Paea has shown nothing at all in the first two rounds and what is more disappointing is he showed little if anything in the reserves fixture which is very alarming. For me I would leave Paea out of the 19 man squad and give Jack Brown his spot for Wigan and give him the opportunity at SL level. He may not be quite ready for regular 1st rugby but think he's earn't a shot after his performance and efforts in pre season.
Really do feel if we want to improve we should cut Paea as he has offered nothing so far and that doesn't look like changing.

I would rather see a young lad trying and making mistakes than see an experienced pro just going through the motions.

With Taylor out I would go with Masi, Nzoungou, Fash & Brown for Wigan.

BIT harsh on the lad to single him out. On a per carry basis all of the forwards were only picking up about 5 yards a go. Show what Good line speed wigan had.

So..
Golden point practised in the week
Ellis selected and delivers (in face of derision)
Unknown winger identified and brought through to make 2 try debut
Hull avoid arm wrestle when missing forwards, use offloading game plan
None of the tries from kicks, all worked

Does Radford deserve any credit for the above?

Absolutely. The really re-assuring thing is the squad all seem together & massively motivated. With 3 front line props, Hadley, Albie & maybe Talanoa all to return in the next few weeks we could go on a bit of a winning run, be nice to be back in the top 5 soonest.

I watched from 1946 until 1959 when I left Hull and because of regionalisation cannot remember too many Wigan games being played in that period against either Hull or Rovers. Stretching my memory I only remember 1 in the late 40's when Wigan played Rovers. Went with my dad and the match was memorable for the incident in the last minutes when Wigan,behind by 1 point, were awarded a penalty for a voluntary tackle in the corner close to the Rovers line and kicked the goal to win.

Not seen too many penalties for voluntary tackles since!

Here are the Wigan results during that period...… Quote: " Sat 5 Oct 1946 Hull Kingston Rovers Home Won 50-02 Sat 24 May 1947 Hull Kingston Rovers Away Won 17-08 Sat 3 May 1952 Championship Play Offs SF wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=2172

Here are the Wigan results during that period...… Quote: " Sat 5 Oct 1946 Hull Kingston Rovers Home Won 50-02 Sat 24 May 1947 Hull Kingston Rovers Away Won 17-08 Sat 3 May 1952 Championship Play Offs SF wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=2172