If Watts and Tuson are likely to feature on Friday, who misses out Pitts and Thompson?

The way Radfords talking id guess so. Watts needs to step up though as he's just got in the 17 without any real threat for his position in recent years and its about time he shows why.

Or with Radford saying Heremaia will start maybe we'll go with 4 forwards on the bench and one of Pitts/Thompson and Rankin misses out.

That's a good shout, probably be Pitts & Rankin to miss out.

Could Shaul miss out? Put Rankin to FB and play Horne & Heremaia in the halves? I hope not, don't want Heremaia starting anywhere but 9. Hopefully Radford sees this game as the ideal time to let Houghton have a breather and maybe only play 30 minutes with Azza starting?
Plenty of options!

Well Pitts and Arundel are the two that have missed out on the 19 to accommodate Watts and Tuson.

www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC- ... story.html Sounds like Tuson's a guarantee for the 17.

www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-FC- ... story.html Sounds like Tuson's a guarantee for the 17.

Hull FC coach Lee Radford has called new signing Chris Tuson and prop forward Liam Watts into his squad for Friday’s clash with Bradford Bulls at the KC Stadium.

Former Wigan Warriors forward Tuson joined the Black and Whites in the off season and could make his debut for the club this week after missing the opening three rounds of Super League XIX with a neck injury.

Watts is also on course to return to the side after damaging knee ligaments in the pre-season friendly against Featherstone, with Joe Arundel and Jay Pitts the players to make way in Hull’s 19-man squad.

However, Garreth Carvell is not risked as he continues his recovery from an ankle injury although he is expected to feature against Castleford Tigers next week.

Tickets for Friday’s game versus Bradford are available from the KC Stadium ticket office or from the club's TryPod outside St Stephen's shopping centre.
Prices start from £10 for juniors and £19 for adults and tickets can also be ordered over the phone by calling 01482 505 600.


Hull FC squad: Bowden, Crooks, Ellis, Heremaia, Horne, Houghton, Lineham, Miller, Paea, Paleaaesina, Rankin, Shaul, Talanoa, Thompson, Tuson, Watts, Westerman, Whiting, Yeaman

There is no need for wholesale changes. If we play like we did against Saints and Wire we'll beat Bradford. However if Radford messes round with the side unnecessarily we could come unstuck. We should persevere with Rankin and use Azza where he is most effective, off the bench spelling Houghton.

Hope Watts and Tuson have trained well and earned their places. Really hope our forwards put Bradford up against the wall, a few dominant displays early on in the season can throw down a marker and really help build some momentum.

Well I would have ideally liked a win in one of our last two, but there have been some good signs so far and we have played pretty well. This is a game that I don't see us losing, but rather than just scraping by I hope we can put in a really dominant display. Between now and Easter we should be aiming to be undefeated, it's important that we lay a marker down on Friday and get some momentum going.

This^ I don't think it's gunna be as easy as some as saying bradford are a desperate and dangerous side so we need to keep changes down to a minimum and keep the decent form going

Good point, beware the wounded bull. Hope the lads are ready for Bradford to come out fighting for it.

We need the 2 points .
Already we are 3 points down on last years away form
We drew with Saints and beat Wire in 2013 .
Big defence on Friday night needed to lay a platform for our improved attack.

Why do you think Houghton needs a breather?

66 tackles last week and no misses?

A must win game. To win in style will be the aim given the early run of home games.

It's a marathon, not a sprint. Any game he doesn't have to do 60+ minutes will be beneficial to him at the back end of the year.

I think we should try starting with heremaia to see what difference that makes. Personally he would be my starting hooker and bring houghton on to have a go at the tiring defences. heremaia would give us more go forward early on. He certainly doesn't want to be warming the bench for an hour again

Agree with that, Houghton's scoots from dummy half would be much more effective against tired opposition

But his tenacious defence in the first quarter helps prevent sides like Saints getting an early roll on and blowing us away.

And his lack of quality ball and direction out of dummy half stop us getting an early roll on and blowing teams away

You said we'd struggle to make the 8. Now sticking Heremaia on means we'll be blowing teams away after 20 minutes? Unlikely.

Not as unlikely as it is with houghton on the pitch

leave them as there are, doing a good job omo

Maybe it could be better though