Sun 14 Aug: SL: Hull FC v St Helens KO 15:00

[Saint Toppy]

2 minutes ago, boris74 said:

Totally at a loss as to what the actual answer is to the Hull FC annual car crash. Too many coaches have been the victim now over the last 10 years or so to put the blame squarely at their feet. Culture? How do you change that? Everybody out including players, coaches, conditioning staff, physio, even back office staff? Impractical to do...

 

Hull have got too many 'past it' and 'injury prone' players in that squad. IMO Instead of throwing big money at players like Reynolds & Gale they need to build a team of out & out workhorses with a sprinkling of their own youngsters and the odd 1 or 2 X Factor players. They won't win trophies with a team like that but they'll build a culture of being competitive & consistent week after week. Once they've got that solid foundation then they can start to make tweaks year on year to strengthen key positions. Hull are very much like Wire, so keen to try and buy instant success they've forgotten to build good foundations.

I'm sure most Hull fans would accept not winning trophies in the short term  if they could see there was a longer term plan towards success.

[meast]

Has any other side, be they top, middle or bottom suffered as many hammerings as Hull suffer?

They seem to get stuffed at home at least 3 times every season as well as the odd smashing away, regardless of the coach or players.

It must be so frustrating for their fans, but does the issue lie at the top?

Is Pearson quite happy to bumble along and accept these defeats as long as he's in charge?

[Wellsy4HullFC]

On 16/08/2022 at 18:45, boris74 said:

Totally at a loss as to what the actual answer is to the Hull FC annual car crash. Too many coaches have been the victim now over the last 10 years or so to put the blame squarely at their feet. Culture? How do you change that? Everybody out including players, coaches, conditioning staff, physio, even back office staff? Impractical to do...

Even when we were strong in 2016 we found it ok to admit that a few too many days in the pub after Wembley probably derailed our best chance to win the Grand Final! A bad attitude that is always lurking around the club, or so its seems from the outside looking in.

When you factor in the fact we've beaten everyone in the league other than Saints and Castleford this season, it really does look like an issue with attitude.