Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:41 pm  

St pete wrote:

I hope KC isn't thinking of playing percy on wing this year. I know he's been training as winger in practice. I know we have swifty and Tommy injured but don't we have wingers in reserve ? I like players playing in their proper positions.

He's been training there as Makinson and Swift haven't been fully fit. Percival will be our 1st choice centre, without a doubt, as long as we have 2 fit wingers for the start of the season.

Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:14 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

He's been training there as Makinson and Swift haven't been fully fit. Percival will be our 1st choice centre, without a doubt, as long as we have 2 fit wingers for the start of the season.

Why wouldn't you want to play and train with the best centre at the Club playing in the centre? Why not use Dawson and Bailey/wellington/Grace on the wing and training ?

Percy should be centre no matter what. I just can't believe KC hasn't been puting percy there as that's how players gel and learn new plays in pre season training and practice games, yet we have our best centre getting cold on the wing.

Tbh I'm gobsmacked

Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:06 pm  

St pete wrote:

Why wouldn't you want to play and train with the best centre at the Club playing in the centre? Why not use Dawson and Bailey/wellington/Grace on the wing and training ?

Percy should be centre no matter what. I just can't believe KC hasn't been puting percy there as that's how players gel and learn new plays in pre season training and practice games, yet we have our best centre getting cold on the wing.

Tbh I'm gobsmacked

I agree with you in that I think he should have kept Percy at centre and played Wellington on the wing for example.

However there's no danger that this is some sort of long term plan to change his position.

Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:22 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

I agree with you in that I think he should have kept Percy at centre and played Wellington on the wing for example.

However there's no danger that this is some sort of long term plan to change his position.

But it's this sort of crazy stuff that worries me. He messed players around last year and didn't work. Percy is a out and out centre.

Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:26 pm  

St pete wrote:

But it's this sort of crazy stuff that worries me. He messed players around last year and didn't work. Percy is a out and out centre.

He is. But it's not a normal position to be in to have both of our first choice wingers missing during pre-season. I wouldn't worry mate.

Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:33 pm  

Speaking of wingers, it looked to me like Makinson has bulked up quite a bit. If so, it'll be interesting to see if it adds anything to his game.

Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:35 pm  

Dux wrote:

Speaking of wingers, it looked to me like Makinson has bulked up quite a bit. If so, it'll be interesting to see if it adds anything to his game.

He looked big when he came back from injury last year I thought.

Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Sun Jan 24, 2016 7:15 pm  

Last season we went out in the dying seconds of a game I thought we deserved equally to win against the eventual champions.

I see no reason why we can't do better this season. Of course a lot depends on the fitness of players. Fingers crossed.

Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:25 pm  

I don't read into these friendlies too much, with so many subs and position changes we are not going to hit the heights of team cohesion. We might be undercooked a bit with our 1st 17 but its a long hard season in front of us.

Re: What are your expectations for 2016??? : Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:44 pm  

just referencing someone earlier in the thread about the size of the Hull FC pack, yesterday it was outstanding. Watts, Houghton, Taylor, Minichiello, Manu, Thompson. Pritchard on the bench and Ellis still injured.

Very dominant performance, but still, only a friendly.