FORUMS FORUMS






RLFANS.COM
Celebrating
25 years service to
the Rugby League
Community!

   WWW.RLFANS.COM • View topic - Team for 2016
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Player Coach4872
JoinedServiceReputation
Oct 07 200617 years103rd
OnlineLast PostLast Page
28th Mar 24 19:5323rd Mar 24 17:56LINK
Milestone Posts
2500
5000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Drypool Bridge - watching out for invaders from the East.
Signature
JOHNNY WHITELEY - A TRUE RUGBY LEAGUE LEGEND

Re: Team for 2016 : Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:33 pm  
The more we see of our young lads stepping up, the more we realise what a mockery this alleged merger is.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
International Board Member9565No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
May 08 200222 yearsN/A
OnlineLast PostLast Page
12th Dec 19 13:0211th Dec 19 22:00LINK
Milestone Posts
5000
10000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
10 mins walk from Suncorp Stadium

Re: Team for 2016 : Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:59 pm  
I haven't read the whole thread, but just wanted to point out that whilst some of your overseas signings have been questionable (Steve Michaels was average in the Queensland Cup), Frank Pritchard could be an absolute superstar. He's a great power forward but also has a great short passing game. So long as he's not isolated (shouldn't be if your other forwards are fit) and is fit and motivated, I expect him to light up SL.

As an aside I only watched the highlights of the game vs Leeds - some really nice attacking play from Hull.
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain102No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 15 20159 yearsN/A
OnlineLast PostLast Page
10th Apr 16 20:1412th Sep 15 15:50LINK
Milestone Posts
100
200
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Team for 2016 : Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:25 am  
So the youngsters have to prove themselves for another season to see if they are good enough for first team or just used when loads of injuries. You all say how great they are doing and great games they have and better than a lot of others and play with pride but don't put them in first team just back ups. if they don't get much play time someone will snap them up
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Coach10000No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Feb 03 200420 yearsN/A
OnlineLast PostLast Page
5th Dec 20 08:087th Nov 20 13:24LINK
Milestone Posts
10000
15000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Hull
Signature
Image

Re: Team for 2016 : Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:31 am  
Airlie15 wrote:
So the youngsters have to prove themselves for another season to see if they are good enough for first team or just used when loads of injuries. You all say how great they are doing and great games they have and better than a lot of others and play with pride but don't put them in first team just back ups. if they don't get much play time someone will snap them up

You mean like at Leeds?

Leeds introduce their players slowly, one step at a time over a number of years before giving them a sustained run. They don't just go "Yeah, you're doing alright, straight in to the first team for you." They have to prove themselves to be top players, not just squad players or better than the average player in front of them at the time.

That's the tactic we used to do at Hull, just chuck them in and see if they sink or swim (usually the latter). Look what it did to the likes of Craig Hall.

If we have a strategy for the youngsters, they'll understand why they aren't going to get a long run in the team straight away and understand why that's a good thing at that point in their development. Yeah, you get some freaks like Tomkins, but that's an exception rather than an model.
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain102No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 15 20159 yearsN/A
OnlineLast PostLast Page
10th Apr 16 20:1412th Sep 15 15:50LINK
Milestone Posts
100
200
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Team for 2016 : Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:57 am  
And how do they stand a chance when the club just buy more top players? To improve dosent mean put out on loan or the odd game here and there. I would rather see them given the chance and a new coach than spending loads on Aussies.
RankPostsTeam
Club Owner24008No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 14 200321 years1st
OnlineLast PostLast Page
29th Mar 24 04:0128th Mar 24 23:14LINK
Milestone Posts
20000
25000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Back in Hull.

Re: Team for 2016 : Mon Aug 24, 2015 12:36 pm  
Airlie15 wrote:
And how do they stand a chance when the club just buy more top players? To improve dosent mean put out on loan or the odd game here and there. I would rather see them given the chance and a new coach than spending loads on Aussies.

