I thought we looked OK to begin with, but we are what we are, a mid table team playing against perhaps the comp's strongest side. There was a gulf in speed, both speed of thought and in a physical sense too. Warrington were clinical, they saw opportunites and recorded points; we tried gamely to bludgeon our way over but that is never going to win us a game against top 4.

But realistically who from our side would get in the Warrington side? I could only really make a case for Westerman for Anderson and Briscoe for Riley.

Tom Briscoe.. Maybe Knee Ligament Damage.

Where you hearing this? Hope to god it isn't

Tonight's 80 minutes was a perfect microcosm of the last four years under Agar

The difference tonight wasn't strategy, coaching, motivation or tactics.

It was players.

Warrington simply have much better players than Hull. So much so they won by a distance whilst coasting through the game. For them the real battles lie ahead.

Warrington have a superb coach in Tony Smith and he is also a top top bloke. He knows that the first thing a top coach must do is get top players or he won't be a top coach much longer.

Your new coach will explain this to you, not now but somewhere into next season.

Last 20 minutes of the first half ended the game for us, 18 points unanswered and all down to individual errors.

You don't half talk some $hIte.

At least we can afford to pay them

When will yours finally explain it to you?

Actually, a little dickie bird told me Pearson may already have explained it to those who need to know.

So true.
Start the game without our two most expensive players who are both about 34, one of whom has a dire injury record.
Makeshift hooker at SH
Big crowd drawn in following a PR fest all week only to be disappointed
In the armwrestle, undone by stupid errors
Washy bottling up the middle of the field
Right side defence not sliding
Inspired interchanges like Sharp for Lauaki
Inside ball move tried over and over
Ineffective kicking game
Loads of effort
Lack of creative organisation
Horne playing though struggling with injury
"we gave it a dig but came up short"

Can' fault the effort tonight but we're not well enough drilled or conditioned to make any impact as it stands.

You are Rich Agar's and Craig Murdock's love child and I claim my £5