: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:22 pm  

fc baldy wrote: Rumours abound today on that. Thought there was some news, with a Google news alert on Michael Crocker, but only this Still, not a bad write-up "Hull, who share top spot with defending champions Leeds, were considerably more superior than the final scoreline suggests and with four internationals in Gareth Raynor, Motu Tony, Epalahame Lauaki and, possibly, Michael Crocker still to join their ranks look to have the makings of a team with genuine title credentials." http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/rugby-league/FT-Bradford-Bulls-24-Hull.5073637.jp

fc baldy wrote: Rumours abound today on that. Thought there was some news, with a Google news alert on Michael Crocker, but only this Still, not a bad write-up "Hull, who share top spot with defending champions Leeds, were considerably more superior than the final scoreline suggests and with four internationals in Gareth Raynor, Motu Tony, Epalahame Lauaki and, possibly, Michael Crocker still to join their ranks look to have the makings of a team with genuine title credentials." http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/rugby-league/FT-Bradford-Bulls-24-Hull.5073637.jp

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:24 pm  

Danny 2 wrote:

good to see danny maguire there

i didnt think he would have time for the fans

but he had a good chat with me and he is really impressed with us

Hope he says the same after 25 games.

[Kosh]

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:26 pm  

blakeysrobin wrote:

:lol: Hope he says the same after 25 games.

No you don't.

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:43 pm  

fc baldy wrote:

:wink:

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:04 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Yes.

thanks for the question answered

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:37 pm  

Kosh wrote:

And yet we shipped 24 points against them. A bit worrying?

Thats what I was getting at, they seemed really poor but still allowed them to score 24 points.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:18 am  

A unknown superstar wrote:

Thats what I was getting at, they seemed really poor but still allowed them to score 24 points.

Yep, I'm hoping though that it can be put down to a little bit of early season misunderstanding amongst the team and as they play more first grade together that it will tighten up and start killing off games where we're dominant as we were againsts Hudds, Catalans and apparently Bradford as well.

[Kosh]

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:32 am  

BalearicHullFan wrote:

Yep, I'm hoping though that it can be put down to a little bit of early season misunderstanding amongst the team and as they play more first grade together that it will tighten up and start killing off games where we're dominant as we were againsts Hudds, Catalans and apparently Bradford as well.

To be fair, we're still improving game on game and hopefully this will be one area that tightens up. Certainly Agar is aware of the issue so there will no doubt be some focus on it in training.

I'm pleased with the improvement in our attack compared with recent seasons and if that continues to make progress as the team gels then we will hopefully start nailing sides when we have the advantage. The last time we did that was back in 2004 so it's long overdue!

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:13 am  

Kosh wrote:

To be fair, we're still improving game on game and hopefully this will be one area that tightens up. Certainly Agar is aware of the issue so there will no doubt be some focus on it in training.

I'm pleased with the improvement in our attack compared with recent seasons and if that continues to make progress as the team gels then we will hopefully start nailing sides when we have the advantage. The last time we did that was back in 2004 so it's long overdue!

A couple of their tries yesterday were of the annoying type that were a bit unlucky tbh. Knock those off the score and it's pretty comprehensive in our favour. One was a breakaway from a charged down kick and the other was one of those lucky loose bouncing balls from a ballsed up offload by them which allowed a (good) break by their centre and a score to follow. Agree we must keep the concentration better especially towards the end of each half but overall we were dominant in every department.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:24 am  

Have toe honest, am a bit bemused by some comments. Yes it was a deserved win but we still didn't play well for 80 minutes, there's a lot of improvement possible.