: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:07 am  

Ivor C&G Scarf wrote:

How many people prefer Brown and/or Robinson to Thorman now? He outplayed the both of them put together.

Please tell me you are joking Ivor!!!
He was the worst of the 4 half backs on the pitch, which is saying something when that's our worst performance for some time. Hull can keep him.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:38 am  

There were some really bad things about your performance (missing Crabtree & Griffin and losing Aspinwal and Raleigh during the match certainly didn't help) last night but I really think you've got a really great coach there who will put things right.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:39 am  

GIANT DAZ wrote:

from what i saw on the TV we made far too many costly errors - against a side like FC you cant do that and get away with it.

credit to hull,they took their chances and desreved it

No they didn't take there chances, had they done so they may have scored 40.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:43 am  

PONNER wrote:

:lol:
Please tell me you are joking Ivor!!!
He was the worst of the 4 half backs on the pitch, which is saying something when that's our worst performance for some time. Hull can keep him.

No he wasn't. He was not great but he was far better than Brown and Robinson.

Robinson is a truly dreadfull player. He has all the tricks but absolutely no brain. It's as if he has never been coached or never listened. He looks exactly the same player he did when he was breaking through at Wigan. He looked a potential world beater who needs to learn the ropes, sadly if he hasn't learned them by now he never will.

Thorman is over rated but he has some brain.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:04 pm  

hodgy`s pass to aspinwall wasn`t a risky one , it was just a bloody poor one , ther`s a big differance .it wasn`t as though he tried to squeeze one out in a 4 man tackle. are you never going to pass just because tou`re in youre own 25 ?the camera didn`t show the angle but if it had been a decent pass and we`d have made another 30 yards because we`d avoided the defence it would have been great . we don`t want to go back to one man rugby , do we . just get the bloke to practise passing for 8 hours a day next week

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:07 pm  

You don't throw out long passes in your own 20metres. It's common knowledge and taught from a young age. It increases the risk of turning the ball over near your own line. Last night showed why it shouldn't be done.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:14 pm  

well well what can i say??

first game after a brilliant win at bradford the week before, huge anticipation, big eager crowd sky camera's you kinda expected it really.
we were poor,almost abysmal at times our passing was awful our decision making was bad at times,our tackling ws left wanting at times, hull however did nothing special,they just stuck to the basics and it paid off, no offence to them they fully deserved the win and it did flatter us but a better team would have put us to the sword last night and rattled a big score up, the 20-24 scoreline looks like it was a close game which it wasnt im afraid.
one thing that concerned me was our lack of size and power,a colleague who came with me commented how hull's players looked twice the size of ours which was true.

i hope this is just a blip and we get back firing next week at cas, but one concern i am having is with brett hodgson, good player but his passing from receiving the ball is looking very wayward,he did it a few times at bradford and last night fired a couple straight at aspy and d.hodgson he isnt filling me with much confidence at the moment

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:18 pm  

the reason you`re taught not to throw out long passes in the 25 is because of the risk of an interception. i didn`t think it was a `long `pass . could have done with being longer , then it might have reached him

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:24 pm  

I'm all for being expansive but we tried to run before we'd got used to walking last night. An early score and we seemed to think we were already half an hour in.

And the passing wasn't the greatest. Balls too high, too low, out in front. Lads running on to a ball that wasn't meant for them, passing to a man who isn't ready. Awful, terrible stuff. It was like a nightmare compared to some of the other stuff we've played.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:25 pm  

camraman wrote:

hodgy`s pass to aspinwall wasn`t a risky one , it was just a bloody poor one , ther`s a big differance .it wasn`t as though he tried to squeeze one out in a 4 man tackle. are you never going to pass just because tou`re in youre own 25 ?the camera didn`t show the angle but if it had been a decent pass and we`d have made another 30 yards because we`d avoided the defence it would have been great . we don`t want to go back to one man rugby , do we . just get the bloke to practise passing for 8 hours a day next week

Apart from Willie Manu and Briscoe who were stood 3 yards away. It was a panic pass that wouldn't have given you any advantage at all. Am I the only one who thought Hull's defence was poor last night. Thought we looked pretty clueless in attack too to be honest.