The Hull following was fantastic for a Friday night. The official figure was 2,100(ish) which is a great effort and you deserved to see a better and more disciplined preformence.

The real plus point for Hull tonight I thought was Richard Hornes preformence. He caused us(Hansen especially) no end of problems everytime he took the ball in.

Was Long fit? He did no long kicking.

Horne once again our best player.

Penalties killed us, we never had ther ball and we therefore had too much tackling to do, we showed when we did have it we could score tries.

I said that on the way back. Was like the mcrae years all over again

We gave the penalties away because we couldn't compete with their intensity

Excellent post!

Horne and Fitzy really stood out for you guys. Also, that Lauaki shows great enthusiasm - really doesn't half get stuck in!

I like the Hull set up, it's just at the moment, at home, we are on fire. Obviously the ref wasn't the greatest, but as has been mentioned your discipline seemed a little off with a lot of the penalties conceded around the PTB.

Chin up and here's to a good season for Hull.

No it was because we lost the collision, they were getting up too fast, we tried to slow them down and got pinged for it time and time again.

would have to agree with that. Wigan went straight to knees on nearly every collision, but were up and ready to go far quicker than hull. Hull could not contain this. In contrast Wigan had hull on their backs in the tackle and so controlled the ruck.

This simple difference contributed to the penalty count and thus field position and possession.

It wasn't that Hull weren't inventive with ball in hand, we split them a few times, we just didn't have the ball much.
In contrast Wigan had the ball and were very well drilled in attack. We were shown how to play EFFECTIVELY last night.

Good post and thanks mate.Same to you

Spot on Mrs B.

If I didn't know better, I'd have reckoned that they'd stopped in Weir Bar for a session before leaving Hull. So completely not at the races (with a couple of exceptions) that Wigan could have put more on us without a problem.

right on the money there me thinks, no steady yourself for the barage

last night was the first and last time i'll be going this season.

nothings changed since last year.

its the same predictable one out attack with the occasional suicide short pass.
half the team dont look bothered.
its still got to be the thickest set of players ever assembled.
whenever the opposiiton put more than 2 passes together they score.
and lee radford spends half the time doubled over knackered, the other half hes having a rest on top of a tackled player and getting penalised.

one more whinge... is mark o'meley affraid of tackling?

In a nutshell.

No doubt you'll still be on here moaning though.

Good. Any chance it could be the last time you post on here as well?

Can I just say you Hull fans have done yourselves proud tonight, both at the game and on this board. Very rarely do you see opposition fans giving such well balanced opinions after such a defeat. I said on this board pre-game that our forwards needed to at least match yours for our backs to win the game for us. They more than did that. On the plus side for Hull, I wouldn't neccessarily be too despondent. As many of your posters have pointed out, this Wigan side would take anyone apart with that much possession and you showed your ability to attack when you had ball in hand. It's the discipline that let you down. Correct that and you'll win more than you lose. Someone said earlier that the play the ball was policed at 2 different speeds, but it wasn't. Wigan were simply dominant in the collision and were getting ready to play the ball WAY faster. That's where the pens came from and, in truth, I don't know how a sin-binning wasn't handed out, particularly to Radford. However, your pack has the ability to sort this. They will win the collision against most teams. They just came up against a more enthusiastic, faster and better drilled side last night.

Great support tonight guys, and good luck for the rest of the season.

THAT IS CLEARLY AS YOU YOURSELF SAID A COMMENT FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS ONLY WATCHED ONE MATCH ALL SEASON THUS FAR


if only that means you wont make silly comments on here as well about things you have not witnessed


one of the biggest bangers we have had for a while and you come out with that comment,

Sums it up perfectly for me Mrs B. Especially about our backs being shown up, you could see them being sucked in time and again instead of staying in position. If we had kept man for man we may have fared better last night. Long was never fully fit for the game or at least he did not look it to me and the majority of our supporters.

Lets see how we turnaround for Bradford this week though, it is always a good sign of a teams charachter.

It was your discipline that was killing you. Your forwards are very big - IMO the second best pack in Super League behind Warrington - but they are very slow. Our quick PTB was costing your lads big time. Lee Radford though is a penalty machine.

I thought the turning point in the match was when you bombed a chance to level the game up. You made a break mid-way through the first half and through the ball over the line. Had (whoever it was) taken that it could have been a different game. Without trying to sound too big headed against teams like us you have to take them opportunities.

Hull FC showed some promise at the end with a couple of tries to take some gloss of the Wigan performance and make the scoreline look a little better, but don't be fooled, Hull FC were well beaten last night.

On a more positive note I thought Richard Horne had a brilliant game. Sean long was a marked man and given no room at all and perhaps we neglected Horne and he made us pay a few times. I have never really rated him until now. Fitzgibbon is a real workhorse. Not a long term investment, but he is doing a great job for you.

Kudos to the travelling supporters btw. Fantastic effort on a Friday night (2130 was the figure). Great stuff and as in terms of bragging rights you brought more than Hull KR.

you are obviously still as blikered as last season then,.

I cannot for the life of me not wonder why you bother at all with F.C.
you do nothing but moan about them.Hell Rovers fans have a more positive attitude to Hull than you.Why not chuck it in and give us all a bit of peace?

The whole time he's getting bites with little or no effort he'll keep posting.