Sandow has been mentioned by some on Twitter!

Oh please! Bloody love this this time of year.

Sandow at 7 , Sneyd to interchange with Houghton

All rugby supporters in Hull are the same deep down despite what they may try and convince themselves to the contrary.

I'm guessing Thursday to take our minds off the wakey defeat

Oh for the good old days when we relied on the Hull Daily Mail to announce our blockbuster signings like Terry Manning 1995

Don't think that's fair or accurate at all. The last few games, yes, but over the season IMO he's been one of our best players.

Agree with this - I think it's his fitness (injury wise) that has hampered him in certain games this year but overall he's done well for us. Scored some tries and plays at and through the line.

This is in no way a criticism of Westerman but I think we've played better when we haven't had the ball playing loose forward role as part of our attacking structure. I think that when we play like that there is some confusion over who is making play. We've been better when the halves have (attempted) to call the shots exclusively.

I don't think it's so much having the loose forward as part of the attacking structure as it is trying to have both the loose forward and fullback involved (as well as hooker), that's when it becomes too many and gets confused IMO. FWIW, I'd personally go with the loose forward being involved, as I prefer Shaul over Rankin and ball-playing is not one of his strengths.

I would play Shaul anyway now for a few games. Rankin tried hard afterwards but his FB play against moon was not good enough and meant we lost momentum early.

I possibly go against the grain on here, but I personally don't think Rankin is as good as is sometimes made out. He's not good enough offensively for halfback, or defensively for fullback. Their comparative form for a spell meant his selection over Shaul was justified, but I still wouldn't be particularly bothered if he went elsewhere whereas I'd be disappointed to lose Shaul.