Hard game to judge really but Rankin looks like he‘s got something about him and think when talanao gets fully fit could be useful asset

ive posted similar myself, this would probably have been a far better game if it was both clubs last friendly,

Its true though....we've got the best binman in the town

Well he did sweep through the rovers defense

Agreed. Rankin looks to have a wicked sidestep on him and Talanoa showed up well. But for the pace of Caro think he would have scored his interception. Both may benefit from drier conditions.

No, I read the fans comments on here,singing section thread etc. Do seriously think you get behind the team like you should ? If you had ever been to the boulevards threepenny stand you would have known what getting behind your team is !

Think Rankin will be a world beater for you guys. He is agile, great kicking game and the fastest player on the park.

I did used to stand in the threepenny stand...

Baffled reading this thread! Westerman shot the line a few times and connected hard but didn't complete. Not good in a league game but added a degree of physicality. Put a couple of nice short balls in, held up close one time and made a nice half break in the second. I've obviously watched something else
Think rankin is a find on 1St impression. Strikes me as a player who's game will suit it over here.
Feka on the field was my most enjoyable bit of the afternoon! I have no worries over him.
Talonoa grew into the game. He's not gonna be anywhere match fit yet which bodes really well! Physically looks impressive. Think with some match fitness and running in his legs he'd of scored his intercept!
Useful game all round I thought. Paea had a strong game, most props need a few games to get match fit and strong, that also bodes well. Thought watts looked strong when on! Couple of very good carries!
Ellis looks well up for the season. Even warning up looked intense.
Better game than I'd expected.

Don't know about fastest. Caro was shifting when he caught Talanoa.

As did Paleasina!

And you think the atmosphere at the KC is as good as the boulevard ? Your having a laugh.

No I don't, I never said it was.

This thread is supposed to be about today's game and the player's performances, not another petty squable between hull and rovers fans over who can the highest.
Boring.

Think we are fine at halfback, our main issue has been kicking and now we have a player who can kick long and short, think Horne and Rankin will work well, team nearly picks It's self for first game IMO.

Shaul
Lineham
Crooks
Yeaman/Arundel Yeaman for me.
Talanoa
Rankin
Horne
Paea
Houghton
Green
Ellis
Pitts
Westy

Whiting
Heremia
Feka
Watts

des/chester or whoever you think you are today, what is the point of your posts , a very poor troll at best, looks about right dave although i thought bowden has looked ok,

Id be happy enough with that team, but I feel Radford might favour Thompson over Pitts. I also think Bowden might have played himself into contention. I think he has looked better than Watts from what I've seen. He looked really strong in the tackle today I thought.

Shame we can't go with Bowden instead of Pitts or Thompson, but that would be 5 promos.

Could Green play in the backrow?

Thompson looked solid but I think Pitts has offered a bit more so far in preseason.

Positives:- Feka, Rankin, Paea, Talanoa, Whiting, Ellis and Shaul

Thought Feka ran brilliantly today! Steamrolled right over would be tacklers! Rankin ran the ball really well, could prove to be a fantastic find! Paea put some big hits in and it felt even sweeter when he scored in front of the Dobbins lot!! Talanoa looked really promising considering he isnt fully fit! Whiting and Ellis both made some brilliant runs and both solid in defence as per usual! And Jamie Shaul... what a player this kids gonna be, that take from the high ball under all that pressure was outstanding!

Honourable mentions:- both Tyson Wilsons, Arundel, Yeaman, Bowden and Stark

Negatives:- Westerman and Houghton

Although I hate the constant bashing of Westy, he did have quite a shocker today in terms of sloppy defence (ie shooting out the line and not completing tackles). Also had butter fingers at some stages of the match which I guess can be let off given the conditions. Houghton if I remember correctly threw some shocking passes. But I'm sure that's just gonna be a 1 off.

Rovers:- Thought Hall and J Hodgson had a brilliant game for them. Beharrall looks like a future star and thought Lovegrove and Cox both ran the ball well. Was Langley even playing?!

Houghton set up two try's with good short balls though.

also his first run out

Yeah true, I didn't mean to say his entire game was a negative. Just shocked by how bad a few of his passes where.

A couple of times Houghton seemed to make passes from dummy half to players who weren't expecting it. Lack of communication or players having a rest? Also thought Bowden was at fault for going for the big hits and missing that Westy is being blamed for. I could be wrong though.

Rankin, Talanoa, Paea and Feka have all made good starts. Maybe the doomsday recruitment prophets were a tad hasty. Rankin in particular looks to have the potential to be our "go-to" player, although very early doors, obviously.

Sounds like McDonnell's not too far off, which is good news.

Puzzled as to why on here the only opinions of Westerman are that he's sublime or turd. I think he's good, but not always that effective.