I agree that you would shade the scrum half....ony because we dont have one at the club!!!! We have the best stand off...by a county mile!!!! I disagree with you about the pack....we have a front row of Cussack, berro & dowes that can all play 80-mins rugby & very well..Tickle is the inform second row of the league.... Your centres are more pacey & see hell of a lot more ball than us....that;s mainly down to Dobson.

All stems for a good tight game of rugby.....here's to the ONLY DERBY in Rugby League!!!!!!!

Which stand off are you comparing yours to, I'Anson will NOT start the derby.

still need a 7

I wouldn't compare horney to any of your team!!!!!

Just mearly stating a fact!!! So who is your stand off???? I would have thought you would play judas there????

No, you were merely staing a matter of opinion and yes I expect Paul Cooke to be at 6 for the derby.

No comparison than!!!!! Horney every time for me!!!!

May the best team win!!!

You are right there!!! No matter what people say....all those years while you have been out in the wilderness....we have missed the derby's.....the fans banter..etc...

It's great for the city & good for rugby league!!!!

For us yes....your lot can go down faster than a certaind players missus after a right hook.

Oh, the bitterness

Which no.7 would people sign then?

No decent ones around which is why Agar went for a one year deal with Thorman.

Hardly Thorman's fault that the forwards are not doing the job for him, against Bradford he was fantastic.

I agree with you Paul, i do believe that we have a top quality 7 lined up for next year and Thorman was the best around who was available to come on a one year deal, lets hopwe we do sign a top 7 for next season.

Will someone tell Hull Panther that if he doesnt stop there will be a world shortage of Exclaimation marks!!!!!!!!

Have to agree Paul, I've been saying we needed a 7 since we left the Boulevard and we haven't gone for anyone, not Agar's fault.

I am sure we will move for a 7 if one becomes available.

Not sure how many? but we've tried a few in that position over the last two seasons

A top scrum half would be brilliant, but what would be just as nice is more players making runs into gaps, even if it's dummy runners.
Most of our players just watch what Thorman and Horne are doing and just wait for the ball to be passed to them. Why not give them options and run decent lines. Instead of our two set plays.....

Drop off and run back into the sqaure markers or Horney use Tickle as a dummy runner and pass it behind him to his centre. Or if we are been a little cheeky, Tickle as a dummy runner but give it to him on the short!

You're right. We seemed to be working harder off the ball earlier in the season but that area of the game, together with defensive line speed, appears to have taken a backward step in the last two games.

And when he does , he keeps it

True,True !!

Our timing has been all wrong in the last 2 games. Players are over-running the ball so the pass isn't on and even when they dont over-run it the pass is too slow and behind them. Thorman/Horne often get caught with ball because the defense has moved up and our "runners" are not deep enough.

Think people are being harsh about Thorman, thought he did Ok, his long range kicking was fantastic.

Though Thorman created and played better than Horne, but nobody has started a thread about him.

I dont think he is the long answer, but is going a decent job at SH for us. We are still in a better position than most expected.

Quins wern't much better than us, they just took there chances, and for me they the big different was the 40/20, we gave them the field position to score the winning try.

Perfectly summed up.

Thorman, and for that matter Calderwood, are suffering a bit because some fans had already decided they were cr@p before the first game. So when the team plays cr@p they cop it even though there were players who played far worse.

I think we have already made moves for one for 2010, hopefully we will be on the ball with this signing.

With the correct tactics Thorman and Horne can take us a long way this season.

Not behind a beaten pack they can't.