Might as well pack the forum up then if only people who are paid by the club can have an opinion on things

The thing that puzzles me (well one of the things!) is that I'm pretty certain the other week that Smith said that he was after trying out different combinations (think it was when explaining why Hoy was dropped) but I can see Hoy at FB again with Smith and Brown in the halves and Houghton at hooker.

Tinkering Tony in disguise

Appreciate your imput Tony but whats the solid reason you dont pick Balmforth yet are prepared play Houghton on one good leg even though every week you pull him off with a suspected hamstring strain and then use anyone available on the field to slot in at nine despite having two nines at halfback.
I suspect its a cunning plan to confuse the opposition and appreciate you dont have to explain this to fans but may be if you did inform the players of your brainwaves we may see more structure on the pitch rather than seeing a prop or second row forward taking the ball on the the fifth tackle from a makeshift nine

Warned you didnt i rule 1 of holiday camp, dont question holiday camp, or not allowed to play too many young lads tony will turn up

It's certainly baffling why Houghton gets picked every week and plays till exhaustion yet Balmforth can't even get in the squad?

Please don’t question the ones who are paid to make these decisions

I don’t know why TS doesn’t pick Balmforth, but I suspect it’s to do with him not being fully fit.
It is only an opinion though and not one I’ll repeat ad nauseam like some on this forum

I'm not sure you understand the point of a forum.

Careful what you post Large Paws…doesn’t matter how you put it the so called experts on here will be on it in a flash,then you get the snidey remarks off some and then the keyboard bully’s come out and if you have a go back,then the wannabes with a green badge pop up and tell you off and get very high and mighty…welcome to the hull fc forum.

He was fit enough to play two stints off the bench four weeks ago at Warrington and did reasonably well.
People keep saying its probably fitness which seems to me to be nonsense.It has to be either Smith doesnt like him or doesnt rate him.
Fans are not daft and can see Smith has his favourites and likes to be surrounded by yes men who he can trust rather than be questioned.
He has run out of ideas,shows no passion and just rambles on in his interviews saying the same thing week after week.
This building a culture is simply an excuse to mask his failure.

There could be a number of reasons:

The oft repeated trope that "Smith doesn't rate him". This is depsite him getting a new contract at the end of last season and I believe the captaincy of the reserves.

Smith may believe he needs to work on his weight and/or fitness.

He's considered fourth choice hooker.

He might have already agreed to join another club.

Personally I've only seen him play when he's played for the first team. I think he's done OK although one game was against Toulouse. I'd like to see him get another chance, I'm sure that time will come. Hopefully he's as patient on that front as I am.

If that’s aimed at me. I fully understand the forum. It’s about opinions, but repeating the same ones over and over is pointless

This is what you said, we can't suggest any teams or selections as we don't see them training.

That's what the forum is, I see your point about repeating the same thing, but does that mean everything time Smith names a 21 man squad, we can't mention that Balmforths isn't in it?

Not really sure what the big deal is.

At the risk of repeating myself, there are obviously reasons he isn’t being selected. We are not entitled to be informed of those reasons.
I tend to be a reader and not a poster on here, and it gets boring reading the same whinges over and over.
I guess that’s life.