No, he's a Hull 'fan'. Albeit the type who will always find an excuse not to go. However should we get to a semi or even a final he'll be there singing Old Faithful and FC 'Til I Die.

Stuttering attack again in vile conditions. We should have scored more with the field position and I think we will get more fluent as time progresses.

Had to laugh at the 'fans' who had listened on Blunderside bemoaning our lack of progress. If we can defend like that consistently through the season we will become hard to beat. That in itself is an improvement as we have been easy-beats for a good while now. Gentle is trying to improve all aspects of our play. He is further on with defence than attack but to say we haven't improved at all is a joke.

Agree with that, but it was such a cardinal sin for a fullback that he will not be making my 3 now. His kick return down the short side was brilliant.

Although it was interesting that in Gentle's interview it sounded like Whiting himself sees himself more as a wider backrower than through the middle. Agree he had a very good game today though.

Stupid Wakefield only playing 4 games so far.

Previously averaging 24 conceded then. The point still stands though, in good weather Rovers could well have scored more against a team who are currently the division's whipping boys, and likewise we might have.

He could arguably be better out wide, but that's not the same as him being unable to play up the middle as some were suggesting.

The difference is that Sandercock has only had to make tweaks to them, Gentle is having to change almost everything about the way we play.

It's the 'it doesn't matter where we finish as long as we beat them' mentality the Sandercock keeps referencing. The problem is it can hold you back just as much as it can spur you on if you're not careful.

Exactly, but fan's don't see/understand this.

It was comprehensive, just not on the scoreboard. We totally bossed it for 95% of the match. You can see the foundations being put in place, but it will take time.
Gentle is obviously building things from the defence, & the attack will follow suit I'm sure.
A work in progress, but I have total faith in AP, Bomber & Gentle.

I actually think we were worse.

In a way that's why I can't understand the depth of negativity from some. Today Wakey gave us a big reminder of our standard under Agar, and we completely dominated them for most of the match. The improvement was staring you in the face if you watched properly.

Nail. On. Head.

And if Ganson hadn't overruled the in goal judge for the Briscoe try, and McKinnon hadn't have clocked off for a couple of seconds, we'd be talking about a 20-0 victory.

Think it was because of whinging from Wakey, Ganson didn't seem to see anything wrong with it and still didn't change his mind after consulting the touch judge. The hit was by Ellis IIRC.

McKinnon made it a good finish for them, I thought all but 2 of the calls from that point on were right, and one of the wrong ones was in our favour.

What an idiot you are. Player recruitment other than Lynch was all Agar. I do agree, though, it was his best forte.

Why don't you start a petition for "Gentle Out"? Then we could get someone to rewrite it for you before you change your mind a week later...

12 months ago we lost the same fixture quite comfortably, today for 70 minutes we never looked like conceding a
point until Mckinnons brainstorm, some people on here really need to give their head a wobble!

Spot on again. We were saying today that put Wakey in black & white shirts, & it was like watching Hull of the last few years.
The relief I felt today was not at the result, but the fact of where we are now compared to the last few years.
I feel positive about FC now. Haven't been able to say that for a long time.

No, I agree. I just find it interesting if he fancies himself wider out rather than at loose forward, given that he arrived at the club as a stand off. Would have expected him to prefer being involved more often.

I've actually been banging the 2nd row drum for long time, saying he could be like Chester was for us.

"Hull played with more energy but to come back as we did, we will take a lot out of that performance from a defensive point of view and a character standpoint because we had them on the ropes at the end and they were hanging on for a victory."

I'll say no more.

Top news.

Whiting had a great game when he was on. Aspinwall never returned. Injured? Or because Whiting had it sewn up?

I thought he must be injured, but Gentle said there weren't any injuries on Humberside. Unless I misheard...

Whiting did play well in that role today.

That would probably be for the best.

He was so utterly confident in himself during that run. A touch of unexpected genius - more, please!