In the end it is about the results not what comments are thrown backwards and forwards. If we win then I will just stick two fingers up at Wane! Haha



Besides which we have just as many hull boys so he can bake his words into a pie and eat them

Twelve academy produced Wigan players in the side today, and only two overseas players.
Do you want to have a rethink?

IF

Will beat them to progress to Wembley for hopefully my dream match against Warrington. Have seen Hull play Wakefield at Wembley.

Don't think we have ever played Wigan in a Challenge Cup semi.

I didn't say Wigan didn't have a load of Wigan born players now did I? I am just saying that we have 17 hull born lads in our squad, something people seem to be overlooking a little.

Also I forgot about Matongo so I will count him as well, although he was born in Zimbabwe he is still an academy product so 18 Hull boys/academy boys.

Just who are our 10 nrl players??

Talanoa
Fonua
Michaels
Tuimavave
Frank
Manu
Mini

Is he counting Ellis in that list? Or Naughton? Maybe Motu Tony as well....

They have Tomkins, Sarginson (off to gold Coast so should count him), Mossop, Tautai, Gelling....so they're not far behind. Frank Paul may even be here for them by then!

I hope we f**king smash 'em!

Doncaster or Huddersfield would be fine. Atmosphere at Donny in 2008, when you could literally feel the stand bouncing, was fantastic.

We definitely go into the semi as underdogs. wigan will have plenty of their missing players back by then and maybe nuuasala available. Tough ask but we need to beat the best if we're going to win anything

Don't forget Anthony Minichiello

Hull vs Warrington in 2013 at Hudds only got just over 10k, so you can see why the RFL, is thinking of using Donny.

If all members buy a ticket then it would only leave around 1000 for general sale (for both clubs).

Glad I've got a pass, Baldy can I borrow yours?

The difference is this year we are flying yesterdays attendance was all our fans apart from 10-20 or so Catalan so I can see us taking loads to the semi

kids were free yesterday, adults only £13 and it was in Hull. I doubt we'd take that many to a semi. There is this gnashing of teeth every year about semi final venues and they never sell out. For me, hudds makes more sense than donny for us v the pies though. Considerably closer to wigan than doncaster and not really significantly further for us

I get what your saying I can't see the rfl making Wigan travel all the way to Donny lol

+ Feka, and can't afford to run an academy team!!!

When did Wigan last play a Yorkshire team in a semi final in Lancashire?
When did Hull last play a Lancashire team in a semi final in Lancashire?

Who cares where it is let's go Thrash the favourites. Could be a struggle if Hicks plays for them sorry I mean refs in their game

We played Widnes at Swinton in 1980.

Since then most of our semi finals have been against Yorkshire opposition and played either in either Leeds, Hudds or Doncaster. Exception was when we played Saints in 2005 and Warrington in 2013, both at Huddersfield (75 miles from Hull and probably closer to all Lancashire teams in the Super League)

Donny is only 4 miles closer to Hull than Wigan.

with the amount of brains in the rfl i can see us playing the semi on a thursday night in catalan

Scuse me!!!! Think you'll find AP is funding the Academy and the Dobs are leaching off us.

Eh?

To be fair, apart from Feka, who is there more for off the field purposes, all of our overseas players add value to the squad, not sure you could say that about other overseas players including TT at Wigan. We have plenty of Hull born players, lots of other young English players including the 2 we have signed for next year.

We obviously can afford to run a academy team but just choose not too.

Shows we are on the right track if we are getting some jealousy and snide comments from Wigan fans and there coach.

Segregation knocked off 600 of those seats. I personally would have taken 2 other people if I could have bought more then the one ticket my season pass allowed.

The RFL are being short sighted by choosing modest sized venues for events like this.

Hull are flying this season, unlike in 2008 when we took over 8k to the keepmoat. I'd expect in excess of 10k Hull fans for the semi final tickets permitting.

Whether it's in Yorkshire or lancashire is largely irrelevant. As long as it's roughly an equal distance to travel, surely that's what is a fair barometer. Headingley, big enough and distance favors Wigan.

Don't think so. RAC reckons wigan to doncaster is 81 miles, Hull to donny 46