Hard defeat to take ....Still gutted by this one ....Just one tackle away ....B ugger ......But it is a rebuild in progress.....What we all wanted this year was players fighting and having pride in the jersey. ....We have that .....

I think we need to stop with the 'its a lot better than last season' now. Last season was a disgrace and shouldn't be a measure of anything. Over the last month I'd say our performances are back at the mediocre level of when Hodgson was here which still isn't good enough.


While Bell/Bachelor/Hill will be good additions I think the squad needs some further surgery or 2026 risks being another year of dreaming of the next year. Some attacking threat is badly needed in the centres for starters.

We had a week off so the tiredness is worrying. We are short in the 2nd row but let's not pretend the players sat in the stands are superstars. It's an antique Watts and Holmes, Lane who most are happy is moving on. 

Jed is good and a miss but we haven't seen him string 3 games in a row. 

There are also fit options such as Balmforth that seems Cartwright doesn't want to play. It was strange to name the same 13 given such a flat performance at Magic.

Bit harsh to say we are as  mediocre as under Hodgeon..... One more tackle and we would be 4 in the league .....I think people are expecting to much in a way ....Most had us in the bottom 3.....Yes we are in a bit of a losing run but way of from last year .... We are not good enough with the players we have to challenge the top 4/5.....Still think we might be around 6/7/8.....It's a building project on an upwards curve ......Let's get behind them ......

Leeds away isn't a gimme. We were about 90 seconds away from it, so even "mediocre" as you say is giving us a chance right now.

Neither team creative in attack but FC were good in defence. Glad to hear Rapana is up and about. That was a worrying situation 

Just got back after a little diversion around North cave/South cave/God knows where!!!


Gutted to lose virtually at the death in heartbreaking fashion. Thought their try right on half time was crucial (dumb offload by Ashworth).


Gutsy effort though, can't fault them for that. Still feel positive about the progress we're making.

Another heroic performance, can't fault the endeavour of the players, unfortunately one idiotic decision to offload in front of the posts, killed our momentum going into the halftime break.
I thought Eseh was fantastic, he made good metres, and a couple of bone crunching tackles as well .

Recently some posters in my opinion, expectations for this squad have become unrealistic, fans at the beginning of the season, were happy that the team is to be competitive, this is exactly,what this team are COMPETITIVE..

Unfortunately at the moment, we don't have enough class players, to put teams away., until this happens, I expect we will continue to be in close fought games .

As long as our attitude and commitment remains, I for one am content.

Fo think the comparisons to last season are fair, Cartwright have had everything against them (except full salary cap) to get this team competing. Probably one of the hardest teams to recruit for last year, who would want to join Hull around May last year.


Also having, Holmes, Lane and Cartwright (even one of them) would not only strengthen the back row, but also allow Hardraker back into the centres.


I'm not having our performances are at Hodgson level either.


As people git a bit carried away with our Starr, think people are going over the top about our recent form (except Magic, even then, with more luck we would have won).


Leeds are a decent side and well coached.


Honestly think Hall is the only winger in SL who would have scored that try.

Good to see the improved discipline last night. No cards for a change and just two penalties.

Competitive as we were, gutting to concede 2 points late on.