Cas have lost 7 out of 8 and we have a Leigh game to reschedule, but its slim pickings

Thought we had a real dig tonight.
Most of Saints tries were from kicks.
Child’s reffing and 6 agains unbelievable.
I’m sure Hodgson will spend time talking to the referees as to what they see differently from what other teams are doing.
Cam Scott showed up well tonight.
We have a large chunk of our salary cap sat in the stands tonight. Hopefully we get them back soon

Both our tries were from kicks too, all we could offer

From the Official site;

"Brett Hodgson has made three changes to the side that lined-up against Leeds Rhinos at the MKM Stadium last Thursday, with Danny Houghton, Josh Bowden and Carlos Tuimavave all dropping out"

No mention of injuries.

Our discipline is killing us.

JJ and Sao tonight both costing us tonight, just after we’d fought our way back into the game. You can say what you like about the Officials, but if you give them an opportunity to Sin Bin you, then you might end up in the Bin.

Also we are still suffering for Savelio’s ten seconds of stupidity with Jones. That’s not helped our cause one bit. We could have done with Andre tonight, against Leeds and on Sunday.

We need to cut all of this out and concentrate on our rugby.

Tough couple of games coming up, but with a few due back we might need to wait to the Derby to try and relaunch our season. After that the games are more winnable. We need to find a way to reschedule the Leigh and Salford games. I still think we’ll make the Play Offs and if we can get everyone back by the end of the month, I think we’ll also be competitive in the play offs too.

Doesn’t feel like it at the moment, but get everyone back on the pitch and we’ll be good again.

The officials have been spoiling the game for seasons now, definitely dampened my enthusiasm for the game, tend to watch more nrl and give the sl games a miss. Feel sorry for Satae and most the forwards, really gave a good account tonight, just stupid stupid errors and dumb play completely destroy any momentum we have. Johnstone cost us any chance tonight, was well in the game up to that point. The 6 again was a joke tonight, seems saints can do no wrong, I like the rule , it’s just not officiated properly

Been the same for seasons now, if we have our best 17 fit we can compete with anyone, lose a few and we really really struggle, need our squad players to step up, or replacing, disappointed with Reynolds so far, thought he’d rip sl up

Yeah I know mate. I was pointing out that we conceded from kicks rather than being run over the top of.
One of a few positives tonight.
JJ sin bin was crucial ,
Saints must have had 70/30 possession
Lots of effort tonight . Some baffling 6 agains when Saints were just as guilty

Agree with Chris71, it’s getting really difficult to get enthusiastic about the game generally after nights like this. It wouldn’t take much to walk away.
Saints had another gear when required though, as per usual. They didnt need Childs help.
Roby showed the difference a class no. 9 makes to a team.
Lack of pace and lack of cutting edge yet again.

Was a nice night for watching a game though. And someone won the boot it challenge: At least that’s something.

It’s not an airport mate you don’t need to announce your departure!

Actually thought we had a dig tonight and Got to 6 behind with a lot more players out than saints

Referees are e in all sports even snooker today the ref made a howler by putting an Extra red back in the table

People have been complaining about referees since the sport began. You hear supporters in the stands fuming at every single penalty that we concede - the ref isn't always wrong in fact in the vast majority of cases they are of course correct. Some tough calls tonight but they tend to even out. I'm sure plenty go our way that shouldn't and opposing fans in turn complain.

If we all start 'walking away' no -one will be able to walk back again as the club will go.

I agree. However, there was a glaring example of inconsistency with the way the two head tackles we’re dealt with within minutes of each other.

A good summary RR. At one stage I thought the comeback similar to the one I posted about pregame from 2010 was on.

Completely baffling is the fact that my post, which you answered with a comment about your dad, and was acknowledged by both Hull 2524 and Rider was deleted together with your reply post.

We need some news on signings massively.

Some pace would be nice, we must be the slowest team in the comp.

Hodgson has obviously noticed this as we've signed Mcintosh. An athletic back rower and some spark in the middle would be helpful too!

I'm never that confident we'll finish off a break, we always seem to get pegged back.

I wasn't announcing my departure but thanks for your input



Yes we had a dig but digs just aren't good enough over the 80 mins and its been happening for far too long now especially when AP claims we are in the top 3 in terms of SL salaries.

Officials are never going to be 100% correct but what really stood out last night was the difference in how Childs policed the offside and infringements around the ptb between both teams. We were guilty of a lot but as I said St's were no better in anyway with holding down, laying on, hands on the ball, not square and the amount of time they failed to get onside or make any attempt to do so yet Child ignored that. Ligi was penalised for leading with a raised arm yet Walmsley lead with his knees and elbows on several occasions and nothing seen. So the odd miss by an official here and there is to be expected but the 6 again in particular was just a farce and the difference in how he judged that between both sides was like night and day even when we'd gathered momentum so that made no difference.

