Cator was superb today. Was my MOTM.

Welcome back, hullbg.

Much better in terms of effort and attitude but that needs to be the norm not a special occasion.

Litten was brilliant and he looks fearless and confident which has been lacking with a lot of the squad.

Stick Hoy and Trueman in that team and the season may not be all doom and gloom after all, though Wigan next up will be tough.

What a relief to get a win. I'd forgotten what it was like.

You could see the change in intensity from the start. Litten was excellent, what a prospect he is. I though Swift was really good, always eager to get involved and made good yards. Houghton as others have said proved his doubters (like me) wrong. Satae and Sao back on form offering plenty of go forward. Clifford controlled the game, a bit unfortunate with the two experimental drop outs but I quite like the fact that he tried them.

I agree with you.Pleased for him after coming back from two serious injuries.He is always the worker in the background like Fash.
The problem is for forwards in Rugby League they are both too small and lightweight to make a real impact in S/L.

Much needed win defence was good although think Huddersfield looked bang average and pressure on Watson it they don't improve given they've spent on the squad

Litten was very good should keep his shirt so hoy shouldn't walk straight back in

Still dont rate him but houghton played well today

Clifford such a clever player

Hopefully build on this now

Apart from Trueman wouldn't bring any back in for wigan

Players should be made to fight for their shirt today's 17 finally performed

I'm away as well mate. Just logged on and expected the usual capitulation. Made my night. COYH!

Go away saddo.

Something has obviously made it click this week. Got to keep rolling and carry it on in to the next game. Not sure the week off is a good thing at this stage even if it means fresh legs.

Re Cator, think it’s unfair to call him small given his rotten luck with injuries. Saw him in town last summer and he was an absolute rake, we will probably see him put some timber on slowly now he’s back fighting fit. He wasn’t small when he first broke through.

Great 2 points.
Pressure valve releaser all round.

Big few weeks coming up. Fully expecting us to lose to Wigan, but if we beat Wakey the week after I think we'll be safe

Me too in the Caribbean,brilliant.

Silly Billy

I wonder if TS will pick a 17 to play a game against the reserves during the international break which includes Trueman and Hoy to give them a run out in game situation?

At least with having no players selected it should be an uninterrupted 2 weeks to build on todays result.

You would think so
To bring Trueman straight back in without any competitive game behind him would be a mistake especially against a side like Wigan.
We have seen what happens when Savelio and Tuimavave returned without games behind them.Tuimavave is just about match fit now.
That said McNamara is just catch and pass and his kicking is awful so even an unfit Trueman could probably do a lot better

Can see Trueman coming straight in tbf. Smith said the artificial pitch that the reserves play on can tend to aggravate knee and achilles injuries

Danny Houghton absolutely immense today, Satae back to his old self well done lads everyone stood up

I thought Ligi Soa was immense, almost an old fashioned enforcer. Took on Chris Hill in the first scrum and every scrum after. In the second half when Hill went off Sao was free to play and made a lot of yardage and offloads. Satae had a buzz about him and was devastating when running from deep onto the ball but had to take too many flat passes. Taylor stood up well and was a lot more energised. The lightweight Fash, Lane and Cator were obviously fighting above their weight

Gardener’s a prospect, didn’t flinch. Houghton was his impeccable best. Clifford controlled everything, MacNamarra did a thoroughly good job. The backs were really good running the ball back, big raps to Carlos and Swift but Scott deserves a special mention. Litten was superb, heard he’s of to Queensland Cup next year, hope he resigns for us instead. Griffin was excellent apart from the missed tackle for their first try, which he admitted to, hope he’s not too bad, he’d be a big miss, again. As you probably can tell, I’m a happy clapper tonight but a big test a week on Thursday then onto the banana skin

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Tried to post my prediction here but site rejected my attempt. Agreed with your comments and predicted a Hull win!

I had a nice return at the bookies on this one!!!
Love an FC win and we needed it. Davy Litten proves 100% we should never worry about playing the Youth.

A likely story



Even though it got a bit squeak bum time at the end, we were in control for most of the game. Huddersfield never threatened us from deep, they've got some good maverick style players but we hardly saw them. Watson will be on thin ice if they don't improve.

Speaking to some Giants fans on the way back to Park and Ride and they're not Watson fans. He has a structure that the players have to adhere to so any flair players are not able to do what they're best at.

That was clearly evident in the cup final last year, probably the most negative displays I had seen and I went from wanting them to win, to hoping they would get beat

Think Connor will get very frustrated soon if he isn't allowed to play his natural game.

Have to say, he was class after the game and a nice touch to clap the fans.

I'd have him back here for sure, just not sure where you would play him.