One thing which has not been mentioned on the forum about last night's game is the kicking by both sides. In this aspect Hull were clearly second best. Gale was able to direct his up and unders high and accurate. Apart from Talanoa's unfortunate lapse Hull defended this bombardment well. Invariably, however, the player defending the kick, usually Shaul, was dumped to the ground where he caught the ball, immediately putting the team under pressure and on the backfoot. Hull's up and unders, on the other hand, were not so well directed or accurate. The team was not able to get up quick enough to attack the defending player, who was mostly able to return the ball 10 metres or so before being tackled.

In recent games Connor has been putting in the up and unders with no little skill. The Hull attackers were able to get up on the defender and put him under pressure. Why did Connor not do some of the kicking last night?

The same problem when attacking the line. Gales kicks were varied, accurate and mostly along the ground. Again Hull did well to defend these, but you always felt that they were under pressure and a try would come at any moment. Hull's kicking strategy on the sixth tackle was woeful. I cannot remember one occasion when Cas appeared to be pressurised from the type of kicks to which Gale was subjecting Hull.

Radford wants Hull to be more savvy when attacking. An improved kicking game would help.

In my opinion Hull were the better team last night, but they do constantly shoot themselves in the foot. Gifting sides like Cas easy tries (they did it in the cup tie as well) is not clever, especially when Hull seem to have to work for their tries. The more Hull concede easy tries the more opponents will turn up expecting Christmas to arrive at some time in the game.

I wouldn't let a few p*ssed up trolls posting on an internet forum tarnish that for you. The relationship between Hull FC and Castleford fans has always being excellent. Cas are certainly my second team. They remind me a lot of Hull, often fly below the radar and then come out fighting.

FWIW, I think Cas deserved the two points on Friday, as I think we deserved to go through to the semi finals.

Cas have always been my second team and that will not change any time soon.

I think so, definitely. I still went but then again I would as I only live a 20 minute walk away, but I know a few who didn't bother simply because it was Friday night and on Sky.

I was genuinely gutted when they put the game on Sky as I was looking forward to a traditional afternoon/evening weekend game. Sunday afternoon games are the best darn lane!

It was definitely the reason that I didn't go as couldn't leave work until 6 then the thought of trying to get across town at that time, having to gun it to Castleford, find a spot to park quickly then run to the ground was the issue. It being on Sky made it a simple decision to stay at home I'm afraid.

I was gutted when it was changed from Sunday to Friday night as Friday night games unless I take time off are dificulty for me and no doubt many others to get to.

Have to say I thought the Cas home crowd would have been higher too so not just Hull fans that didn't turn out in the usual numbers

I know of 2 x independant fans coaches that cancelled - 52 on each as people swapped shifts or had arranged other stuff for Friday night, and neither coach could get enough commitment to keep them on for the Friday night