Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 1:21 am  

Absolutely great to get that win !
We were 7/10 and did enough to beat a
Wakey side who’ve not won in 255 days.

Swift was my man of match - worked like a trojan and his stats should reflect his go forward

I really like Clifford

Litten could have put Swift away early in 2nd half - couldn’t believe he didn’t pop the ball to Swift on the 30m line

Griffin worked hard - seems to have lost his pace but put in a shift for sure

Lane - seemed to try hard but he’s no
Minichello and I have to wonder don’t we have a younger 2nd row who can tackle ?

Litten - I love young lads having a crack - hope he’s not too injured. He needs to get another 5kg on and look physically more like Sutty. Richard Gay always needed that extra weight on in early days.

Trueman - most of the attack went with Clifford on our left so Truey Carlos and Scott didn’t see much ball.

Really really happy with the win and we build confidence with wins and now let’s have Cas in the Cup !!!!

Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 6:04 am  

214 metres from Sutcliffe last night, 19 carries with 11m average gain. 114 metres from Taylor with 42 tackles.

Eight Hull players made more than 100 metres.

Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 6:09 am  

Good win and certainly looks like Wakefield are down, sadly for their fans. Thought Taylor and Sao were great tonight, with Lane more direct too. Danny Houghton looked great and Sutcliffe was an inspired signing, always looking to attack and very solid in the tackle. Ref was a bit too involved for me, too many six agains and Clifford's try being ruled out was poor from the officials just as Come On You Ull has said, best stats since Toulouse away, defensively, and we can build on this. Shows how close things are when we are level on points with Saints, albeit played more games and just 4 off the Dragons. Can build into the season and the playoffs should be our goal now, relegation looks banished from our minds now and Smith can take us to a far better level, with some clever recruitment next year. I would definitely have a look at Whitbread for a possible signing , thought he was good and hope for Wakey's loyal diehards that they can survive the drop. Michael Carter was almost resigned to the fact , judging by his pre-match interview and it is hard to see where their next win will be, they have nothing in attack.

Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 6:14 am  

latest on Listen is heartening. Smith said

“I think Davy is ok, he said he could have kept going but he has never had an ankle problem before. He has just twisted his ankle and he said he panicked a little bit.

Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 6:43 am  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

214 metres from Sutcliffe last night, 19 carries with 11m average gain. 114 metres from Taylor with 42 tackles.

Eight Hull players made more than 100 metres.

Some great work from the backs. Taylor topped the tackle count with 42, which is impressive as he played about 60 minutes, been our best prop this year IMO, certainly deserves a new deal, think people have been a bit unfair to him, suffered injuries the last two years and and this is his first pre season in 3 years, looks fit and strong.

Griffin for all his faults, works very hard 74 minutes, 31 tackle (one miss), 14 runs for 126 metres. Can we sign better than him in the current market, like Taylor depends on the salary, but I'm not sure we can.

Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 6:43 am  

My issue with giving Staveley a game is if he’s leaving I’d rather us invest our time in another you 2nd row/LF like Armstrong or Jebson shame Severs is injured.

Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 7:01 am  

Ellam wrote:

My issue with giving Staveley a game is if he’s leaving I’d rather us invest our time in another you 2nd row/LF like Armstrong or Jebson shame Severs is injured.

Agreed, but the signs point to the fact he is staying, not on the OOC list and Smith bigging him up in a recent interview.

Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 7:29 am  

Can anyone tell me when we last had a game where we weren’t still nervous in the last 5 minutes. Not the highest quality game but I enjoyed it and think they’ll have learnt a lot about the side.. som real resilience.

Another good game for Litten, he just needs to work on his awareness, he’s a bit greedy. Could’ve passed inside for his try against Leigh and should’ve passed to swift yesterday. A season or 2 on the wing will give him time to develop and our attack will be more fluid with Hoy back.

In this market I’m giving Tag, Griff and houghton one year deals. Hopefully cheap and then we can take some punts on prospects with more security.

I liked the look of the Eseh. Huge frame, athletic and looked difficult to tackle. I’d consider bringing him in as a squad player and see how he develops.

Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 7:37 am  

What's changed in the camp? Have the players finally bought into Smith's methods? Has the dropping of lovodua, Evans and savellio been a wake up call for others? Whilst we still look like we're lacking a bit of confidence in attack, it's great to see the defensive resilience back and them working hard for one another again

Re: Wakey away : Fri May 12, 2023 8:12 am  

Hullrealist wrote:

Can anyone tell me when we last had a game where we weren’t still nervous in the last 5 minutes. Not the highest quality game but I enjoyed it and think they’ll have learnt a lot about the side.. som real resilience.

Another good game for Litten, he just needs to work on his awareness, he’s a bit greedy. Could’ve passed inside for his try against Leigh and should’ve passed to swift yesterday. A season or 2 on the wing will give him time to develop and our attack will be more fluid with Hoy back.

In this market I’m giving Tag, Griff and houghton one year deals. Hopefully cheap and then we can take some punts on prospects with more security.

I liked the look of the Eseh. Huge frame, athletic and looked difficult to tackle. I’d consider bringing him in as a squad player and see how he develops.

But likes of Taylor Houghton Griffin will never be cheap

Keep taylor he's still our best prop

Griffin not sure if he's truly cut out for a 2nd row and has no pace for centre

Houghton get rid , dwyer was good last night 3 breaks more of that needed

Clifford is our best half back since Kelly