Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 9:25 pm  

Great deal for both sides if he continuous to play well and get selected.

Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 9:38 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Great performance from young Matty tonight. You have a real star in the making there.

All parties benefit form this loan deal. It's a shame we have to go to other clubs like this but hopefully now that we have an owner who invests in the youth structure and a coach prepared to give them a chance we will have have more Hull youngsters like Crooks coming though.

He had a pretty good game, but he looked a bit nervous to me, perhaps understandably - he's usually a lot better than that in attack. He wasn't tested much in defence, which can be his weak point, though that tackle on Leuluai was pretty good!

Well done on a well-deserved win!

Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 9:49 pm  

Take it he went well at fullback then?

And that mr Clarke is why Russell is on loan playing at fullback at Hull instead of being played out of position on the wing at Wigan, losing all his confidence and dropping down to the under 20s never to be seen again.

Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 9:56 pm  

can we keep him?

can you lot honestly see Tomkins moving back into the halves, as has been mentioned on here?

Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 10:06 pm  

Geoff wrote:

He had a pretty good game, but he looked a bit nervous to me, perhaps understandably - he's usually a lot better than that in attack. He wasn't tested much in defence, which can be his weak point, though that tackle on Leuluai was pretty good!

Well done on a well-deserved win!

Cheers, been waiting a long time for that.

Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 10:08 pm  

FIOS wrote:

Take it he went well at fullback then?

And that mr Clarke is why Russell is on loan playing at fullback at Hull instead of being played out of position on the wing at Wigan, losing all his confidence and dropping down to the under 20s never to be seen again.

Mr Clarke thought they should be playing a young man from the local area... Ask him to explain, don't look to me for an explanation.

Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 10:15 pm  

the cal train wrote:

can we keep him?

can you lot honestly see Tomkins moving back into the halves, as has been mentioned on here?

He'll certainly move back in to the halfs at some point IMO. He's not a Radlinski who was an out and out fullback and the lad would be a superstar in any position. I suppose circumstance will dictate when that is and if a top class replacement for Leuluai is available it could be as soon as 2013.

Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 10:18 pm  

Wigan Peer wrote:

Mr Clarke thought they should be playing a young man from the local area... Ask him to explain, don't look to me for an explanation.

Only the Sky RL team could find a negative in the emergence of yet another extremely talented youngster and his loan to a rival club because they are short on staff due to injuries.

Could it not also be seen as: A) great work by Wigan in the youth department; B) sensible work by Wigan because the kid will now get real RL experience rather than having to sit on the bench; C) nice work by Wigan, because Hull need help and they're are loaning them an immense talent; D) good attitude from Hull, because they are taking on a British kid to fill a slot where they are short rather than buying from overseas?

I guess not.

It's more important for the muppets to try and create a storm in a teacup where there actually isn't one.

Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 10:25 pm  

Wigan Peer wrote:

Mr Clarke thought they should be playing a young man from the local area... Ask him to explain, don't look to me for an explanation.

we played him against you guys but on the wing, reece lynn, unfortunatly not SL standard, looks like richard horne will move to fullback once back from injury, russell will only stay until horne is fit-1 month

as for clarkes comments, think he should be embarresed himself making that comment

Re: Matty Russell : Sat May 05, 2012 10:29 pm  

number 6 wrote:

we played him against you guys but on the wing, reece lynn, unfortunatly not SL standard, looks like richard horne will move to fullback once back from injury, russell will only stay until horne is fit-1 month

as for clarkes comments, think he should be embarresed himself making that comment

He was not being specific, he just said suggested that all the amateur clubs in the area should be able to supply a fullback... Just following his verbals the previous night about Gelling playing for Wigan