Carney and Wells were pretty complimentary, particularly about the defence.

Clarke moaned all night about what a terrible game it was, how it was a miracle these were the top two sides and how they'd never win anything playing like this. Didn't quite get as far as saying "they're just not Wigan" but wasn't far off. Said he'd never seen Hull play as poorly when the score was 4-6 and said our second try was vital to stop us slipping out of the game even though it put us in front.

Stevo said there were too many silly penalties and started saying the Hull outfit should drive for the posts and go for the one from the 55th minute onwards. Complimentary about Yeaman though and Houghton though, as he always is.

We've actually started watching with the sound down in our flat and doing our own spoof commentary on some games, where Clarke compares somebody to Billy Slater every five minutes and Stevo calls for a one point in the first set.

In an earlier post, I asked a question about Mark Sneyd's comment regards "the new ball" being the problem with handling and mistakes against Wire. Apparently, the balls used now have a protective film which needs to be scrubbed off before use, this did not take place, making the balls greasy/slippery when wet?????

.... are you saying that the protective film was not removed, or questioning whether it might not have been removed?

I was told, heresay I know, that the protective film had not been removed?????

Cheers, it would certainly explain why both teams handling was so poor.

Maybe Warrington thought it was the best way to try and stop the Hull FC train .

In all seriousness though if this did happen then someone wants a right ass kicking for ruining what could have and should have been a cracking game, still we got the 2pts so not complaining too much