So that pathetic excuse from some Hull fans wont wash with me.
Kevin Brown paid compliment to the ability of his coach.
Brett Hodgson said that although they are not a team of superstars they play as a team.
We cannot say either of those things.
For me the thing that both teams in the final have, are;
Respect for each other and their coach and a will to win both coupled with good coaching.

Totally agree.

All things highlighted in bold!
is what we are lacking!!

Signing good players,only paper over the cracks!!

Huddersfield showed ambition with their coaching appointment, Hull didn't.

As someone pointed out on another thread, they also should've had Carney in their squad but he was refused a visa.

The fact they interviewed Folkes as well.

Whereas we ignored his come-and-get-me.

Brown and Robinson are not a 'great' half back pairing IMO.

Otherwise I agree with your point.

They work hard for one another, and the team seem to know what plays are on.

They'd walk into FC's side.

I'd walk into FC's squad at the moment.

They do a job, but they are a fair way short of being great. They just look great compared to what we have.

Hodgson is their key player rather than their halves.

Hmm, a solid back pairing and a creative full back, if only that was an option for FC.

Thing is with Brown,he was bloody awful in Aus.

They would be useless behind a beaten pack, in the first five games of this season our pack competed and our very average half backs did enough to get us over the line, when the injuries hit and our pack stopped competing thats when our halves stopped being usefull not to mention us having to split them up on numerous occasions.

And a few are saying this isn't Browns side but he was appointed before the end of last season and Huds made 11 new signings this year go figure.
he might not have signed them all but i bet he had a good few tapes on the new signings and a full off season with the team.

I would also like to see what he would do with the injury list we have.
Not doubting he is one of the top coaches in the game but you cant coach without the talent available and Huds have not had anywhere near the injuries we have had.
But of course thats the coaches fault.

mmm I am wondering if he is another Peter Sharp but i suppose only time will tell.

No team whoever the coach is can cope with the luck we have had. Even the mighty Saints are having a bit of trouble aren't they?

Cannot argue with that at all. Saints miss a handfull of big game players and struggle big time.

No coincidence.

id be quite happy to be struggling big time and sitting 2nd in the league and making the CC semi's

End of the season is when it matters though. Injuries kicked in late in the season. Semi final losers and no grand final will make it a poor year for Saints...IMO.

We played a 'blinder'

Folkes CV

9 years Head coach at Canterbury.
2 Grand Finals
5 times in Play off series
Dally M coach of the year 2004.

vs

Richard Agar
Featherstone Lions
England Students coach
England Academy
Yorkshire Academy (Head Coach)
York City Knights (Head Coach)

Assistant coach:
Featherstone Rovers

We picked Agar!!

This agar thing is getting boring now,im sure when the board feels the need to get rid of him they will,at the end of the day whos going to listen to what people on here think.

So folkes didn't serve an apprenticeship then???????? The 2 are not comparable, who's to say agar won't have a similar cv in 10 years time? Nobody can and nobody on here has even come close to doing what agar has done in his apprenticeship so have no experience to judge.

Thank God for that, because we would have a problem then

good to see the Agar apologists out in force.

pathetic

He did serve an apprenticeship for 2 years.

He won the reserve grade Grand Final in the NRL in his second year.

HTH.

Thats a real poor comment IMO. Some people arent as negative as you so become blinkered? Pro sport aint that black and white (pun intented).

Are there a few more than you thought there would be?
This message board is a small snapshot of Hull FC fans and their opinions, and cannot be used as a barometer of popular thought.
Time will tell who ends up being right as with most things.