I think we cruised through yesterday's game and I think we had one eye on the Hull game. I don't think we were 100% on form,and we did well to win by that margin without getting out of first gear. I hope we win on monday but would tolerate it if we didn't. Hull FC look useful this year with some decent signings. This will be my only trip to hull this year. Too many goons trying to cause trouble with visiting fans at Hull KR for my liking. So I think I will give next week a miss. Unfortunate that I feel like that but when your coach arrives at craven park and a load of full grown boozed up men in HKR shirts try to storm it and spend the time it takes you to get into the ground trying to cause a fight,it can put you off going back again!

totally agree the ball should be treated like gold dust in your own 40 especially after scoring

No. There are more than the two tactics you know.

I would say going on the tactics employed by Morgan yesterday, your players could be in exactly the same situation with off the ball cheap shots and elbows, head highs etc when you play rovers as your pack is so much better than theirs

could go either way this

wires performance wasnt the best and wasnt the worst , poor weather conditions made both teams drop ball especially in our own half , but are defence was good only allowing salford to score 2 points was a good effort , but our drop ball didnt help , we didnt need to be great , good teams grind out wins even when they aint playing well and thats what we did ,, as for hull watched the highlights of the derby , you made a few mistakes dropping the ball ect allowing rovers too score , but fought your defence was solid ,

could go either way this imo , i think wire will be favourites only because you came off a hard derby game on friday should be a cracker tho

If we manage to take out Long early on and keep him quiet we will win the game - he is the dangerman. If we block all the service off going to Long we should be fine if Briers is back this a huge boost for us as before his injuiry him and Myler were proving to be a great partnership in the halves.

Will be a close game that's for sure with some brutal hits hopefully. We will go into the game as favourites due to recent form but Hull have the home advantage - it's got the makings of a classic imo!

With the greatest of respect to you and yours here, I doubt that you experience anything like the absolute war that is the two Hull Derby's. Its not about the absolute Physical endeavour that is needed to win these games, but more about the mental strain in the lead up to them and the pressure that the players are put under by the fans in the week leading up to it put it this way, I would have been happy with two points this weekend and I know which two it would have been.

Having said all that have been to Brantingham today and was told by some of our backroom staff that although several players are carrying knocks they are all adament to a man that they want to play, and are desperate to do so! There is a very good team spirit about and I expect Moa to be back he has been told all week he will play on Monday.

Yeh its tough alright but we have to live here!!!

If we run in 1's like we were doing against Rovers our forwards will get smashed as L. Anderson, Harrison and Morley have gotta be 3 of the biggest hitters in the league.

Think the only time Long has been in a team beaten by Wire was when he was at Wigan he always seems to show up against us.

Briers might be back for this one which would be a plus although been hearing he's close to coming back for weeks now, tough game this your unbeaten at home so far could go either way.

I've lost count on how many times he's killed us. We all know what he's capable of , And we've just let him do it. We never close him down.

cant wait for this 1. Look forward to it. 28 - 20.to us

Sounds about right that

Nah we'll beat em, just need to adopt another gameplan, you know, horses for cos....hang on!!!!

salford wouldn't have been too bad if they would have got a few of them out of the stand
no actually they didnt play too bad, as mr smith said we capitalised on all their mistakes and they didn't on ours...
it's gonna be close, hope we get briers back though

We will play one-out!!

We don't know any other way!!

16-30 to wire

Will be a hard vone this game. Never easy at hull,we have won their the last 2 years but only by a couple of points each time. Probably a tight scoreline tomorrow too.

hope its closer then that

20-18 hull

Just cant see us being able to back up from Friday so soon with the effort the pack in particular put in. By all accounts their game with salford wasnt as one-sided as the scoreline suggested but still, our game was pretty brutal mentally and physically and I cant see their game having had anything like the intensity.

Cant see anything other then a defeat by about 10 points but hope im wrong.

Don`t know what`s happened to the betting thread but some firms give us just a two pt. start !
I`m sorry but wire have to be worth a punt .

Will be a very tough game tomorrow, we have been poor in the 1st half most of the season but defense has kept us in it then we have improved second half, we have more quality in the backs and pace which could be the difference. Against Salford it was 4-2 and we couldn't keep hold of a ball then tyrer Tried to kick it past atkins put it straight into his hands and he went 100metres which woke us up. Haven't we been losing at half time in the last 3 years then come back to win??

i dont 70-0 Hull

Draw.

article from smith


Warrington coach Tony Smith is warning his side to be wary of Hull FC’s thirty-somethings as the high-flying Wolves prepare for a testing trip to the KC Stadium on Easter Monday.

Smith’s men did the double over Hull last year but the addition of former St Helens scrum half Sean Long, 33, and ex-Australian Test forward Craig Fitzgibbon, 32, has helped transform the Black and Whites from strugglers to Engage Super League Grand Final contenders.

“They’ve got a lot more experience,” said Smith, who has also been impressed by the impact made by tough Australian prop Mark O’Meley.

“They’ve a lot more leaders in their ranks this year, a bit more beef up front and a general at half-back. They will be tough to beat. They don’t give you much; you’ve got to earn it all.”

While Smith ponders whether to recall veteran half-back Lee Briers, Hull boss Richard Agar looks set to bring in Jordan Turner, Mike Burnett, Sam Moa and Danny Washbrook following a bruising derby win over Hull KR.

“We have a lot of very good players that haven’t been in the squad and are likely to get their chance,” he said. “We’re lucky that we have a squad big enough to be able to leave people out