Pre Season Friendly Thread

[Griff]

On 26/01/2024 at 21:29, WN83 said:

Never seen anything like that. Thirteen times the commentators said they’d gone off! 

Unlucky for some.

[Gomersall]

 

[graveyard johnny]

any fixtures this weekend? anything on YouTube?

[Fly-By-TheWire]

1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

any fixtures this weekend? anything on YouTube?

Warrington Leigh tomorrow at 5.30pm. Not on YouTube though.

[sweaty craiq]

57 minutes ago, Fly-By-TheWire said:

Warrington Leigh tomorrow at 5.30pm. Not on YouTube though.

Expect 3000+ from Leigh, sold over 2000 at 10am today - ask the bar to stock up

[The Art of Hand and Foot]

19 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

any fixtures this weekend? 

Oldham v London broncos. ''League 1'' v ''Superleague'' .Get yourself over to boundary park.

Edited February 3 by The Art of Hand and Foot

[Ullman]

Hull at home to Wigan at 2pm this afternoon in Scott Taylor's testimonial game. Both teams have named their strongest sides so it should be a good run out for the players and hopefully an entertaining one for the fans.

[LeytherRob]

highlights from Wire v Leigh last night, footage isnt the best though. 2nd try from Leigh was a cracker.

 

[Tommygilf]

There's a video referee at Headingley today 

[Zilla Budgie]

FT: Hull 0 Pies 40

[Fly-By-TheWire]

33 minutes ago, Zilla Budgie said:

FT: Hull 0 Pies 40

Ouch.   I know friendlies are not intended to be competitive but you'd expect something a bit more if that was Hull's strongest team on show.

[Chrispmartha]

1 hour ago, Tommygilf said:

There's a video referee at Headingley today 

And boy did he use it

good hard entertaining game. Hiku and May look class for Hull KR and Leeds look a completely different side, Croft, Frawley and Miller were all very good.

James Donaldson had his best game in years! Fitting for his testimonial 

26-18 FT

[Futtocks]

Honours even between Oldham and London Broncos.

 

[Ullman]

1 hour ago, Zilla Budgie said:

FT: Hull 0 Pies 40

Plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the new season if you're a Wigan fan.

Less so for we Hull fans.

[LeytherRob]

Saints 52-10 Salford. Probably to be expecting considering how paper thin Salfords squad is.

[Chrispmartha]

7 minutes ago, LeytherRob said:

Saints 52-10 Salford. Probably to be expecting considering how paper thin Salfords squad is.

They had 22 subs

[EagleEyePie]

Hull looked the better team for about 20 minutes. Piled on the pressure with Pele and Ese'ese causing problems but Wigan defended the line very well, though you'd probably be looking for more from your halfbacks in that situation.

Wigan brought Leeming on and the game completely changed. We had more time with the ball and started putting Hull under pressure. Harry Smith was outstanding in attack and defence. Mago, Hill, Dupree and Chan were strong down the middle. In the absence of our two first choice wingers Eckersley and Douglas did well.

Obviously the problem for Hull FC was their defence, but I also thought the pairing of Hoy and Brown looked all legs and no hands. There were glimpses of threat when they ran the ball but they had no controlling playmaker in the way Smith was for Wigan.

[WN83]

21 minutes ago, EagleEyePie said:

Hull looked the better team for about 20 minutes. Piled on the pressure with Pele and Ese'ese causing problems but Wigan defended the line very well, though you'd probably be looking for more from your halfbacks in that situation.

Wigan brought Leeming on and the game completely changed. We had more time with the ball and started putting Hull under pressure. Harry Smith was outstanding in attack and defence. Mago, Hill, Dupree and Chan were strong down the middle. In the absence of our two first choice wingers Eckersley and Douglas did well.

Obviously the problem for Hull FC was their defence, but I also thought the pairing of Hoy and Brown looked all legs and no hands. There were glimpses of threat when they ran the ball but they had no controlling playmaker in the way Smith was for Wigan.

Only downer for us was what looks like an injury to Walters, that will see him miss the start of the season according to Peet (and presumably Penrith). Damage done to his collarbone. He’d again looked a real handful and I was excited to see what he could do in that Penrith game. 

[Archie Gordon]

1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

Honours even between Oldham and London Broncos.

 

Still not clear to me whether London are much interested in this season.

[EagleEyePie]

6 minutes ago, WN83 said:

Only downer for us was what looks like an injury to Walters, that will see him miss the start of the season according to Peet (and presumably Penrith). Damage done to his collarbone. He’d again looked a real handful and I was excited to see what he could do in that Penrith game. 

I noticed him go down after a tackle and he looked to be struggling. He's been impressive in the two pre-season games so that's a blow. We get Nsemba back at the end of this month if all goes to plan but it means we definitely need to wrap Farrell and Isa in cotton wool until the Penrith game as they are our only remaining back row forwards. Chan's performance at second row against Wakefield was so poor I wouldn't have confidence in him as backup. 

[Henson Park Old Firm]

15 minutes ago, Archie Gordon said:

Still not clear to me whether London are much interested in this season.

London need a massive miracle this year, all credit to Oldham

[WN83]

43 minutes ago, EagleEyePie said:

I noticed him go down after a tackle and he looked to be struggling. He's been impressive in the two pre-season games so that's a blow. We get Nsemba back at the end of this month if all goes to plan but it means we definitely need to wrap Farrell and Isa in cotton wool until the Penrith game as they are our only remaining back row forwards. Chan's performance at second row against Wakefield was so poor I wouldn't have confidence in him as backup. 

Is Nsemba that soon? I watched an interview on Wigan tv the other day and I think he said it would be April. If this is a broken collarbone for Walters, he’ll probably be around April as well, so that’s a lot of games we need to get through with just the two specialist second rowers.
 

As you say Chan struggled there at Wakey, with him wanting to get out and hit people in defence but he left huge gaps. After him, I feel like Dupree could make a good go of playing in the second row. He runs a nice line and does tend to drift wide but it’s a big ask against Penrith. 

[LeytherRob]

1 hour ago, Chrispmartha said:

They had 22 subs

True, but 14 of those were pulled from the reserves team and aren't named in their 24 man squad for the year. Seen some suggestions on one of the Salford pages that Adam Sidlow might be off too leaving them with 23 players for the start of the season. If they pick up a couple of injuries early in the year they're going to be deep in the mire.

[Click]

1 hour ago, Archie Gordon said:

Still not clear to me whether London are much interested in this season.

Not sure what is giving mixed messages.. We've recruited a decent Championship side for SL.

[Wellsy4HullFC]

37 minutes ago, LeytherRob said:

True, but 14 of those were pulled from the reserves team and aren't named in their 24 man squad for the year. Seen some suggestions on one of the Salford pages that Adam Sidlow might be off too leaving them with 23 players for the start of the season. If they pick up a couple of injuries early in the year they're going to be deep in the mire.

42. Bardyel Wells

What do we know about this guy then? Obviously a distant cousin of mine of some sort.