Doubtful he is not named in the squad (unless he is added on the day?)..

I cannot go Sunday as the lad is playing away and it will be too tight to get back, bit disappointed although more disappointed I have to tune into Gollum

Nicklas looked better than Ellis at York,and must surely be pushing Horne for the 6 position??? His kicking game at York was bang on.

Although I wasn't particularly impressed with Horne last Sunday, he was certainly no worse than Seymour. Other than his defense, I thought Seymour looked poor in all other aspects. The only difference is we can judge what Horne is capable of doing, and how often he does it. If we was picking purely based on last weeks performance, I'd start Ellis AND Nicklas!

Playing against Fev and York is a little different to playing a Hull derby.

I have no doubt Horne would have been a stand out player had he played against Fev and York.

I don't think it would count on a 'pre season friendly'

Only just realised that Ellis isn't in ! It seems a little strange that he's only going to have a meaningless 5 minutes against SL opposition in order to show what he can do.

The plan was for Ellis to get longer then 6 minutes but the sheer weight of posession in Rovers favour meant that the Horne - Seymour partnership didnt get as much opportunity as we had hoped hence they stayed on for longer.

A victim of circumstance but will get his chance soon I reckon.

Sammut has received his visa so should play a part, team is as follows

The Squad in full is:
Brett Kearney, Jason Crookes, Adrian Purtell, Chev Walker, Elliott Kear, Jarrod Sammut, Luke Gale, Bryn Hargreaves, Matt Diskin, Tom Burgess, Ian Sibbit, John Bateman, Jamie Langley, Nick Scruton, Adam O'Brien, Phil Joseph, Paul Sykes, Michael Platt, Ben Jeffries, James Donaldson

Strongest squad without injuried L'Estrange, Elima, Kopczak, Lulia, Manuokafoa

It would appear Horne and Seymour are first choice at this stage. I would suspect that the coach wants those two to have as much game time as possible (just the 80 minutes so far) to show what they can do. If either doesn't match up I'm sure Nicklas and Ellis will be in the frame. Very few teams will play their back up halves in their last friendlies.

Yes I agree with that and it is of course correct for Gentle to do that. However, I'm really hoping that one of Ellis or Nicklas makes it impossible for Gentle not to pick him because I really don't see us as a top four side with Horne as a permanent fixture.

It might seem a little harsh, he has been fantastic for Hull over the years, but I just don't think that he can perform consistently at the highest level anymore ,if at all.

Because you think Radders doesn't deserve a testimonial or because you don't like friendlies?

i was hoping to go to the game
my back is playing me up got sciatica
never known pain like it cannot sleep
just got up for a cuppa and back rub ..hope it clear for a week on Sunday
if not I will crawl there I hate missing games

He doesn't believe he should have a testimonial.

Tbh I'm not going for the occasion I'm going because it's Hull FC.

Guessing he's staying at home to put the roast in and do the ironing while his lass goes to ogre, I mean, ogle the fitties.

She'll have her RL Rules book with her, though, so she may just learn the odd thing. Or maybe not if Yeamo bends over too much.

Eh?

See 'Supporters' thread on the next page

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Good to see the strongest team possible getting a runout together. Wouldn't mind seeing Nicklas and Ellis get some time in the middle if they get drafted in. Ellis was very impressive at Fev apparently.

yeah got to admit would of like to of seen ellis play a part today, does anyone know if todays game is on the radio?

Really looking forward to today's game. The coach & players seemed disappointed with last weeks overall performance & have talked up putting that right today.
Still early days yet but I'm hoping to see a far better kicking game, better defence & a look at our attack.
It's always difficult to judge how the team will go from friendly games, most of the squad will already know they will be starting next week & just try to get through injury free. Having said that, with this being our last chance to practice against opposition I would hope to see alot more commitment.
Will have to get wrapped up though is gonna be freezing!

I do cook a good roast but im going out for my tea tonight



Also the last time i took a girlfriend to a rugby match was the derby when Cooke played for the 1st time against us and her comment was " I feel sorry for him, its horrible"

I hope you got rid!!!

Off course, but tbf she doesn't ike rugby