Shifty Cat:



I agree with nearly all of that apart from the speed of our ruck. I was just listening to the Hertigae podcast and they echoed my thoughts about a couple of things. That when Hood's on we're just a better team and the ruck speed in that first half hour especially was awesome, although we didn't get the points we should have. It was some of the best stuff we've played this season. After the disallowed tries & when Hood went off for me things started to change in that second half and we started to gradually lose control of things and made errors. You could see that the spine of Rourke, Lino, Russell and Smith hadn't played together because when Hull started to get on top through Sezer's kicking game, we looked a bit clueless with the ball, not finishing sets off well, making the wrong plays & making errors and then Hood came back on and Cam Scott scored but it was too little too late. McMeeken moving into SR didn't help things and it again showed what a machine he is for us in the middle but Smith is just a different kind of hooker and doesn't have that experience, physicality and decision-making ability that Hood has at hooker yet but he's still very young. Just to add Pitt's made 50 tackles, beast.

As you mentioned we lacked that extra cutting edge that Vagana gives us in the back row out wider, he offers something different to the other backrowers. Rodwell did probably what was expected of a guy returning from injury but you know he's just gonna get better and better. Griffin, similarly played pretty well but there's room for him to improve. Cam Scott was well guarded by Hull, unsurprisingly, but he did a decent job in his first proper game for Trinity. Similarly, Rourke did well for his first game for us as well, especially with his running game but I think we missed Jowitt's extra play-making abilities especially because lost Trueman. He just brings that extra dimension as a playmaker that good teams all have and he's become an excellent defensive fullback and sorts the defensive line out massively, barking orders out to them. Rourke's different to that, he's much more of a running threat than Max but doesn't have that playmaking ability Max has.

Pat_Bateman:

We played a very Similar game against the Giants, but managed to get the better of them in the end. Hull Fc are a decent team, Ese Ese is colossal for them, with their edges very good too. Sezer pulled the strings perfectly both with his kicking game, running game and passing plays. That defeat for me hurt the most out of any others so far, as we should have been out of sight by HT. We really have the potential to be a top quality top 6 team, but feel we have quality issues on our edges throughout the games so far this season. Most of the mistakes or just poor plays have come from our edges and that’s what the difference is.


Im not naming players specifically but we simply need to be better in those areas as our forwards are putting us in great field positions but then knock on’s, offsides and drag outs just don’t get us to the level which we all envisage our team being at. Those 1%’s add up and make you pay once 80 minutes is up. 

wotsupcas:

I have read all the posts about our shortcomings and how great Sezer was but come on people the only difference between a win and a loss was a little slice of luck. Hull were outplayed by us overall but got every call in their favour. 2 of the 3 tries disallowed would have been given if they weren't sent up as no tries and the "forward" pass to Johnstone was marginal to say the least and would have won the match.