Well we had to lose eventually didn't we

evans looked like a turnstyle for much of yesterdays game and had a torrid time against yeaman. Add in lineham's defence and it was easy for Hull down your right side. Only disappointing thing is we didn't make more of it

LJ - as you say - we will have to disagree. Looking at the tries scored, Evans was at fault for one where he slipped.
One of the reasons that edge was exposed was that we got our numbers wrong on more than one occasion.

Johnson messed up for the try imo, but credit must also go to Sneyd for the kick. Again - just my opinion.
I thought he was standing too deep and looked a yard or two away from where he should have been.
But he also took a couple of high bombs well and made a couple of telling runs.

Patton messed up with the charge down (I think), but apart he from that didn't seem to do too much wrong (or that stood out as game changingly right) however a 6 needs to be dominant and I don't think we got that. Another young guy who'll improve.

Overall we had chances to win and didn't take them. In the long run this might do the team some good.

But Tom - when you read this - practice some sprinting......

Well I am interested to see the team for Friday as that will throw some light on TS's choice for Hull. But one point worth noting I think is that any player getting thrown in for one match (Patton, Johnson) is going to find it difficult to perform to his best. And it will be even more difficult for the ( less experienced) lads transitioning from the youth system. I would agree about the points made about Patton, he should have been given the jersey and allowed to get on with it. It's not a great vote of confidence otherwise.

Well, we know tony's thoughts on easter, and how he doesn't usually rate the widnes game, however good friday was a big event adn probably took a lot out of the players.

I was surprised that he didn't make more changes for hull, even if rotating some of the forwards, protecting some more players. I know some on here say play strongest team possible on friday and see what happens monday, but when you've got following friday to think about you need to be smarter, and not changing the team around may have contributed to a slight bit of over confidence and we've believed our own hype in terms of, we're gonna steam roller them.

I'm kinda glad we got beat as it takes a pressure off friday, but i do wonder how knackered some players will be now after that. Not sure its the game i'd be wanting to rotate bodies, however i'm a little bit concerned now Tomkins the bigger house is back lining up alongside gelling in attack, and they'll be running at sandow in defence. hopefully currie is up to doing a lot of tackling.

........plus it looks like Joe Westerman will be absent, and he gets through a lot of work.

But the match sequence also stretches further than Wigan. Admittedly they have a week off, but then we have Saints at home. He might not admit it, but I suspect TS will view it as a must win match. Not just for team morale (we are at home after all) but to win the early season mind game against the 'entertainers', and also maintain a decent points gap.