Re: London Away : Sun May 12, 2024 7:46 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

I do think a lot of the issues today were down to the poor & slow distribution from Houghton at dummy half. This was compounded by Grix not taking any action and leaving Houghton to put Charles under too much pressure. Sure the kid made some mistakes today but Christ almighty Houghton played Charles in to so much trouble today. His slow distribution meant the London defence were on top of Charles as he got the ball in most cases. Cant believe Grix was happy to allow this to continue. If this was an audition for the job then Grix for me failed considerably today.

Think Charles and Martin are good enough and able as players but the so called experienced players aren’t helping them at all and almost hanging them out to dry

Sadly as black & white Houghton may be he is finished and just does not appear to have the heart needed anymore and he should call it a day.

Ese’ese is head & shoulders above anything in the team currently but other than Charles & Martin and getting more mileage in Trueman there’s not much else to be positive about.

It was clear from the first 10 mins what London were going to do and yet we did not make any change to counter London game plan/tactics, so in inevitably became just a matter of time.

Totally agree.

Re: London Away : Sun May 12, 2024 8:06 pm  

Houghton should have called it a day last season and I suspect Smith persuaded him to go around again for this year.

Re: London Away : Sun May 12, 2024 8:23 pm  

tommyfromhull wrote:

I don’t know at all, so pure speculation, but I think it was Herman’s reaction to the ball steal in the first half which was given as a knock on. Got the impression he said something.

Watching it back you can’t hear anything because sky were once again showing a replay

But the only person around the area and has the ball stolen was Herman ese ese so if I’d hazard a guess it would be him ….

Re: London Away : Sun May 12, 2024 8:44 pm  

https://twitter.com/hullfcofficial/stat ... -MshQ&s=19 The warmup set the tone for the rest of the game. Also, who at the club thought it'd be a good idea to share that on social media? Don't need to be giving opposition fans more ammunition to use against us!

https://twitter.com/hullfcofficial/stat ... -MshQ&s=19 The warmup set the tone for the rest of the game. Also, who at the club thought it'd be a good idea to share that on social media? Don't need to be giving opposition fans more ammunition to use against us!

Re: London Away : Sun May 12, 2024 8:57 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

https://twitter.com/hullfcofficial/status/1789654914781556787?t=8j5jn7GyuK-OYOR-h-MshQ&s=19

The warmup set the tone for the rest of the game. Also, who at the club thought it'd be a good idea to share that on social media? Don't need to be giving opposition fans more ammunition to use against us!

Been swiftly deleted, what was it?

Re: London Away : Sun May 12, 2024 9:08 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Been swiftly deleted, what was it?

A very half ar$ed attempt at using tackle bags

Re: London Away : Sun May 12, 2024 9:25 pm  

Seen the clip, looked like the players were running through saloon doors than tackle bags.

Re: London Away : Sun May 12, 2024 9:33 pm  

No surprise, it's always half asked. The number of games where we come out and play with no intensity from the start is very high

Re: London Away : Mon May 13, 2024 5:14 am  

I question the professional integrity of the playing staff. Their standards and attitudes are appalling. The coaching staff (whoever it may be at the time) appear completely unable to address this age old issue. We recruit average players who have poor attitude and expect to be competitive (Ben Reynolds / Zac Hardaker being just the latest). Myler himself was involved in an unprofessional incident last week and there may be another unseemly incident incoming on report.. The players (in the main) and coaching staff don't have the talent, rugby intelligence or attitude to be considered a professional outfit.

Re: London Away : Mon May 13, 2024 5:28 am  

Houghton made 0 carries yesterday, in 63 minutes.