what was everyones at beginning of season?

i said top six and a playoff win we have achieved that so im very happy,dont see why we cant go to wire and win tho,im very impressed with what gentle has achieved this year,only missed out on 3rd place by 2 losses,considering the games we threw away aswel,kr,wakey,salford,even the draw at wire to a degree,also 17 debutants plus all the injuries,the players that have gained experiance can only be good for the club,realy excited at what gentle is bringing to the club very exciting times ahead.

whats everones thoughts of the season then?

I too expected 6th and a playoff win, whatever happens now is a bonus...but I am confident we can at least give Wire a game, they looked battered and tired after their game last night, while we are brimming with confidence and could have Moa and Tickle back next week.

Same, 6th and playoff win. Anything else now a huge bonus. Next year top 4, good CC and play off runs.

MY expectation was pretty much what people said that is be in the top 6 and win a playoff game and we acheived that so i am very happy. I dont see any reason why we can beat warrington anfter tonights performance we just need to back it up and like Gentle said we aint here just to make the numbers up in the playoffs. Come on you Ulllllaaaaaa.

All in all i am one very happy Hull fan.

Tickle won't be back, good chance he needs surgery again!

Most pleasing thing for me is the youngsters being given a chance again which will stand us in good stead for years to come. Gentle doing a great job for me but will not rest till brings silverware imo

I was hoping for at least 6th, a play off win and a decent Cup run.

Only missed out on the latter so very satisfied thus far.

I said as long as we win a playoff match then that's making progress. The performance one year a go to the day at Leeds was a joke and that made tonight's result and display even more satisfying for me.

Just realised we have scored 156 points in our last three games and conceded 24. I wonder if there has been a better three game sequence in Super League this year?

A year of transition and clearing the decks from the idiots who were in charge before

Always said we'd finish 5th or 6th, and a playoff win would be a good season.

On the whole dead happy with how things have gone (few wobbles aside, ie Wakey away and Manchester), anything from now on in is a bonus.

overall quite pleased wolfie, we need to get the off field issues sorted ie backroom staff conditioning, but really pleased with the way where moving forward we have rescued the season ,only real downer is the way we handled the Manu contract we could easily have kept him bomber fooked that right up offering him a lesser deal than hes on now then telling him to find another club then offering a better deal which if he would have put on the table in the 1st place Manu would still have been an fc player ,its the only negative i have , where playing really attractive rugby and the spirt is second to none we have a great chance on saturday which would really top off a great season if we could pull off a win, well done the players and gentle

a friend of mine had a box at the castleford game and after the match at the presentation she spoke to both turner and manu, when asked why he, manu, was leaving it was because he wanted a three year deal but we would only give him a 2 year deal! absolutley gutted he's going, lets just hope he has off games against us when we play saints

as for expectations this season, top 6 finish and a play off win accomplished, anything else is now a bonus

Been some impressive signs this year. Hull FC are back on the up IMO. Probably take a couple more years to build a top squad but Hull have passed my expectations so far.

i would think so, even your team warrington took a couple of seasons to get to where they are now once moran took over, albeit you did win the challenge cup at the expense of a play off place

future for us looks bright, a lot of fans of other teams are accusing pearson of splashing the cash and not giving our youth a chance yet 5 hull born lads plus lineham have been given debuts this and new contracts this season! they either feel threatened by us or just plain jealous!

He only signed a 2 year deal with saints didn't he?

think its the other way around we went back to him and ofered a 3 year deal but less money but he had already agreed the saints deal ,if we would have put that deal to him in the 1st place he would be our player total up by bomber simple , hes gutted to be leaving now aswel as i said my only negative of the season

lets hope its another triester/swain situation with ellis next season, manu is going and we have to fill a huge hole in our attack, if we manage to do this, it could be a case of manu who?

I had three things, Top 6, win a playoff game and beat Leeds.

I am very happy how its gone, if we lose next week then I am still happy for this season.

Think we have a good chance next week with how the defense is going right now.

As long as they give it a real go next week then I will be happy with how the season has gone.

Improvements on and off the field have been massive this year.

All in all:

Reasonable league finish
Competed against all big teams apart from Wigan
Derby dominance
Occasional excellent performance
A play off victory

Just no cup run!

Pretty happy with where we are and more importantly with where we are going......

Missed the biggest one IMO.

Young players introduced to the first team and not looking out of place.

Go slap your friend.

He signed a 2 year deal at Saints.

Agreed, and more to come by all accounts.

I predicted 6th and also wanted a playoff win and to see some youngsters being brought through. All boxes ticked so it's been a good season.

I hope so,

There is a good chance we could have Lineham, Crooks, Briscoe, Yeaman as our backline and all players to come through our youth system (or at least played under 20's).

Have heard very good things about Ryan Wilson who has just gone FT, good rugby family with his uncle being Rob Wilson and his two cousins both on Hull's books, the youngster Harry being very well thought of.

The under 16's has some outstanding talent, so if we can get a couple of players coming through in the next couple of year until these 16's are ready, it looks a very exciting future for Hull.

Anyone else have any names of players in the academy to look out for?