If we did that we wouldn't finish in the top 8, the club would lose fans, money and then could potentially lose these players.

The club are doing it the right way, easing them in like other top clubs do. How many other teams regularly play 18/19 year olds? It fact is argue that with Lancaster, Logan and Abdul we are spin better than most clubs in playing young players.
knockersbumpMKII 
RankPostsTeam
International Board Member
JoinedServiceReputation
22 years299th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
1st Jan 70 00:0020th Jun 22 17:41LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Team for 2016 : Mon Aug 24, 2015 2:20 pm  
There always has to be a balance and for a club at our present level Radford hasn't felt like he had much choice but to go with what he thought was the best choices even though they haven't produced at a level we would want. That fear factor of being out of the top 8 (possibly out of a job) means he has gone with the older more established players even though he might have wanted to play the youngsters.
I do feel he has to be braver but for this season at least these last few games he can give them a run albeit in dead rubbers.
I don't think the youngsters have let us down and playing more can only help with their development, when you look at the hunger Fash & Downs showed Friday giving a very good accounts of themselves will hopefully give Radford some thoughts about using them more earlier in the season not just as fill ins due to injury but to rotate the senior players (especially in the forwards) or insert them if through poor form. Not only does it give them more game time but instils in them that they do have a chance to become a mainstay in the team in the future and their determination/application will hopefully come through to justify selection.

Next season we have what on paper is the best squad we have had for quite some time, scraping the top 8 as this year would be a failure, even more so, so it really is last chance for Radford to prove that he has what it takes
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain93No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 30 20159 yearsN/A
OnlineLast PostLast Page
15th May 18 13:3027th Sep 17 14:27LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Signature
THE HARD TIMES ONLY MAKE THE GOOD ONES BETTER

TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS, WE MUST NOT ONLY ACT, BUT ALSO DREAM; NOT ONLY PLAN, BUT ALSO BELIEVE

WE DID IT GRANDAD!!

MAKE US DREAM

Re: Team for 2016 : Tue Aug 25, 2015 3:27 pm  
The last few games are not dead rubbers for Hull FC as a club. The higher we finish up the ladder the more prize money we receive, for the fans maybe they are. LR still has a duty for us as a club to finish as high as possible. He still has some tough choices to make and wont just throw a load of the 19's in to see how they go (baring injuries). With pass sales looking as though they could take a hit AP will want as much revenue as he can and will want a high as possible league table finish.
knockersbumpMKII 
RankPostsTeam
International Board Member
JoinedServiceReputation
22 years299th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
1st Jan 70 00:0020th Jun 22 17:41LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Team for 2016 : Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:03 pm  
Soul Boy wrote:
The last few games are not dead rubbers for Hull FC as a club. The higher we finish up the ladder the more prize money we receive, for the fans maybe they are. LR still has a duty for us as a club to finish as high as possible. He still has some tough choices to make and wont just throw a load of the 19's in to see how they go (baring injuries). With pass sales looking as though they could take a hit AP will want as much revenue as he can and will want a high as possible league table finish.

Of course finishing as best we can is a gimme, however as this season has unfolded various senior members of the squad have underperformed but were often still selected instead of giving the younger squad players a chance either on the back of poor form of those senior members or even just to rest fatigued ones. Given where we finished I don't think rotating some of the youngsters in a bit more would have being detrimental. Let's face it out of Logan, Fash, Downs, BTW, HTW, Jansin Turget AND Naughton they made a total of NINE appearances before the 8s.
He (Radford) is using them more in the 8s, in some cases purely down to injury but also because it's a good time to try them out, whilst the money to the club is important with a better position realistically we were never going to go any better than 5th even IF we won 5 of the 7 games so tbh playing them now is risk free. And so far of the matches they've played in I don't think any have let the side down so continuing to play the youngsters is the right thing to do.
RankPostsTeam
Club Owner24008No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 14 200321 years1st
OnlineLast PostLast Page
29th Mar 24 04:0128th Mar 24 23:14LINK
Milestone Posts
20000
25000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Back in Hull.

