Bit doom and gloom all this. I'm a Leeds fan (sorry, born and raised there) but I have a lot of family in Hull and always keep an eye on what's going on there.

My take is this:

You've played 1 game. You did this with a much changed side in it's first competitive run out, away from home against what is, let's face it, the most settled squad in the league. And one that's trying to peak a bit earlier than most for a WCC in February. You then lost one of the world's best forwards during the warm up. For all that, your lads showed plenty of spirit to turn round level at half time. Ran out of steam a bit, and I thought we were the better side and you were hanging on a touch, but I'd also bet Leeds are a bit further on in the fitness stakes (in view of the above mentioned WCC, and given that I think most conditioning coaches accept you can't peak all season) which will have had an effect.

I think there are still question marks around the Hull revolution. Most notably, where does that "x factor" come from - replacing Manu with Ellis is not a straight swap, Ellis is, in my view, a better player all round, but Manu is a game breaker and I wonder where that will come from. YOu need to see how the halves gel, still not clear, and finally I'm not convinced by Shannon McDonnell yet. But all those are still questions to be answered, positive or negative. I don't think Friday answered them conclusively in the negative.

I expect Hull to be one of 7 teams sniffing around for the top 4 places (Leeds, Wire, Saints, Pies, Dragons, Hudds) at the end of the season, and probably to finish stronger than you start.

And if what I hear about investment in the academy is true, then Pearson's revolution shouldn't be judged after one season, never mind one game. Keep the faith yer miserable gets.

amazing never thought I would be made to feel better by a l**ds fan!!!!!

He's only saying what lots of our fans have been saying all along. Let's see what the next few weeks bring before we start losing faith.

My take is this:

You've played 1 game. You did this with a much changed side in it's first competitive run out, away from home against what is, let's face it, the most settled squad in the league. And one that's trying to peak a bit earlier than most for a WCC in February. You then lost one of the world's best forwards during the warm up. For all that, your lads showed plenty of spirit to turn round level at half time. Ran out of steam a bit, and I thought we were the better side and you were hanging on a touch, but I'd also bet Leeds are a bit further on in the fitness stakes (in view of the above mentioned WCC, and given that I think most conditioning coaches accept you can't peak all season) which will have had an effect.

I think there are still question marks around the Hull revolution. Most notably, where does that "x factor" come from - replacing Manu with Ellis is not a straight swap, Ellis is, in my view, a better player all round, but Manu is a game breaker and I wonder where that will come from. YOu need to see how the halves gel, still not clear, and finally I'm not convinced by Shannon McDonnell yet. But all those are still questions to be answered, positive or negative. I don't think Friday answered them conclusively in the negative.

I expect Hull to be one of 7 teams sniffing around for the top 4 places (Leeds, Wire, Saints, Pies, Dragons, Hudds) at the end of the season, and probably to finish stronger than you start.

And if what I hear about investment in the academy is true, then Pearson's revolution shouldn't be judged after one season, never mind one game. Keep the faith yer miserable gets. Thanks for that

Considering we were missing Ellis,Tickle & Watts, I thought our defence was very solid for 60 minutes

I've been impressed with Gentle's coaching ability in the defensive structure of the team,
but I feel we need to do a helluva lot of work in our passing speed, and eliminate Houghton's taking a step. before passing.

Other NRL coaches who coached in ESL, have improved the passing speed of their current squad,Maguire(Wigan)Brown (Giants) even HKR's passing speed at dummy half,and their general passing is faster than ours.

I hope Gentle can improve this,and successfully make the transition from Assistant coach to a Head Coach.

It's clearly not true

It is. I also heard that Shannon McDonnell shat in the part of the Airlie Bird suit that goes over the chap's head.

Was that before he painted the Airlie costume red and white, or after?

Best rumour ever. FACT

I heard Galea does sing it, but sings "we'll never win at Wembley" in front of all his team mates and coaches. FACT.

Well hes not wrong

bet we see you on here again bitchin though, glad to see the back of fans like you