Agreed as temporary measure or fix certainly an option but I think as good a servant as Danny has been to the club he is now very much at the tailend of his career and we need a quality replacement not a 'make do and mend'.

And imagine what they would have done to Ben Flower, Clubb & Bad Tompkins eh

I put about this in the thread about when it was announced that he was leaving. It's no surprise players were furious about his conduct while at the club and I'm amazed it took until this game for it to boil over towards him. That said in the first game he didn't do a thing and was hiding most of the game.

I suggested Ben Mac as a position switch but that was more towards making sure Johnstone doesn't get on the pitch again for us.

Comprende Amigo

I'm not sure whats happened to Jordan Johnstone as last season he was pretty affective under Last when starting games and spelling with Houghton but he really seems to have struggled this season when hes come on. I wonder if he is unhappy after starting games last season to then be playing very much a bit part so far this season?

Whatever it is I think its obvious he isnt a replacement for Danny Houghton and on present form is struggling to be a stand in which is disappointing.

He has gone backwards Chris, perhaps the absence of scrummaging, if that’s even a word, has found him out, there’s not the slightest break for these nuggety type players, stamina issues perhaps, the absence of pace?

But Danny is a hard act to follow, similar with the great James Roby I suppose.

What a load of bollox.

Savelio showed great character when the victim of racist abuse from Clubb.

To say get rid of him is laughable, to call him "a backside", well what a keyboard warrior you are.

Are you sure about that? The attendance was 3859 and their average that year was 3666 so you're saying clubs took around 1700 travelling fans on average.

nice one rider.

Its not a specialist position any more.

Really dont understand the reasoning there.
You dismiss the idea of Shaul at nine yet like the idea of playing Mcnamara at nine when he is very similar to Johnstone who most of us have written off as a replacement for Houghton.
Whilst McNamara is still young he like Johnstone lacks pace and probably will be the reason he never makes it in Super League.
We saw last night what a half back with pace can do and he at 18 is younger than Mcnamara .

Of course it is still a specialist position. A hooker probably touches the ball more, has more involvements and makes more decisions than any other player on the park.

Some players have the skill set to convert into a hooker, James Roby for example, but you can't just throw anybody in there and expect to compete.

spot on Chris
There was nothing wrong with the tackle.If Savelio had not reacted to Jones punch which would have been really difficult not to then he would not have been sent off

I can't think of many if any player let alone a full back who have successfully switched position to hooker in their late 20's and made a success of it.

Hookers have their hands on the ball more than any player and probably have to make more decisions as well. People complain about Houghton's slow service, unfairly in my opinion, so what would Shaul's be like.

Did you answer Dave K's question about how Hull have taken the mickey out of the system re: match postponements?

So In your opinion Danny Houghton has a skill set? He is or was just a tackle machine and the game has moved on
You see lots of different players now pick up at the play the ball.Its no longer a specialist position

Only one I can think is Berrigan

How old was he when he moved to hooker? He was already an established international centre at the time I think.

This doesn't mean I want to try Shaul at hooker though

Maybe a winger at the start of a set who immediately returns to the wing.

Even you can't believe that's true

Did we have an unused sub last night or did I miss Burrell come on?

He started in the halfs then moved to centre but also played hooker from the bench occasionally in the NRL and for Queensland and Australia. Looking at his stats on RL project he was used a lot as an interchange due to his versatility.

I think we never so the best of him as he played a lot in the halfs due to injuries. I thought his best position was centre but he hardly played there for us.

Yes answer Dave K question, and what did you post

We’re gently easing him in, a two minute debut at home, followed by an eighty minute dug out education at veryfartown.

Perhaps Gary Peacham, in days of yore