Re: Team for 2016 : Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:11 am  
Shame we don't have any quota places left, I love us to sign Justin Carney.
Previous

REPLY

Subject: 
Message:
   
Please note using apple style emoji's can result in posting failures.
Use the FULL EDITOR to better format content or upload images, be notified of replies etc...

Return to Hull FC


RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
1m
BORED The Band Name Game
Boss Hog
56015
1m
Smith - should he stay or should he go
The Cooke Re
360
2m
Game - Song Titles
Boss Hog
34294
2m
The Good Friday Derby Massacre
Markyboy69
142
3m
York - 14th April
Khlav Kalash
12
5m
Rd 6 I Cas A
Backwoodsman
120
15m
Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE
Jason65
1935
23m
Ky Rodwell
PopTart
111
59m
TV games not Wire
just_browny
2866
Recent
State of the Nation
ComeOnYouUll
226
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
52s
Ky Rodwell
PopTart
111
1m
Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4
Jack Burton
8703
1m
Spare Tickets Friday
post
4
1m
21 man Squads - Devils v Leopards
Cokey
4
1m
Fevround 2
Trojan Horse
91
1m
Other Championship Clubs
FOREVERTRIN
98
1m
State of the Nation
ComeOnYouUll
226
2m
TV games not Wire
just_browny
2866
3m
No grade A for 2025 for Trinity
PopTart
27
4m
WIRE YED Prediction Competition Catalans Home
Wanderer
17
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
Another Tigers Defeat As Rhinos Go Level Top
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
York - 14th April
Khlav Kalash
12
TODAY
Stats article
Sir Gregory
5
TODAY
21 man Squads - Devils v Leopards
Cokey
4
TODAY
Squad for Catalan
Smiffy27
17
TODAY
The Wigan Way - New Podcast - Chairman Special
Jukesays
1
TODAY
Dons v Swinton Lions 30 June 2024
Wanderer
1
TODAY
Squad for Sheffield
AdamH
1
TODAY
London Away
Fartown58
1
TODAY
The Bulls away
terry silver
9
TODAY
The official Leon Hayes Thread
Smiffy27
18
TODAY
Saints a
Brick with e
24
TODAY
Leon Ruan signs on loan
Jemmo
2
TODAY
Wardle
Jo Jumbuck
3
TODAY
Huddersfield - Home
Fartown58
6
TODAY
Max Wood on loan to Bradford 2 weeks
rubber ducki
7
TODAY
Jake Wardle 5 Year deal
Zig
22
TODAY
No grade A for 2025 for Trinity
PopTart
27
TODAY
Cup Quarter Final TV Arrangements
RLFANS News
1
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS
Another Tigers Defeat As Rhino..
153
Cup Quarter Final TV Arrangeme..
572
2024 Challenge Cup Quarter Fin..
697
Easy Does It For The Dragons A..
593
Warrington Demolish London For..
695
Leigh Leopards Beat Plucky Fea..
747
Saints Triumph Over Disappoint..
727
Easy Win for the Wolves Over L..
967
Dragons Condemn Castleford To ..
935
Leigh Leopards Secure First Po..
1080
St Helens Tame The Rhinos To W..
1050
Wigan Warriors Come From Behin..
1120
Betfred Championship and Leagu..
1093
2024 Challenge Cup Sixth Round..
3881
Featherstone Win Extra Time Cu..
1211
POSTSONLINEREGISTRATIONSRECORD
19.57M +53,247 ↑24980,00114,103
LOGIN HERE
or REGISTER for more features!.

