Re: And so to Hull : Sun Sep 01, 2013 4:26 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Correct. And we brought Howarth on when we were on a roll as well and he just slowed everything down again.

Exactly! Lance was causing them problems and he brought the awful howarth on.

Re: And so to Hull : Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:09 pm  

It looks as though we could finish in 7th place now. Warrington will have nothing to play for next week and could rest quite a few players to give Catalan a win. With just +1 in our favour on points difference with Hull, I suppose a draw will do.
As already mentioned will Brown bring Lomax into the halves to cause problems to Hulls fairly reasonable defence.
We are miles away from Huddersfield and Warrington in rugby terms do we need all this torture in the play offs.

Re: And so to Hull : Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:59 pm  

I don't think we have a cat in hell's chance of beating Hull. Their defence is superb and our attack is useless. Without a kicker on board we won't be able to get over the line. They have halfbacks, and one who can do a lot of damage (except at Challenge Cup finals) while our defence has been iffy all season.

Re: And so to Hull : Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:02 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I don't think we have a cat in hell's chance of beating Hull. Their defence is superb and our attack is useless. Without a kicker on board we won't be able to get over the line. They have halfbacks, and one who can do a lot of damage (except at Challenge Cup finals) while our defence has been iffy all season.

They've conceded more points than us this season and we have scored exactly the same amount of points.

If their defence is superb then the stats would suggest that so is ours. Their attack must also be equally as useless as ours.

Re: And so to Hull : Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:37 pm  

Howarth shouldn't get anywhere near the 17. Never seen a hooker so slow around the ruck or fall off so many tackles. As per Friday, I'd expect Wello to take over at stand off from the bench & Hohaia to hooker when Roby needs a breather.
Wheeler will not play & wont be in initial squad. Im told he's light years from match fitness to even be considered.

Re: And so to Hull : Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:15 am  

I think your lot will win on Friday. We had 11 missing on Friday, and the only player definatley back is Hereamai. Ellis has a chance but has damaged ribs and I don't think he will be risked

Re: And so to Hull : Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:13 pm  

Hope so. Likely we'll then play Hull KR who have Burns out (broken arm) & Dobson due for a scan today. Possibly both halves out.

Re: And so to Hull : Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:27 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I don't think we have a cat in hell's chance of beating Hull. Their defence is superb and our attack is useless. Without a kicker on board we won't be able to get over the line. They have halfbacks, and one who can do a lot of damage (except at Challenge Cup finals) while our defence has been iffy all season.

They conceded 33 points to a Wigan side with an average age of 21 on Friday, hardly superb defence!!

Re: And so to Hull : Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:20 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

They conceded 33 points to a Wigan side with an average age of 21 on Friday, hardly superb defence!!

Whilst also having 9 players unavailable ourselves. In general our defense has been very good, certainly in the past couple of months.

Re: And so to Hull : Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:57 pm  

Take no notice of the village idiot easthullwesty no one else does