I'm with Kosh on this one....Radders back for Moa aswell maybe

Everyone has the odd bad game! At Wrexham we were poor across the board. Overall he's a fairly strong attacker and one of the best we have in defence.



Like me, for instance.

It could easily be Radders and Long in and Turner and Moa out. I would not argue with that.

I actually think Agar got it right.

Whiting is a fantastic utility player to have as he can cover pretty much every position bar prop and wing. We had already had 3 HB combinations in 4 games and Tansey is our #1 FB.

In terms of next week, I'd keep as we are, Radford for Moa, Long for Turner. Hall has done nothing to merit dropping at all IMO and it looks like Carmont could be out. We need to gameplan to stop Richards getting service rather than move people round to try and beat him in the air, (which is borderline impossible).

Thought it was a good move to put Tansey at dummy half and Whiting at fullback when we had the ball and then swop round when Cas had the ball.

agree on all points.

Agar got it right, Tansey is our first choice no 1, and we needed Whiting on the bench to cover at 2nd row in the absence of Radford.

I also don't think we missed Houghton that much, he is great at doing scoots, which is effective against tiring teams...but doesn't offer a lot else at the moment IMO

Tansey was put back in so he did not miss 2 games in a row and then possibly come back in cold against Wigan.

i would have prefered Whiting to play at 6 though last night

I'd have had less of a problem with that if he'd been given a little more game time. Bearing in mind Moa only did a short stint as well, I don't see why Whiting was left on the bench for so long.

Anyway, I'm obviously in the minority so I'll stop banging on about it now. For a little while, at least.

That would have been the only other alternative that would have been fair to Whiting, I reckon.

To be fair if Agar hadn't played Tansey and we got beat then he would slated for not bringing back in his No 1 full back.
As much as Whiting did well last week i think Agar got it spot on bringing Tansey back in, he is Hulls no 1 choice full back and to be fair to Whiting he is a quality utility player and was of more use off the bench.

Whitings utility tag is his down fall if anything as i'm not sure what his best position is and if he even has one.

I am sure Whiting was happy to be part of the playing squad last night, he came on and did what he had to do , can see him in the centre against Pat Richards next week mind, he is as tall as Richards and with his defence wont be the patsy that Crookes was last night against him thats for sure!!
Whiting for Hall
Radford back in for moa
Long back in for Turner
nuff said if fit

Harsh for Whiting to be relegated to the bench last night but Agar was always going to bring Tansey back into FB and to be fair we do look better when he is there. For me i would drop Briscoe for the Wigan match, i know he gives us plenty going forward but against Wigan where there will be plenty of kicks i think Whiting would be better suited.
Wigan are no mugs and they will have done their homework and noticed that Briscoe is dodgy under the high ball and that his position at times is woeful. He will of course improve but in a big game like the one coming up i think playing him could do more harm than good.

RL is very much a 17 man game these days....being 'relegated' to the bench isn't the same as being dropped

Halls defence last night was quite good...seems to read the play better now and stopped 1 drad cert try in the 2nd half by dropping the cas player.....why go out to mark just 1 man....will Wigan be naming a different 7 to combat Long...no they wont...we have to go there with our best 13 starting and that means Hall at centre.Anyway...Richards may be on the wing yet.

at the end of the day its nice to have options, and also that no one is really sure what our best team is - if we dont know how the hell will the opposition?

oh for these luxuries in some seasons gone past

I do feel for Whiting, especially after his MOM performance against Quins but he is a utility player after all. Discipline reasons aside, Agar should be putting his best side out every week regardless. It's points that count, not sentiment.

People are forgetting Whiting's poor decision making v Hudders and Crusaders when he had Hall on hand to finish off with a try on 4 occasions (two in each match) yet failed to pass.

So for all those remembering his great effort last week, let's keep it balanced with the fact he wasn't tip top.

Agree with the sentiments that Tansey coming back was the correct decision.

Whiting is a victim of versatility as was Graham Horne. Whiting for me though is a great player, but I would want to see Hall at centre. IMO, we should have started Rich at fullback and made Tansey earn his place back.

As regards to team selection, Heard agar on kcfm coming home from the game that Calderwood had a problem with his groin, and that although he managed to finish the game they were going to monitor him in the next couple of days. So if he does miss out it's Hall to right wing and Whiting back at centre and everyones happy.

yeh i saw calderwood pull up holding it,he looked in pain,thought hed of been taken of tbh,maybe some intence treatment during the week will do the trick,but if not swap around and like you say jobs a good un,oh the joys of having a big healthy fit squad

spot on Andy

I think you all forget the fact a week or 2 before that whiting had a shocker, do you not see that tansey is the full back, whiting is a good back up player not a regular full back. tansey has done his punishment by being dropped.