When you register you get access to the live match scores, live match chat and you can post in the discussions on the forums.
RLFANS Match Centre
 TODAY
National Rugby League 2024-R4
 FT
Hover 
Souths
20-16
Canterbury
09:05
Brisbane
v
NQL Cowboys
Mens Super League XXVIII-R6
12:30
Hull KR
v
Hull FC
Championship 2024-R2
14:00
Widnes
v
Swinton
Mens Super League XXVIII-R6
15:00
St.Helens
v
Wigan
Championship 2024-R2
15:00
Whitehaven
v
Barrow
17:00
Dewsbury
v
Batley
18:00
Featherstone
v
Wakefield
League One 2024-R2
19:30
Hunslet
v
Keighley
Championship 2024-R2
19:30
Bradford
v
Halifax
19:30
Doncaster
v
Sheffield
 Sat 6th Apr
Mens Super League XXVIII-R7
15:00
Hull FC
v
Huddersfield
 Fri 19th Apr
Mens Super League XXVIII-R8
20:00
St.Helens
v
Hull FC
 Sun 28th Apr
Mens Super League XXVIII-R9
15:00
Hull FC
v
Leeds
 Sat 17th Aug 2024
Mens Super League XXVIII-R22
13:00
Hull FC
v
LondonB
ALL SCORES PROVIDED BY RLFANS.COM (SETTINGS)
Matches on TV
Fri 29th Mar
SL
12:30
Hull KR-Hull FC
SL
15:00
St.Helens-Wigan
Sat 30th Mar
SL
15:00
Warrington-Catalans
SL
17:30
Salford-Leigh
Sun 31st Mar
SL
15:00
LondonB-Huddersfield
L1
15:00
Oldham-Rochdale
Thu 4th Apr
SL
20:00
Leigh-Wigan
Fri 5th Apr
SL
20:00
Castleford-Salford
SL
20:00
Hull KR-LondonB
SL
20:00
Leeds-Warrington
Sat 6th Apr
SL
15:00
Hull FC-Huddersfield
SL
17:30
Catalans-St.Helens
Sat 13th Apr
CC2024
17:00
Hull KR-Leigh
Sun 14th Apr
CC2024
16:30
St.Helens-Warrington
Fri 19th Apr
SL
20:00
Leeds-Huddersfield
SL
20:00
St.Helens-Hull FC
SL
20:00
Wigan-Castleford
Sat 20th Apr
SL
15:00
Warrington-Leigh
SL
17:30
Catalans-Hull KR
Sun 21st Apr
SL
15:00
LondonB-Salford
Fri 29th Mar
NRL
LIVE
Souths20-16Canterbury
Thu 28th Mar
SL 6 Castleford6-26Leeds
NRL 4 Sydney16-22Penrith
Sun 24th Mar
CC2024 6 Halifax4-40Catalans
NRL 3 Parramatta28-24Manly
NRL 3 Newcastle14-12Melbourne
L1 1 Cornwall16-40Crusaders
L1 1 Keighley58-16Workington
L1 1 Midlands70-16Newcastle
L1 1 Rochdale24-26Hunslet
WOMCC2024 2 FeatherstoneW38-6Shef W
WOMCC2024 2 BarrowW18-20WiganW
WOMCC2024 2 LonB W6-24Wire W
WOMCC2024 2 HKR Wom0-90LeedsW
WOMCC2024 2 Lei L W6-36Hudds W
Sat 23rd Mar
CC2024 6 Batley14-28Castleford
CC2024 6 Huddersfield50-6Hull FC
CC2024 6 Leigh26-14Featherstone
CC2024 6 Warrington42-0LondonB
NRL 3 Canterbury32-0Gold Coast
This is an inplay table and live positions can change.
Mens Betfred Super League XXVIII ROUND : 1
 PLDFADIFFPTS
Warrington 5 156 58 98 8
Wigan 4 144 54 90 8
St.Helens 5 118 40 78 8
Catalans 5 126 54 72 8
Leeds 6 108 88 20 8
Hull KR 5 98 63 35 6
 
