Sun 4th Jun: SL: Hull FC v Warrington Wolves KO 16:30 (Sky)

[meast]

41 minutes ago, snapski said:

Just embarrassing how often Bill Arthur calls the wrong players in a game. Joe Biden would be better at calling.

Not as bad as calling Ken Davy, the Huddersfield owner since 1996, Ralph Rimmer   

[Harry Stottle]

6 minutes ago, Dave T said:

Ah right. A gap between Matautia and Minikin.

I'm shocked. 

Two centres on ibe side of the field, where is Ratchford playing?

[Dave T]

1 minute ago, Harry Stottle said:

Yeah OK.

Wire pack dominate first half 12 v 6.

Hull pack dominate second half 6 v 24.

That tells you where the issue is. 

[Dave T]

Just now, Harry Stottle said:

Two centres on ibe side of the field, where is Ratchford playing?

Matautia wasn't playing centre. 

[StandOffHalf]

Well done to the Airlie Birds. That was a stirring turnaround. Well-deserved victory!

[meast]

Powell out brigade dusting off their placards?

[Phil]

6 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

Tex Hoy careens through after Dufty spill a Clifford punt into touch.

 

Which is why he’s over here and couldn’t get a club down under 

[Futtocks]

As a neutral, the most entertaining match of the day, and by a long distance.

[Dave T]

Just now, meast said:

Powell out brigade dusting off their placards?

Let's be honest here. Powell has never endeared himself massively to Wire fans. He saved his job with a strong start to the season. He will lose any credit if the team continues as it is. That isn't the kind of performance you expect from the team at the top of league, and it hasn't been unusual in recent weeks.

He should be judged on his teams' performances. 

[graveyard johnny]

Williams plays in 3 min spells as usual and is hailed to be a world beater - never saw him all 2nd half

the new Warrington emblem 

[bobbruce]

1 minute ago, Phil said:

Which is why he’s over here and couldn’t get a club down under 

Which one 

[johnh1]

7 minutes ago, meast said:

Not as bad as calling Ken Davy, the Huddersfield owner since 1996, Ralph Rimmer   

Or calling Huddersfield Wakefield. We really do have dreadful commentators and pundits, Mark Wilson excepted.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Great win for us! I thought we were gonna get battered, certainly didn't see a win! C'mon 'ull!

[StandOffHalf]

3 minutes ago, Phil said:

Which is why he’s over here and couldn’t get a club down under 

It was a good long kick but he should have pouched it. He'll have wanted the ground to open up and swallow him.

I don't like piling on players after errors though. He's a pretty good player and his speed makes him a weapon that many teams would be eager to have.

[graveyard johnny]

good to see doc cox joining the pundit team 

 

[Just Browny]

Is this the game where we can put an end to the idea that if a team defends and defends they get tired and just fold like a pack of cards at the end of the game? I don't think this has really been a thing since the semi-pro era but we still get commentators and coaches saying it.

Hull dealt very comfortably with our first half 'attacking' and looked visibly energised by keeping us at bay. On the other hand Warrington heads dropped further and further after each hopeless set petered out.

[Snowys Backside]

Well done Hull. Next week's game against Pards will be a cracker. 

Get down in your droves

[getdownmonkeyman]

Greg Minnikin; where to start?

[moorside roughyed]

Pretty grim, squandering a lead as well. Not good. 

[Gomersall]

1 minute ago, Just Browny said:

Is this the game where we can put an end to the idea that if a team defends and defends they get tired and just fold like a pack of cards at the end of the game? I don't think this has really been a thing since the semi-pro era but we still get commentators and coaches saying it.

Hull dealt very comfortably with our first half 'attacking' and looked visibly energised by keeping us at bay. On the other hand Warrington heads dropped further and further after each hopeless set petered out.

I do think Hull had the right idea by throwing everything at Warrington straight at the start of the 2nd half and draining their tank.

[Jughead]

30 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

You were saying...

You’ll probably get pumped 40 by Leigh next week in true FC fashion.  

[Dave T]

5 minutes ago, getdownmonkeyman said:

Greg Minnikin; where to start?

If we had decent pundits, it would have been explicitly called out how bad that performance was (and how Hull targeted him). And I don't mean that in a bullying kind of way, but his presence on the field was probably the biggest factor in the whole game today. 

[Phil]

23 minutes ago, bobbruce said:

Which one 

Dufty 

[Phil]

20 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

It was a good long kick but he should have pouched it. He'll have wanted the ground to open up and swallow him.

I don't like piling on players after errors though. He's a pretty good player and his speed makes him a weapon that many teams would be eager to have.

Can’t defend to save his life 

[Gomersall]

8 minutes ago, Jughead said:

You’ll probably get pumped 40 by Leigh next week in true FC fashion.  

Yawn. Was your mother frightened by someone from Hull when she was pregnant with you?