But but but Kings a local lad...he cant do nothing wrong at all,let him do as he likes because he is a fc legend and Hull lad and plays with passion...i love you Kingy..keep missing tackles and giving away penaltys..because your local we forgive you.

pretty much covers it baldy.

I thank you....

Don't know about any off field rumours, however on field you cannot judge him on Fridays game alone.

Nope quite correct....he is usually like tis in most games unless his contract is up for renewal then he puts his back into it.

New season new start.

Total bolloxs...we have said for the last 5 seasons with him....personally,i would have got shut of him 2yrs ago.

Have heard that somewhere before.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, mine is to give him a fair crack of the whip. It is a new season and if we got rid of under achievers last year we would have been left with a squad of about 4 or 5.
Maybe King hasn't performed so well in previous seasons, i cannot comment as i have not seen much of him except when they where on TV ( Due to geographical location)
He was poor on friday, but i reserve my own judgement on him till i have seen a few more games.

rather we win, then see kingy's passion, if all it amounts to is dropped balls, miss hits, yeah keep it up kingy....

Please don't take offence here and I also want to state I have nothing against Paul King personally, but its that type of comment which I find amazing.

He was too passionate to do his job properly



This idea that any locally born player is more passionate about their work is unfounded and is completely disrespectful to the other members of hte squad.

How many times did the likes of Blacklock, Sing, Dykes, Kearney et al get slated on this forum for what constituted not winning games single handedly when in reality many of those types of players, who have been there and done it, took the field whilst injured.

He had a broken jaw for the early part of last season



As I said, King was the best of a poor pack for the first 6-7 weeks (a quarter of the season), then he got injured.

A couple of pints after work and so far, half a bottle of wine at home

Isn't it good to see the annual Paul King witch hunt has got off to an early start.

i know poor kingy give him time to get back into the swing of things. if he plays badly in a few rounds give maloney a chance

Why is he poor kingy..he gets paid to do a job..if he is underachieving then he has to be dropped..I agree a few more mathes may sort it out and he may perform well.

There are many people in Hull at present who need sympathy and have no job I do not consider Kingy as one of these.

No room for sentiment in our team especailly if we want to improve on last season.

So to recap.... we have played how many competitive games this season? Erm..... count 'em..... I make it one.... erm tw.... no.... it's definitely one. I mean, I might be jumping to conclusions here but... do you think you all might be off yer heads? Just imagine you going in to work and having an off-day and you're all kicked out because you're obviously rubbish. I can hear it now "oh well that's different, he's a professional rugby league player - no room for errors - we've carried him for several seasons" etc. There's a thread on here about players we love to hate. I am amazed that it isn't full of people naming the current squad members.

Indeed but if it wasnt Paul it would be some other player getting ripped to bits by all those who could go out on a pitch and do a better job

I love these types of quotes

happy to be of service Paul.

If you change passionate to over enthusiastic then I think the point is valid. To play prop in Super League you must have incredible controlled aggression, you spend all game smashing into 17-18 stone blokes trying to win the collision!

As already stated it was Kingys first game in near 11 months and he didnt control or channel that aggression as effectively as he should. Not acceptable but certainly understandable.

For the first couple of weeks we are going to see rustiness from a few players until they get into the swing of things.

Where have I said drop him after 1 game ? Where have I said we have carried him for several years ?

Take my word for it I am not off my head!!
I believe he did not have a good game and needs to improve. I personally do not rate him he drops too much ball..You nedd to get of off your high horse

Thats fair enough, but for someone with a chequered past, who got a contract through the skin of his teeth, you would think that with all that pre season time, which is some years he has not had, to focus and get things 100% right come game day.

Cusack, Dowes, Radford etc were not rusty, but they have had teh same preparation time.

But we still get the apologists on here defending a particular player simply on teh basis of his birthplace. As evidence has shown in the past some of out overseas players do not get the same support. Why is that?

I would argue that the game at Leeds which King missed puts him at a disadvantage fitness and preperation wise.



I agree though that he should be alot smarter and the fact that he comes from Hull is irrelevant (or certainly should be!).