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3 hours ago, Ullman said:
The big difference for me was that Leeds tended to pass to a team-mate when in the Hull's twenty whereas Hull passed the ball to a Leeds player or the touch judge.
That's a similarity, isn't it? We both passed to Leeds players!
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19 minutes ago, Faithful1865 said:
A typical end of season performance from Hull. Holidays booked, bags packed and couldn't give a toss. Mr. Pearson is going to have a job persuading us to renew our passes. Leeds were nothing special but were far too good for us.
I don't agree with that at all. I don't think we lacked effort. If anything, we were guilty of trying to hard in attack and it caused us to cough the ball up and put us under pressure. We reverted back to panic rugby.
Between the 20m and other 20m line we dominated I thought. Field position was great for us and we stopped Leeds going forward. But crucially, the try line to 20m line (at both ends) is where you win and lose games, and we failed at both ends. The only way Leeds got in our end was through giving them the ball most of the time.
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29 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:
I probably mean excellent in the circumstances
In fairness to Leeds, since Hoy came on we've been a lot more settled in attack and have strung a few plays together that Leeds have actually had to defend and they did very well. But again, our defence when it mattered was shocking. Poor way to end the season.
Roll on 2024. Bring on the young guns.
Also, I hope that is Jamie Shaul's last game. Great servant, but he was awful today.
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15 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:
Leeds have been excellent bar one soft defensive effort.
Watching a different game to me. Other than offload game, they've been average to poor.
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Knock the ball on from the first pass after kick off. Leeds score couple of tackles later.
Again, giving Leeds the ball, they score.
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Just now, M j M said:
Despite going with a halfback pairing of a second row and a schoolboy Leeds are leading 4-18 at half time.
Leeds have had a great offload game keeping them in this. Their go forward had generally been poor and have relied on us turning the ball over (which has happened a lot!) or our full back not catching (which has also happened a fair few times).
Could still turn this around, but we need to sort out our last attacking play. We're literally giving the ball away!
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Absolutely dreadful performance from Hull so far. We've had loads of the ball, good go forward, loads of territory, but we've thrown the ball out of to the opposition nearly attack.
Leeds have had about 3 attacking opportunities and scored each time. We've got such poor composure at the moment.
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9 hours ago, Dave T said:
Do you think a white and silver kit would be well received?
Not saying I disagree with you that it would be a good kit, but look at the uproar because we used white and blue which are far more traditional England colours.
White with a bit of silver (or "off white") is a very English kit. I'm sure it would be well received.
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1 hour ago, DI Keith Fowler said:
God having Gillette on the shirt made it look better. It's absolutely tinpot having Betfred sponsor literally every aspect of the sport in this country.
Dacia was good too. But I agree about BetFred.
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1 hour ago, Chrispmartha said:
The nearest we've had to that, which was my favorite England RL kit we've had I think was the 2013 WC shirt
My point exactly.
Make the cross a V, turn the red trims silver and the blue logos grey and you've got a great kit.
Oh, and a lion logo, not that knock off Sports Direct unofficial football WC logo!
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Would have loved something along this colour scheme that Real Madrid used a few years ago:
Have a Chevron in those colours, a dark grey sponsor logo and the lion logo and you've got an iconic kit that's separate to anything else in club and international rugby, not to mention subtle and classy.
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On 29/08/2023 at 13:45, Damien said:
Anything would be better than the current logo, it looks horrific on every top and does nothing to help the design of any jersey. If anything needs a rebrand its that.
It's a million times better than the one that came before it, and that says something about his bad the one was!
I agree it looks too much like a rip off of the football badge. We lack identity. I'd have loved us to use the lion's head in white and go with a "White Lions" nickname.
I'm not holding my breath though for a decent brand, badge, kit, or fixture schedule surrounding it to be honest. Utterly amateur.
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6 hours ago, Pulga said:
I also think the English contingent on this forum underestimate the saturation of AFL in Victoria. It's not really comparable to anything.
Not comparable to Premier League football in traditional Lancashire? Or London?
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On 26/08/2023 at 07:29, Sitona said:
That 13 logo is a classic that should still be used!