Salford 5 95 96 -1 6
Huddersfield 5 94 98 -4 4
Leigh 4 82 54 28 2
Hull FC 5 54 162 -108 2
Castleford 6 62 204 -142 0
LondonB 5 54 220 -166 0
This is an inplay table and live positions can change.
Betfred Championship 2024 ROUND : 1
 PLDFADIFFPTS
Widnes 1 44 8 36 2
Wakefield 1 42 12 30 2
Doncaster 1 36 20 16 2
Halifax 1 24 10 14 2
Featherstone 1 24 20 4 2
Sheffield 1 24 22 2 2
 
Whitehaven 1 18 16 2 2
Toulouse 1 22 24 -2 0
Swinton 1 16 18 -2 0
Batley 1 20 24 -4 0
Dewsbury 1 10 24 -14 0
York 1 20 36 -16 0
Bradford 1 12 42 -30 0
Barrow 1 8 44 -36 0
RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
1m
BORED The Band Name Game
Boss Hog
56015
1m
Smith - should he stay or should he go
The Cooke Re
360
2m
Game - Song Titles
Boss Hog
34294
2m
The Good Friday Derby Massacre
Markyboy69
142
3m
York - 14th April
Khlav Kalash
12
5m
Rd 6 I Cas A
Backwoodsman
120
15m
Wigan v Sts discussion - THIS THREAD ONLY PLEASE
Jason65
1935
23m
Ky Rodwell
PopTart
111
59m
TV games not Wire
just_browny
2866
Recent
State of the Nation
ComeOnYouUll
226
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
52s
Ky Rodwell
PopTart
111
1m
Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4
Jack Burton
8703
1m
Spare Tickets Friday
post
4
1m
21 man Squads - Devils v Leopards
Cokey
4
1m
Fevround 2
Trojan Horse
91
1m
Other Championship Clubs
FOREVERTRIN
98
1m
State of the Nation
ComeOnYouUll
226
2m
TV games not Wire
just_browny
2866
3m
No grade A for 2025 for Trinity
PopTart
27
4m
WIRE YED Prediction Competition Catalans Home
Wanderer
17
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
Another Tigers Defeat As Rhinos Go Level Top
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
York - 14th April
Khlav Kalash
12
TODAY
Stats article
Sir Gregory
5
TODAY
21 man Squads - Devils v Leopards
Cokey
4
TODAY
Squad for Catalan
Smiffy27
17
TODAY
The Wigan Way - New Podcast - Chairman Special
Jukesays
1
TODAY
Dons v Swinton Lions 30 June 2024
Wanderer
1
TODAY
Squad for Sheffield
AdamH
1
TODAY
London Away
Fartown58
1
TODAY
The Bulls away
terry silver
9
TODAY
The official Leon Hayes Thread
Smiffy27
18
TODAY
Saints a
Brick with e
24
TODAY
Leon Ruan signs on loan
Jemmo
2
TODAY
Wardle
Jo Jumbuck
3
TODAY
Huddersfield - Home
Fartown58
6
TODAY
Max Wood on loan to Bradford 2 weeks
rubber ducki
7
TODAY
Jake Wardle 5 Year deal
Zig
22
TODAY
No grade A for 2025 for Trinity
PopTart
27
TODAY
Cup Quarter Final TV Arrangements
RLFANS News
1
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS
Another Tigers Defeat As Rhino..
153
Cup Quarter Final TV Arrangeme..
572
2024 Challenge Cup Quarter Fin..
697
Easy Does It For The Dragons A..
593
Warrington Demolish London For..
695
Leigh Leopards Beat Plucky Fea..
747
Saints Triumph Over Disappoint..
727
Easy Win for the Wolves Over L..
967
Dragons Condemn Castleford To ..
935
Leigh Leopards Secure First Po..
1080
St Helens Tame The Rhinos To W..
1050
Wigan Warriors Come From Behin..
1120
Betfred Championship and Leagu..
1093
2024 Challenge Cup Sixth Round..
3881
Featherstone Win Extra Time Cu..
1211


Visit the RLFANS.COM SHOP
for more merchandise!