Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Wed May 30, 2018 8:19 pm  

UllFC wrote:

Agree that they have to try something different, the location isn’t ideal for Yorkshire clubs but then again only the John Smiths is centrally located and a decent size, and of course Huddersfield are in the running to be semi finalists so that would be a non starter.

Also worth remembering football fans have to trek to Wembley for a semi final regardless of where in the country they are from

Why should it? It doesn't give them any advantage in the slightest, it's not as if they would get more than 5/6k of their own fans, IF Hull did get through they'd take more fans to a semi at Hudds. In some scenarios noted in indoor sports it's said crowd density has an influence on the home team, correlation but not necessarily proving causality.
The reality is and as I've said a couple of years ago the outcome is not influenced by a vociferous home support.
Sports professionals are pretty much outside of the influence by fans, they can say before or after that the home support is great/what led them on to victory but when you are on that field of play it isn't the cheering/noise/wanting to let the fans down that influences what you do. You could say then on that basis that actually home pressure overcomes any advantage at home, real or imagined, there's simply too many variables.


You might as others have that we are unbeaten at home but there is simply no causality with respect to home ground advantage or support, this is the same for any sport. We had our best Olympics at Rio, couldn't be much further away from home. A pro athlete, one that is focussed on their job is in the height of battle not influenced by fans/arena.
Play the semi finals where it will get the most fans that is easier for all teams to get too even if that means x team are seemingly getting home advantage, except they're not.

Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Thu May 31, 2018 6:37 am  

Bolton is a strange choice, but you can get there for around 11:30 and get the 19:21/19:53 back to Hull. But Saints have players back from injury and Hull are still pretty depleted, I can't see past a Saints win on Sunday (unfortunately)
Leeds, Wigan Saints and not sure of who between Huddersfield and Catalans. Just hope the RFL are sensible and if it ends up with an all Yorkshire tie they make that one the 12:30 kick off.

It may also be being played in the North West as the BBC asked for it?

Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Thu May 31, 2018 7:31 am  

Will Westerman be available? Rumours he missed training on Monday. Dropped for disciplinary reasons.

Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Thu May 31, 2018 7:40 am  

Not the best start to his second stint at Hull FC. Joe Westerman has been dropped by Hull FC for this weekends quarter final against table topping St Helens. The Hull FC star failed to turn up for training on Monday morning and has been immediately disciplined by Lee Radford .
Taken from another site .

Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Thu May 31, 2018 7:51 am  

HFC Boy wrote:

Will Westerman be available? Rumours he missed training on Monday. Dropped for disciplinary reasons.

I hope that is just a rumour, you'd expect he would be "squeaky clean" given yet another chance...?

Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Thu May 31, 2018 7:58 am  

Leigh_Manning wrote:

I hope that is just a rumour, you'd expect he would be "squeaky clean" given yet another chance...?

My thoughts too !

Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Thu May 31, 2018 12:31 pm  

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Jake Connor should be good for the weekend, Scott Taylor having a late fitness test. Albert Kelly and even Carlos Tuimavave might play for Hull FC at St Helens. More to come.

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Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Thu May 31, 2018 12:59 pm  

HFC Boy wrote:

Taken from another site .

The same site that told us we were signing Sam Burgess last week....

Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Thu May 31, 2018 1:00 pm  

said awhile ago thought Kelly and tuime might play, hopefully all the above mentioned get a game, we have a chance you know, we will start massive underdogs but sometimes we play better as underdogs, COYH,

[Karen]

Re: V St.Helens CC Risk players or take the loss? : Thu May 31, 2018 1:03 pm  

I really hope we aren't risking longer term injuries by bringing them back too early. Whilst this cup run has been beyond my wildest dreams, there's a lot still to play for should we be sensible.