It's the difference between how saints and leeds play and how we and much of the rest of SL do



Are you seriously suggesting last night's performance would win us 90% of games this season?

Probably not, but we just needed to be better than Wigan last night and we were.

Exactly! The whole squad will be utilised over the course of the season i am sure but the most important thing for Hull after last year was to get off to a winning start and build confidence.

Agars tactics and selection did that.

Spot on, that was my point. If we play like we did last night we wont win 90% of our games, but if we win 90% of our games and play ugly i wont be too fussed.

I'd keep Hall on the bench because he can cover any of the back positions except scrum half. G.Horne played well for the back end of last season and has started this one brightly and when he gets his act together, Yeamo is almost unstoppable close to the line.

Agreed both will have a field day from what I've seen from Celtic this season.

Who misses out for Hall and Houghton to come in?

Burnett and G. Horne ...... it's about keeping things fresh and different.

Although Yeamo's defence is sound I've often thought he offers little in attack unless he's lucky enough to be fed a break.

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Great clubman though which counts for a lot IMO.

Since becoming a 1st team regular in 2003 Yeaman has been by far this clubs top try scorer, I would of thought he offers plenty in attack (as well as in defence).

Correct - an inconvenient truth for some though





One of my favourite players, Yeaman. Hull lad, great strength, puts in some massive hits, very difficult to stop near the line, milks the East Stand better than anyone else - what's not to love?

I know the stats - Yeamo's a great finisher. Just not the most creative centre I don't think.

Not that I don't love him - He loves Hull and that's good enough for me.

Isnt it about winning? Why would Hall make it fresher than G Horne? G Horne played very well on Friday, there is no chance Agar will drop him.

G.Horne to drop to the bench....its about playing your opponents and both Hall and Houghton would bring some speed into the team and exploit Celtics slowness.

G Horne showed plenty of pace v Wigan and could have bagged 2 tries had their outside backs not been very quick. Dont think Celtic have the same outside back speed as Wigan. G Horne to stay for me.

Houghton on the other hand i would like to see on the bench, Burnett is the likely candidate to drop out.

Nice options to have.

Well thats where we beg to differ.........Reckon Hall would have got the tries as he is a damn sight faster..........I like my centres to score...but if you like yours as steady then fair enough.

wigan's outside backs are slug slow

Amos Roberts
Pat Richards
Phelps
Goulding
Carmont

Not that slow really!

I like mine to be good with ball in hand and good defensively. Graeme Horne hasnt done anything to let the side down and has looked very exciting going forwards. His defence is also a huge positive. I agree that Craig Hall is faster and will probably score more tries given the opportunities but he may also cost us games with his poor defence and positional play.
Whilst we are winning it would be difficult to justify dropping anyone tbh.

Yeah they are

Roberts is one of the fastest men playing the game. Richards is very quick when given open field. Carmont is the only one out of that 5 that i would class to not be extremely pacey.

Horne isn't what I would class as an exciting player. Relatively safe maybe but exciting he aint

I don't really know much about roberts but richards is a cart horse and is probably the quickest of the others you've listed

Was only a couple of ankle taps off scoring some very exciting tries on Friday!