Hoy forgetting he's not in the NRL anymore and playing it too quick there, need a tea break before an FC ball play

Is it just a massive coincidence that they look totally different, interested and the speed we’re now playing at has upped since Houghton went off?

Playing a 9 at 9 and a half at half and we already look better. Who’d have thought it

Charles's introduction has almost made us look like we know what we're doing. Good on the kid

Lane has been a penalty machine yet again.

But he's a hard working Hull lad, let's keep him forever more...

There either playing for Houghton or it’s cos he’s gone and we now have round pegs in round holes. Plus the average age of the players must have fallen considerably since Danny went off.

Was that not a late hit on Charles?

No impact on the performance but we've had absolutely nothing this game. Often the way when a team is under the pump though.

Maybe rovers eased off in the second half to keep uncle Tony in post

Looked so much more direct with Charles in the halves and Brown at 9. We have to keep that team for a number of weeks and let them try and build on that second half.
Gives Charles the starting half spot until Trueman is back.
I still also think we look better with Hoy in the halves over Smith so I'd like to see us go;

Hoy
Smith
Charles
Brown
(Balmforth bench)

Then once Walker and Trueman are both fit again;

Walker
Hoy
Trueman
Brown
(Balmforth & Smith battle for bench spot)

Charles to wait his turn again for any injuries.

Better 2nd half,

We look so much better with Brown at 9, time for Houghton to be a back up.

I'd start Charles next few games.

Not sure if I can feel angry or happy with that 2nd half though.

I feel annoyed knowing that they can play with that level of effort but they've just not been choosing not to until that second half

It can't be any coincidence that our two best halves of rugby have come with Brown at 9. Will Tony see it though?

Not Tony Smith, clearly

We looked good, ball in hand Vs Warrington..
Brown at 9..
Coincidence???

There seems to be an unwritten rule that Houghton must play 80mins at 9 even if limping on one leg. Been a legend for us but all things come to an end

We looked good, ball in hand Vs Warrington..
Brown at 9..
Coincidence???

What happened there then? We won the 2nd half?

If Smith reverts back to Houghton at 9 next week then just shows he’s lost the plot.

For me Danny has been a great servant but it’s time to put a fork in him as he is done.
We have an international 9 in Brown and two young players in Charles and Balmforth who have the ability but need to be given a proper chance.

Houghton will be out for at least a week, probably two.

And no cards

Simply better distribution and direction as soon as Houghton went off and a proper half in Charles coming and an international hooker going in to the position he excels at.

Much better second half performance. Sadly, it shouldn’t take conceding six first half tries to start playing.

Much better defence in the second half. A noticeable difference when Danny went off. Charles looked like a greater of fresh air when he came on. Finally some strong go forward from Ese Ese and Pele.

Need to start Charles for the next several games and play Nu Brown at hooker. Hopefully our forwards can start laying a platform through 80 minutes. Hopefully no more bans will give us a more settled pack.

We are still a very poor team. Although they are much better than us, I still can’t see Rovers competing with the top teams. The only decent team they’ve played in the league this season is Warrington and they were outclassed in that game. Wigan and Saints won’t be conceding the tries we did today.

Give over. Even if Danny failed a HIA then Smith would find some loophole to get him in the 13 the following week!