The six again is just a lottery. It’s not applied consistently in any games I’ve seen. It could be a good rule if used correctly. I don’t mind a ref being poor if he’s poor for both sides. That wasn’t the case last night.

I also think that “having a dig” isn’t enough nowadays unfortunately. Not when people are having to find the money to go, and it’s not inexpensive.
We’ve had years of “jam tomorrow “, and we’ll have that next season as well, due to some players still under contract that BH might have moved on.

Another person not happy with just “having a dig” will be the owner.

Quote ="Marcus's Bicycle"From the Official site; "Brett Hodgson has made three changes to the side that lined-up against Leeds Rhinos at the MKM Stadium last Thursday, with Danny Houghton, Josh Bowden and Carlos Tuimavave all dropping out" No mention of injuries.'" “Both Danny and Carlos picked up a knock from (Thursday’s) game and Josh was ill yesterday so he didn’t train and couldn’t play,” the head coach added. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ne-5733760

Quote ="Marcus's Bicycle"From the Official site; "Brett Hodgson has made three changes to the side that lined-up against Leeds Rhinos at the MKM Stadium last Thursday, with Danny Houghton, Josh Bowden and Carlos Tuimavave all dropping out" No mention of injuries.'" “Both Danny and Carlos picked up a knock from (Thursday’s) game and Josh was ill yesterday so he didn’t train and couldn’t play,” the head coach added. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ne-5733760

I have said this before and nothing has changed, I’ve watched this game of ours for nearly sixty years now, and these officials we have now are some of the worst ever, they actually manipulate games alarmingly. Child’s did even it up pathetically in the latter stages when the game was up, hammered with the six again, then one team allowed to be perpetually offside is a joke.

I’ve just watched it back, and Phil Clarke overreacting to Ligi shoulder high shot is laughable, yet nothing but a penalty after Percy does a Bureta and hits Swift full on the jaw.

Now having said that, we are nowhere near the level of a team like Saints, they seem fitter, and most importantly do the basics right, if we have a rampaging prop forward like Big Chris who busts the line almost every game, where the fxxk are our support players waiting to finish it off, Schoey or John Woods would have had a hatful of tries, after this magnificent forwards breaks. I had a run in with a poster on here, claiming Big Chris was too good for us, I apologise he was right, completely wasted in our team, it is one of the first rules you learn, back up.

We have a big pitch, with a slow team, a recipe for disaster, we are probably caught betwix and between the Radders model, and changes to personal must come, it will take time unfortunately, and it probably shows the poor standard of the competition, that we are actually able to be in a play off position.

The next stage of the bitter pill will follow at the disciplinary hearing, we’re we will get further “fair” medicine to swallow.

As an aside, cant the Sky organisation invite a guest occasionally when we are at home especially, who may have some allegiance to our club, as say when Leeds are home they have McGuire, or Huddersfield have Earl Crabtree, the list goes on, yet who do we get!

Wish list, a class nine, a half back with blistering pace, a strike centre, and a second row who can run like Phil Lowe easy fix.

Hi Freddie, I think Karen is overloaded with work, and she asked us all to stick pretty much Hull FC news, it’s difficult at times though, especially when people are obviously divulging very sensitive and heart tugging stories which RR did, it was a really nice post, and a shame it was deleted though.

Good point about lack of representation on SKY, maybe the club could push for a media friendly player who is injured or ex player to appear. McRae used to be on a lot back in the day, and Kear clearly still loves us when on BBC but as you say apart from that we get little from the pundits. Not that there is much to praise right now!

The Sky commentators have an inherent bias, even though they’ll deny it.
Doesn’t McDermott work for Leeds still?
And O’Connors son plays there. Both ex Wigan players as well.

If you were a casual fan, you wouldn’t notice the poor coverage, but the majority of those watching RL on Sky will be genuine fans of the game, and they can see it for what it is.

Sky will just try and provide the coverage as cheaply as possible, hence Bill Arthur being the main commentator.

The problem is they'll argue that Hull have had 2 ex players as a studio guest this season in Radford & Leon Pryce. They'll forget to mention Lee did the FC/Castleford game - he's coaching Cas next season & already working with the Cas board & team. Leon then did the Huddersfied game - his son just happens to play for them.

You are correct re inherent bias. Stevo had no time for Hull ever since his merc was keyed in the car park.
I remember the following week when he was presenting, Hull scored and he actually said....Throw me a bucket!

And Leon celebrated when his son scored, but that was understandable.



Shame they haven’t had Jamie Shaul on. I think it’s nice when they have a player on who’s out with a long term injury. Keeps them involved and always nice to get a player’s perspective on the game.