I agree, said to my Dad that when Berro was off we was just looking clueless.

Would like to see him play the full 80 though to judgeyour statement properly, and I am not saying you are wrong

He played the full 80 a lot last season (due to the situation) and had people calling him "overrated and overpaid", so far in the 2 games this season he's had 2 spells in a game and as looked far more of a danger to the opposition. All IMO of course.

We just look much calmer when Berro is on the pitch, this is taking nothing away from Houghton im 1 off his biggest fans and hope he is at Hull for years to come.

IMO having Berro at hooker for a full season without him having the weight of carrying a pi** poor team around the park from 3 or 4 different positions will be the 1 of the biggest positives from signing the likes of Long and Fitz. When you look at our pivotal positons of 1,7,9 and 13 there isnt many better around in SL as a collective unit imo.

Completely agree. But would like to see him this season for 80, with this pack to compare

Starting to look like the World Class hooker he is..(the break is benefiting his game imo)

Houghton does ok, but we must remember he is not a world class hooker, although he will keep developing under Berro

I thought agar should have brought him back on much earlier than he did. Think he sat out the first 25 minutes or so of the 2nd half when for much of thta time we were under the cosh

Would agree with that. Thought he must have been injured.

I think he still may not be 100% and it maybe more precautionary, a risk worth taking due to his influence on the pitch..I would expect we will gradually see more game time.

I was surprised he was off so long. We certainly struggled without him on the pitch.

Good to see him in such good form anyway.

Another good game from him but not as influential as last week. Looked like he needed a rest just before he came off. Came back just at the right time to shore us up and ensure the win.

He's just back from surgery so I think Agar is getting it right with him. There is nowhere for him to get game time and like an earlier poster said, he did look tired when he came off. Reckon we will see more of him over the coming weeks and washy replacing Houghton on the bench to give us more options for rotation.

Spot on. In comparison to the other members of the squad last night was Berro's 2nd pre-season friendly. I'm sure he will play 80 mins when the ground firms up. Heavy pitch to play 80 at this stage of a season.

I think he's still behind the 8 ball regarding his fitness ,I'm sure giving him some decent spells at this stage of the season is the right thing to do.

hammer nail head! said the same thing last night.

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Hudds only got on top when he was off and the Pikey was on.........Berro comes on and we take control again.

totally agree but remember berro has just comeback from a long layoff would sooner be spelling while he gets match fit, then less chance of injury recurring

he's looking a lot faster this year due to having his operations. He was the only player keeping up the chase when Hudds broke for the 'try' that the ref disallowed.

he's a top player, but he was also one of many who needed to up their game from last year IMO

Maybe he has upped his game because he is playing hooker and he has more proffesional team-mates now.

Helps massively too that he has a world class 7 playing next to him organising things imo

Think Berro is going to step up to the mark this year. Agree with all posters who say how comparitively rudderless we looked with him off the pitch. But on the other hand, Houghton is a great young hooker to step in. It was a big ask of Houghton last night in such a hard game and he didn't let us down but Berro offers that bit more. Agar did the right thing to spell him so soon after his op'.

You may have a point but on the flipside he is playing behind a better pack.

Berrigan was trying to do it all last year. The only real international class we had with a lot on his damaged shoulders. No wonder he looked jaded.

Now there's more class and a universal exemplary attitude we are seeing his true capabilities in his proper role as hooker. He should be on for the full 80 but only if he's fully recuperated. He's too big a gem to risk losing again.

we always look a better side when berro is on the pitch. when he runs out of dummy half he issolates defenders really well take our first try for example took the markers out and laid the ball onto tickle with just one man to beat. but some times he seems to take a long time when passing to the first man when we are on the oppositions like like against saints he got the ball patted out of his hands twice and against Huddersfield the deffence seemd to be in longys face as soon as he got the ball