Smith won’t pick Balmforth who is a genuine talent, very strange.

I'm only going to post the few positives I saw today.

Pele got his head down and concentrated on the Rugby and looked difficult to stop in full flow. EseEse also looks to be one of the better buys.

Moy didn't look fazed at all, like he'd been playing for years.

Charles was targeted defensively but will be better for these experiences.

Polite reminder for the forum that we let Jake Connor walk away from his contract for free, not a single penny received in return. Another masterstroke.

you think tony wanted another alpha male in the camp ? he's the head boy and saw connor as a threat

and you all thought it was a stroke of genius getting rid of him

Well I was there but plenty of regulars around me had wisely decided to give it a miss.

Atrocious defence again, just embarrassing. Sao should be sacked, even if we can't replace him. Total liability.

God help us at Saints. If they are in the mood it could be eighty.

On a level of sneakiness how sneaky was it mate?
Was the barometer in agreement with you or did it have a different opinion?

4 of us walking together today with 0ver 250 years of supporting under our belts reminiscing about past poor FC teams managers owners etc some poor players who tried hard some great teams that didn't etc and everyone immediately said this is consistently game on game the worst we have seen in a black and white shirt since the 50's. Someone said "not a peep out of anyone above Coach, I think someone at the club has a death wish for Hull FC yet as fans who can we turn to to rally the troops no supporters group no fans organisation nothing he added that we are just slipping week on week into oblivion".

We replaced him with Clifford though, who it is more and more obvious was keeping the club off the bottom by himself last season.

Jake's time at FC was done and it's rare to get transfer fees in RL, I won't beat the club up for that one.

You must have seen plenty at kr over the years Cooke report.
The Oldham cup defeat was a classic

Another dreadful defensive display, we just can't defend anything.

There were a lot of regulars missing near me in the East Stand and I don't blame them. The crowd did their best early on the get behind the team.

What worries me is that Huddersfield aren’t even that good but I’ve got to agree this is the worst I’ve seen , since the early 70’s . Lee Crooks would have slapped each and every one of them if he had been their captain. Smith simply has to go . I don’t care if there is nobody else to replace him because they looked like a team playing in the park rather than the beat our once great club can offer , in a full time sport at the highest level. An utter shambles and I get the feeling that we are being readied for winding up , by an owner who is skint and fed up of the whole place.

I honestly think we could ship 100 against one of the top sides if they keep their foot down for the full 80.

How many seasons was Connor at the club
How many hammerings did we have?
His antics getting Sao binned slapping the ground and then arguing with whoever it was in the dug out ..
we 100% do not want him at the club.
He’s found his home in Huddersfield.

Heard any more news?

It’s because of his defence and that’s already shocking

Thought the kids Charles , Moy and laidlaw showed promise but it really was men against boys.
Hoy and Okunbor were stood by the dug out in the 2nd half.
Hoy was very poor and his full back positioning was awful..
okunbor, I called him in first game that he was poor and I really find it hard to believe he’s played Nrl.
Those two are taking a sizeable chunk of the salary cap.
Really don’t understand with Grix championship connections why the club didn’t pick up at least 2 from there instead of these poor Aussies.

Interesting to see James Webster with Adam Pearson..

Hard to keep track but I make it since Ligi Sao joined us he's now had two red cards and seven yellow cards in 88 games.

There was a 10 minute period after Huddersfield's first try when I thought you were giving it a real go and I thought you were going to make a game of it.

Then the Tony Smith school of defence kicked in.

Worst start to a season since 1999, stat fans.

Thought we were right in it until kick off

and we haven't reached rock bottom yet.

will be interesting to see if Swift picks up a ban like Sutcliffe for clattering into thr referee?

Connor showed why he was hated by most of the RL supporters today too, as stupid as Sao is at times, he clearly got him a yellow card with his football theatrics!

only bright spots this afternoon was Charles and Moy, the rest as they say....same poop, different day!

I was told Webster had been helping with recruitment, no I’m not joking either.

He's the thickest player at the club

15:00 - Referee blows whistle to start game.
16:45 - Referee blows whistle to end game.
16:46 - Crowd shrugs its shoulders and departs quietly having watched the opposition score 50 points, again!!

Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
(presumably for the next twenty games, and quite possibly beyond that into the far far future!).