Thought he looked much improved this year in his few games. Still plenty of improvement to come from him but still very young.

Agreed. Last year he was poor in a side playing very badly. This year with our dominant middles he looked so much better.

Is there any news on his injury? Having him and Hookem competing for the 7 shirt could be good for the team.

Hodgson said he was 3-4 weeks away I think.

Think I read something similar. He's not match fit and still around a month away

Finger crossed. My back has been 4 weeks away from recovery for 30 years.

Apologies to him. I could’ve sworn, I read he was going at the end of last season, Sheffield were keen for him to go again this season, they must have changed his mind.

Available for Magic according to Hodgeson

I believe it was pre season when i posted BH see's Hookem as a number nine and was shouted down by yourself and you insisted you had spoken to Hull's coaches who assured you i was wrong. You stated he would play more games at first team level as a scrum half in 2022. To date he has played every game while on loan as a hooker and it looks like he was scheduled to play part of the Warrington game in this position as well but then needed to fill in as a half back due to injury and as BH stated he hadn't been training in the half back position. If he fails to shine in Hull's first team i could see him make himself a decent living as a top championship hooker to be honest.

Every 4 weeks or so you post the same thing, you have no way of knowing Hodgsons thoughts, he was playing hooker because we had Gale and Whitehavem have decent halfbacks and no hooker, that's why they have signed Robb from Cas.

The facts are he has played 2 games for the first team both for Hull as a halfback and looks likely to play their on Saturday.

He has also played every reserve grade game at halfback.

Not really sure what your obsession with this is, just hope he gets a run in the first team, whatever position he plays, I suspect if he doesn't perform this week, he will be replaced with Gale (This might happen anyway)

Does anyone believe he's the right man for the job still?

Nope nowhere close to being so either as today showed.

Way too placid coach for a group of players that need stronger leadership

Poor match

I question why Pearson thought it was a good fit

££££££'s

Pearson didn't learn from Peter Gentle....Hodgson is just a younger version, a really nice bloke who's never been a head coach before and also came from West Tigers...we need someone like Shaun Wane, someone who is no nonsense who the players will run through brick walls for

My point is it's pretty common knowledge what this group of players needed, but our leaders deemed we needed a soft touch.

I honestly think were rudderless with key decisions, Pearson and the chief executive have alot to answer for as nothings changed,

A unlikely win next week may buy him time but another hammering at Wigan in a couple of weeks and who knows. We'd probably be in 9th by then looking at the fixtures.

Got to go for me. Last year Hodgeson said (I think) that you can tell what players think of their coach by how they defend. Well the lads said it all today.

Pearson is out to recoup some cash. Don’t think we’ll see any real change until relegation is a real threat, which it will be in the next few years if we don’t go back to licensing.

Can see them chanting “since 2017” at us in 30 more years.

I seriously can’t believe he substituted Hookem for Balmforth and put Houghton to scrum half. The young lads head must be in bits. The game had gone, he should have been given game time. If anyone should have made way, it should have been Johnstone. Hodgson’s lost the plot for me, time to go. A few around me kept saying, “what can he do with 10 out injured” but he had 21 fit players but seems unable to energise them. Same old same old, slow play the ball, zero line speed and stupid bloody mistakes. The Dobbins will annihilate this rubbish next week on this showing.

What was gained from bringing Hookem off?. Baffling. Keep him out there and he’ll be better for the experience.

Hodgsons decisions like this has put doubts in my mind he’s up to it.

if ever we needed a boost on the transfer front we need it now,even a signing for next season.just something positive amid the doom and gloom.whats happened to this club since 2017?.no real signs that we are going foreward.we ve had some appaling performances last few year,this was one of the worst.

Not defending Hodgson because he made some baffling decisions today but hookem took a heavy knock to the head first half and I did see him signal to the bench just before he came off so possibly forced to come off

I’m not sure anymore after that , ok we have a few injuries but on paper it didn’t look a bad team . Been saying it for years but we are still mentally weak , we look for excuses when things go against us . Big clear out needed , mainly the old guard, but easier said then done . There’s a good coach without a job for next season not to far away , probably our best chance of getting one for a long time instead of assistants . But can we afford to do it ! Or does Brett deserve more time .

BH said he had a head knock on humberside

Hodgson/Radford...or whoever comes in next, some of the players we have atm are mentally weak or know they wont get dropped no matter how bad they stink the place out!

I was going to add “unless he was injured” but thought better of it, seeing as how he didn’t go for concussion assessment. Hodgson’s bench decisions are bemusing at times. I stand by what I said, no line speed, slow play the ball and unfortunately no decision makers. Gale won’t make haypence of difference, if he recovers next week, his confidence is shot. Slow slide down the table and finish 9th but may well finish 10th. The season’s gone as I said on another thread, the day after Connor was injured. Unfortunately Hodgson’s one dimensional and we’re in another dimension now.