Re: Hull FC (A) : Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:25 pm  

tugglesf78 wrote:

Anyone else having sky red button issues?

Keep getting a message ‘there has been an issue with the stream’

Watching on a legit sky box

They can't even get the video ref to work properly, never mind the red button

Re: Hull FC (A) : Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:44 pm  

Sam Walters has played really well.

Re: Hull FC (A) : Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:00 pm  

adi wrote:

Sam Walters has played really well.

My man of the match.

Maybe doesn’t have the impact in contact but he steals big yards by covering the space quickly.

His ability to play prop and secondrow is really useful.

Some nice rugby played but we didn’t seem to get out of 3rd gear.

Good prep for a big occasion next week and no injuries and no bans to worry about.

Re: Hull FC (A) : Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:07 pm  

adi wrote:

Sam Walters has played really well.

Did more in that stint than Hill has ever done, looked really threatening -against a beaten team though, be interesting to see how he goes against better opposition.

Much better performance all roiund (apart from the non-existant right edge for the re-start when Hull scored - very slack), still a few things to improve but we looked much more connected tonight.

Re: Hull FC (A) : Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:19 pm  

tugglesf78 wrote:

Anyone else having sky red button issues?

Keep getting a message ‘there has been an issue with the stream’

Watching on a legit sky box

Luckily had no issue on my firestick

Re: Hull FC (A) : Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:26 pm  

exiled Warrior wrote:

Did more in that stint than Hill has ever done.

Let's not rewrite history here. Not sure how short some people's memories are, but Hill was excellent Vs Penrith (almost 12 months to the day).

I'd give Walters a run of games, but let's not write Hill off either.

Not aimed at you, but over the last few seasons, I've seen the same comments thrown around about Byrne. IMO, he'll be a huge loss to us next year.

Re: Hull FC (A) : Fri Feb 21, 2025 10:29 pm  

Was expecting a tougher game and we lacked sharpness and a bit of confidence in the first 25 mins or so but then found a bit of a groove and Hull couldn’t live with us in the back end (thanks to that daft short drop out too). Thompson is a machine, I’ve ran out of any superlatives and absolutely take for granted that he just turns up and is what he is. I think he’s dragging Byrne along too which is good because I’ve never been a fan but we need him with Havard missing and Dupree/Hill not doing much this week or last. Made up for Walters, we need him fit and firing so that edge can have a threat that Farrell doesn’t seem to give us these days.

Miski and his finishing again though makes him look awfully unfit so some benefit of the doubt with his knee being strapped up but concerning long term. Hope everyone who is going to Vegas enjoys it and we treat it like a cup final. If we do, I don’t see Warrington living with us on that narrow pitch.

Re: Hull FC (A) : Fri Feb 21, 2025 11:28 pm  

DannyT wrote:

Was expecting a tougher game and we lacked sharpness and a bit of confidence in the first 25 mins or so but then found a bit of a groove and Hull couldn’t live with us in the back end (thanks to that daft short drop out too). Thompson is a machine, I’ve ran out of any superlatives and absolutely take for granted that he just turns up and is what he is. I think he’s dragging Byrne along too which is good because I’ve never been a fan but we need him with Havard missing and Dupree/Hill not doing much this week or last. Made up for Walters, we need him fit and firing so that edge can have a threat that Farrell doesn’t seem to give us these days.

Miski and his finishing again though makes him look awfully unfit so some benefit of the doubt with his knee being strapped up but concerning long term. Hope everyone who is going to Vegas enjoys it and we treat it like a cup final. If we do, I don’t see Warrington living with us on that narrow pitch.

Thompson is one of the best props in world rugby, we took a massive risk signing him (I thought a risk we didn’t need to take) with his injury record in Oz and thought we might treat him a little like Lockers in his last few years and keep him wrapped up for the big games and business end of the season but the guys a machine and has stayed fit which is amazing.

Re: Hull FC (A) : Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:13 am  

I enjoyed that game. It wasn't the most exciting but it was great to watch as a Wigan fan. The attack has improved tenfold from last week, and we've conceded one try in the last four regular season games that stretch back to the end of 2024; unbelievable stat.

Walters was immense, his best game for us I reckon he's back to the form he had at Leeds.
Thompson. What more can I say? A perpetual machine.
I also thought Dupree had a great game. Solid in contact and worked hard to set the platform, especially for Mago's try.

The attack finally seems to be clicking despite being very early in the season. The setpiece to send Field through the gap at the scrum was beautiful.

Despite the positives, I have to keep some reservations because it was Hull FC (no disrespect intended, Hull FC look much better this year), we'll have to see how our attack and defence go against opposition like Saints, Warrington, Hull KR to understand where we're at right now.

Re: Hull FC (A) : Sat Feb 22, 2025 8:38 am  

Peet has admitted in his Wigan tv interview he didn’t get the timings of subs quite right last week.

Nice to see all 4 get on early this week.

Dupree had his best game for a while and Walters was a massive handful.

Walters on the bench makes too much sense given his versatility.