Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:12 am  

A good game and exactly what was required after last week. You can put the first half down to Wire's determination, after the break down to fatigue and the last quarter was capitulation by Hull.

Hughes did look good and he probably put out more passes last night than he has done across the rest of the season combined.

We need to take this determination, not just into next week's game, but throughout the business end of the season.

Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:48 am  

What a great response, a response we had hoped for after the disappointment of Wembley. Some nice tries and wasn't it great to see some support play. On a few tries we had 3 or 4 players in support. Fair enough Hull were awful and I felt sorry for Rads he is a good honest guy. If we can take that effort and level of performance into next week it could be a cracker with hopefully a home win.

Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:59 am  

A lot of ifs buts and maybes but a win against Huddersfield next week, barring a whole series of REALLY strange scorelines we will have at least 4th place sorted. (guaranteed if Wakefield beat Huddersfield tonight and we at least draw next week). Not bad for a team which many were considering that avoiding the bottom 4 again was their best aim.

Huddersfield are unlikely to play like Hull did, but if we perform the same, we should be there.

Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:37 am  

just_browny wrote:

Pretty horrendous injury that, he is doing well to sit up.

I think that’s what happened to Graham Appo in the 2003 off-season. He came back and was just a wobbly splodge... I feel guilty about having a go at him now...

Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:23 pm  

Appo? I don't recall any injury.

He came back after the off-season looking like a squirrel who'd hit the euromillions jackpot, bought every tree in Delamere Forest, filled them wih KP's finest and settled down for a busy winter stuffing his face.

Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:53 pm  

Deus Dat Incrementum wrote:

It is hard to judge how much of last nights performance was down to
A) Kick up the arris and raising our gane
B) things sticking that didnt stick on Saturday
C) Hull just feeling sorry for themselves and wanting the season to be over.

The one thing that i thought worked brilliantly was Jack Hughes at 13 playing as an extra prop.
Maybe in attack he just has not got some of the touches that you might need a second row. Last night he ran straight and hard. He didnt have to judge if he was a block runner or he was going to get the ball.
I thought he had his best game for us last night. Hopefully that is his position from now on.

Answers
A) Probably
B) Possibly
C) This time last year we were wishing the season over. We did not lie down & Die we dug in & won every
game.

Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:01 pm  

Good game I've read on here.
Well no it went but it was pleasing and also disappointing to see how good Wire are.

Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:54 pm  

easyWire wrote:

:-)

I think that’s what happened to Graham Appo in the 2003 off-season. He came back and was just a wobbly splodge... I feel guilty about having a go at him now...

Didn't he pull a hamstring kicking off at the Boulevard, after which he was never quite the same player as some of his pace was lost due to this injury?

Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:51 pm  

I suspect making the dream team - rightly imo - Appo thought he'd cracked it and went home, went off the rails and came back in the words of Mark Hilton like a fat hamster. I think he thought he'd be1st choice 6 ahead of Briers and was miffed at being on the wing. It then all went downhill and his season was poor leading to him being cut for Andrew John's. A real shame.

Re: Tonights Game v Hull : Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:58 pm  

Graham Appo just a thin Kelly Shelford...until he wasn't!