With a bit of a modern tweek, that logo could still work well. Didn't need completely changing.
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What was the attendance for this in the end? They had a big push didn't they?
Interesting that this result changed Hull's odds from 100/1 to 66/1 for the GF. Leeds and Hudds now at 50/1 (Leeds were at 25/1 and 6th favourites yesterday, no idea how!)
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1 hour ago, ELBOWSEYE said:
I think you need to look at your posts in the last week on this and end of season predictions. Most accepted that Warrington deserved the win but with a comment that you can't see them winning more than one game.
I think if you look at my post on this very thread, I said I was worried about this one. I predicted a win, but that doesn't mean I'd written them off at all.
I think they'll pick up another win. I don't think they'll pick up more than that, but that doesn't mean I'm writing them off. They certainly could do.
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1. Catalans
2. Wigan
3. Saints
4. Leigh
5. Rovers
6. Salford
7. Warrington
8. Hull
9. Huddersfield
10. Leeds
11. Castleford
12. Wakefield
Don't know why people keep thinking Leeds are going to finish so high. They've been dreadful for the vast majority of the season.
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18 minutes ago, ELBOWSEYE said:
This match has been mainly FC fans commenting before and after the game, writing Warrington off as a likely win for FC
2 Hull fans predicting a close Hull win is a strange qualifier for the terms "mainly" and "writing off"...
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5 hours ago, Ullman said:
That's our season done now. Wouldn't like to say which two sides are going to be making up in the numbers in the play-offs but it's going to be interesting to watch.
Likely, yes. But it's not over until it's over.
Looking at the fixtures, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that 2 out of Rovers/Warrington/Salford only win 1 out of 4. They've all got a difficult run-in (and Salford play both Rovers and Wire).
Hull have an easier run in and hopefully we've got a few bodies back for the game against Leeds. We'd have to win all 4 though (unless the others get battered in their losing games and/or we hammer a few!).
Could go down to the last game.
Or it could be all completely over by next week
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5 hours ago, Ullman said:
One positive for me is that we're addressing the sheer lack of size in the pack. Not just with the overseas players but with some of the younger players at the club. When Will Gardiner came on yesterday he dwarfed most of the rest of the pack.
As things stand we'll be competitive next season but we'll need to pull another Jake Clifford style rabbit out of the hat to make any real impact. The real platform for optimism for me are the reserves and academy players. We're up there with the best clubs in the game at that level and there's some genuine quality there.
We're going to be an extra half too now Trueman has done his Achilles. Could miss a chunk of the beginning of the season and I'm not sure how much we can rely on him not getting another as he has form now for picking up significant ones. Poor lad.
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6 minutes ago, Damien said:
Bradford looking to their fans to boost their grading:
That is cringe. Like primary school children talking in a class assembly.
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9 hours ago, meast said:
Not going to happen, never was, it wouldn't have happened anyway ignoring the fact that this was launched on the middle of a terrible run of form and a lot of negativity and bad feelings from a lot of the fans.
What is their biggest attendance in 50 years?
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1 hour ago, Eddie said:
Anyone know how many were at Hull, Perpignan or Toulouse?
Think I heard around 11.5k announced. Can't remember the specific number.
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10 hours ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:
It’s one thing Hull writing this season off as part of the rebuild, but seriously, what do people see in the current signs of 2024 squad building that provides a platform for optimism?
Genuine question
I think it's more that Tony Smith has finally got them playing in a reasonable manner that provides optimism, without giving up or capitulating. It took 10 weeks to get there, but I'm proud of the turnaround in defence. If they can pay like they have done since Round 10, I think the playoffs are easily reachable.
I don't think we'll kick on to the next level without some bigger signings, but for once we're working on the foundations rather than surface-level.
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Sat 2nd Sept: SL: Hull FC v Leeds Rhinos KO 15:00
in The General Rugby League Forum
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I agree it's been a poor end, but not as poor as previous years. We've been in with a chance in every game we've played since that poor run ended. I've got more hope for next year as long as we don't have a shocking start!