I thought both Russell and TKing did everything they could on Saturday to play themselves out of contention. Although Russell is great when we get a quick ruck.

I am one for the underdog story and it would be great to see Lineham get redemption at Wembley and score the winning try. I won't hold my breath lol

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It is amusing to see how many Hull fans are lurking on this board this week, waiting for an opportunity to jump in if anyone questions their brilliance.

I'd make the Penny-King switch: I cant see there bring any others though.

One other [ipotential[/i solution, and not one I'd rule out, is that Currie goes to centre. As well as taking a potentially fragile T.King out of the equation it will stiffen up the defence outwide. So that would be Ratchford, Evans, Atkins, Currie, Russell.

This would obviously depend on Westerman's fitness, and would mean Westwood slotting in at LF and playing big game time.

Westwood looking spent. 80mins from him risky.

Good shout. We'd be going back to the Tony Smith favourite of using the LF position as an extra prop. Could come in handy against the big Hull pack. tiredness and Fatigue from big minutes would surely see us open up and allow Sneyy'snip'd to do whatever he wants and run the show. closing him down is vital. fast line speed and close him down, just like we used to do to Tomkins.

I'd put Atkins on Snyde

I can see Currie being moved to centre in place of T King with Westwood at LF.
Clark to do the big minutes (maybe even full 80) covering LF when Westwood is spelled with Dwyer.

Bit of a risk but I can't see Smith will making more than 2/3 changes to last weekend's 17.

Doesn't matter who it is. I'd take a Yellow card. Two men need to get in his face [Sneyd and bend him in half. if he takes a ball in, let him have it. Don't give him an inch of room and scare him out the game.
Line speed has to be mega. too many times we stay back and allow teams to run at us. we need to get up and hit them before any momentum is gained. Win the collision, win the floor and have to ruck played at our speed.
I don't think trying to complete sets and settle into the game will help up. I think going back to trying to blow teams away in the first 20 then dictate the play will suit us and playing against a side like Hull will win it for us.
Hull are used to teams trying to calm the game down before dominating the middle and running over them. If we rattle them early doors then they're in uncharted territory and the occasion will get to them.

I think a lot of our problems may be helped at Wembley by giving Clark & Dwyer more time on the pitch together to make ,hopefully,big yards through the Hull defence.. We need to front up more in defence too & stop Hull making too many yards on their sets which has been a problem with most opponents this year.

The elements around the kicking game are vital. We need to put pressure on their kickers to make sure the ball stays in play. I would guess that the number of touch finding kicks that Hull put in is higher than most teams. Pressure on the kicker may result in the odd charge down going astray but puts doubt in the kickers mind. The markers need to be wary of Houghton kicking out of DH also. Ratchford needs to show more urgency than he ever has in making sure the ball does not go into touch. We can't give their forwards a 30 second break at the end of every set. I would also be happy for us to kick early and turn their big backs (and forwards round)
In a way I would be happier to concede 2-3 yards per drive but dominate the tackle so the line is set better for pressure on the kicker.
I may be doing Hull a bit of a disservice here but Sneyd reminds me of Deacon at Bradford. Does a good job but not the most naturally gifted ballplayer ever. They are a good team though but we just have to wear them out. No penalties and a low error count and our dummy half running will start to work.

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