closing down witt on the last tackle is a must on sunday, mellor looks better than richards claiming them high balls

Bit personal

Actually Mrs B is clever, she knows both her rugby and finances

Got a point though.

All she looks at is how fit players are.

We should beat both those teams on form. Just saying it's not the certainty you are making out. The league is really difficult to call, especially at this time of year, when surprises tend to be more common. And we have been particularly abysmal against London over the last few years, to the point where it's almost worth booking a holiday when the fixtures come out to avoid it. It's not like we're playing a team that's just got beaten by last year's 12th placed team, at home, when they have at least 6 first teamers out next week, is it? That would be a certainty

Thanks BB

More of a certainty than beating a team that lost a big chunk of its squad through deportation last year and are still waiting for some of the replacements to arrive? Aswell as having 3 players in their side that were deemed to be no longer good enough to play for Hull. If we are talking certainties..

When we look back at last season's first 5 games it was a case of us gaining very close wins whilst playing poorly.

Unfortunately we failed to improve and we ended up having the season we all want to forget.

This year we have won 2 very hard fought games, whilst playing some of the best rugby I've seen from a Hull team in a long time, and I use the word team more appropriately than I have in a long time too!!

We say it every season but this is going to be a very close league where losing to teams you normally expect to beat isn't going to be unusual. However we have shown that when up against a good defensive side like Huddersfield were on Friday, we will not panic and collapse. If that game was played at this time last season we would've lost it.

But one buoyed by scoring nearly 40 points away from home this weekend and full of players wanting to prove a point against their old club.

Martin Offiah has joined Clarky in tipping us for the title (apparently he said this last week). Lordy.

I know its hard enough keeping fans calm but with the sky pundits tipping us for trophies it getting worse (didn't stevo tip us for the Cup)

Garry Schofield tips us to finish 11th

The day I worry about what that ****** has to say is the day you can commit me to the funny farm!!!