Re: Hull FC - Tough ask? : Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:00 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Shouldn't be, don't think he's had much history with injuries and was unlucky to get a serious one.

What is Frods doing? Is he back at Saints? I know he didn't really feature with Widnes.

Re: Hull FC - Tough ask? : Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:06 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

What is Frods doing? Is he back at Saints? I know he didn't really feature with Widnes.

He played about 4 weeks ago for the reserves against Warrington, haven't seen or heard mention of him since.

Re: Hull FC - Tough ask? : Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:33 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

He played about 4 weeks ago for the reserves against Warrington, haven't seen or heard mention of him since.

End of the road for him then? Pity - his potential was much vaunted.

Re: Hull FC - Tough ask? : Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:20 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

End of the road for him then? Pity - his potential was much vaunted.

Seems to be, there's been no mention of him from the Widnes end. He seems to have just faded away into obscurity, unless I'm missing something.

Re: Hull FC - Tough ask? : Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:00 pm  

To be fair both would struggle to make the bench currently. Pack wise we are about as strong as we are going to be until Clough comes back from injury.

The last 2 weeks it's been more about a full 80 minutes performance rather than personel.

Against Wigan the pack where shocking for the opening half, against Wire our backs let the side down a bit.
If we can string a consistent performance together for the full 80 at the intensity we played in patches against Wigan and Wire. Then without sounding cocky I think we should have enough to match Hull. It will still be a close game, no more than 12 in it for me, but if we given another of our famous headstarts this season then it's anyones game.

I think this year we must have the head start record for the season, otherwise known as the worst 1st half defence of the league. For some reason once Royce has slapped them all silly at half time, the defence tightens up.

MAybe he should give his half time speach before the game and just tape it and press replay during the break.

Re: Hull FC - Tough ask? : Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:49 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

If we can string a consistent performance together for the full 80 at the intensity we played in patches against Wigan and Wire. Then without sounding cocky I think we should have enough to match Hull.

They performed well against Leeds. They did everything right in that match. But we haven't seen that Saints since! They need to keep hold of the ball, defend their line, be aggressive going forward, be patient and - as you suggest - be consistent for the full 80 minutes. I have no idea why we have gone backwards in the last three games but now that we have so many senior players back in the team there is no longer any excuse for yet again letting 18 points in before crossing the whitewash or dropping the ball or letting in soft tries or having a bit of a rest now and again. There are only eight games left of the regular season. If the players are serious about wanting silverware then they have to work flat out from now on not least so we go into the playoffs with the right attitude.

Re: Hull FC - Tough ask? : Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:43 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

They performed well against Leeds. They did everything right in that match. But we haven't seen that Saints since! They need to keep hold of the ball, defend their line, be aggressive going forward, be patient and - as you suggest - be consistent for the full 80 minutes. I have no idea why we have gone backwards in the last three games but now that we have so many senior players back in the team there is no longer any excuse for yet again letting 18 points in before crossing the whitewash or dropping the ball or letting in soft tries or having a bit of a rest now and again. There are only eight games left of the regular season. If the players are serious about wanting silverware then they have to work flat out from now on not least so we go into the playoffs with the right attitude.

A friend of mine has suggested that the Saints players only get paid at 8:20pm on a friday night and so refuse to play until they see the money in the bank.

I was going to point out that that's not possible as the good friday match was earlier than 8pm, but then I remembered it was a bank holiday so the pay would have gone in on the thursday instead.

So there you go it's simple, we just need to advance their pay by 20 minutes, so they know they have the money in the bank when they cross the whiteline.

Re: Hull FC - Tough ask? : Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:44 am  

Tough ask my arris. Down to one prop after ten minutes. Jammer stepped up to the mark once again. We really will miss him next year.