Re: Season over ? : Sun Jun 18, 2023 9:11 pm  

Whatamidoinghere? wrote:

What an unusual subject to start a discussion on knowing that we were never ever going to challenge this year. I feel like some people have to purposely display their morose outlook on everything to prove that they’re a ‘been there and seen it all’ FC fan. Dwelling on negativity does no good. Since the home fans have simply switched to appreciating the effort the boys have put in, the atmosphere at the MKM has been so much better. Positivity breeds positivity. Let’s just appreciate the small gains we’re making.

Why shouldn't we challenge?

Leigh are challenging

Salford last few years

Don't need 17 world class players to challenge in super league

Saints the benchmark but the rest aren't anything special

Re: Season over ? : Mon Jun 19, 2023 3:23 pm  

Thetalentboy wrote:

Why shouldn't we challenge?

Leigh are challenging

Salford last few years

Don't need 17 world class players to challenge in super league

Saints the benchmark but the rest aren't anything special

Apart from the fact there was something seriously wrong with the club’s culture?

Talent isn’t everything. Getting a new coach in and their strategies and nuances in place and working certainly is though.

Re: Season over ? : Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:37 pm  

Season over? No it's not for two reasons.

The obvious reason is, a playoff spot is still all to play for. There's 12 games left. 8 wins gives us a winning record which, with 6 playoff spots, should get us in. Points difference might be a problem, but it's still achievable.

The second reason is. I know fans don't want to hear about jam tomorrow, but we are obviously building towards something good imo. I'm enjoying watching this new, hungry, Hull FC. We are competing hard in every game. Even if we don't make the top 6, what we do for the rest of the year will go a long way to shaping the team we see next year. The style and the systems we want to play with, the development of the younger players, the character building hard fought wins and defeats. We are growing as a team and I'm looking forward to the rest of season regardless of where we finish.

Re: Season over ? : Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:23 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

Season over? No it's not for two reasons.

The obvious reason is, a playoff spot is still all to play for. There's 12 games left. 8 wins gives us a winning record which, with 6 playoff spots, should get us in. Points difference might be a problem, but it's still achievable.

The second reason is. I know fans don't want to hear about jam tomorrow, but we are obviously building towards something good imo. I'm enjoying watching this new, hungry, Hull FC. We are competing hard in every game. Even if we don't make the top 6, what we do for the rest of the year will go a long way to shaping the team we see next year. The style and the systems we want to play with, the development of the younger players, the character building hard fought wins and defeats. We are growing as a team and I'm looking forward to the rest of season regardless of where we finish.

Great post. I must admit that, prior to Smith's arrival, I had no idea where this team would end up and was seriously disillusioned, with what felt like wasted opportunities at the forefront of my frustration. Undoubtedly, the squad we had from 2016 did under achieve, Wembley aside, we really should have made a GF, players like Mini and Ellis, Kelly, Talanoa, Sneyd don't come around often and you cannot help but wonder what a good coach could have achieved. I am not bagging Radford , he gets my eternal thanks for the 2 cup wins, but we still endured some horrible hammerings and the culture, prevalent in some of the senior pro's was all wrong. Now we at least have some excitement and enjoyment, from a team with probably half the talent of it's predecessors' . Some astute signings will improve us and with a growing belief and togetherness among the squad, we can definitely build again and develop from within the academy.

Re: Season over ? : Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:05 pm  

I'd be happy with 9th place given where we were. Confident of a playoff place in 2024.

Re: Season over ? : Wed Jun 21, 2023 10:52 pm  

people forget,not only did we win the cup in 2016 but at the end of the regular season we finished top..the real champions of that year.a great feat.

Re: Season over ? : Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:42 am  

fosdyke99 wrote:

people forget,not only did we win the cup in 2016 but at the end of the regular season we finished top..the real champions of that year.a great feat.

Maybe got the years mixed up but weren’t we beat by Wire to finish second, Wire took the Leader’s Sheild.

Re: Season over ? : Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:56 am  

Armavinit wrote:

Maybe got the years mixed up but weren’t we beat by Wire to finish second, Wire took the Leader’s Sheild.

After the initial rounds we were irrc, before the top 8 split from the bottom 4, then the players/coach were allowed to throw away the best chance of finishing top to 0arty instead after the cc win

Re: Season over ? : Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:02 am  

Armavinit wrote:

Maybe got the years mixed up but weren’t we beat by Wire to finish second, Wire took the Leader’s Sheild.

I think we actually finished 3rd because Wigan also won to leap frog us.

Re: Season over ? : Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:46 pm  

Still think the season is over talentboy?