Can only add to what everyone else has already said. I was genuinely fearing a 60+ hammering last night and to come so close to an unlikely victory was both heartwarming & heartbreaking at the same time.

Thought Minichello, Houghton and especially Watts were immense with everyone else putting a shift in. Credit also to the coaching staff including Lee Radford for instilling a positive attitude into the team. Lee takes a lot of brickbats when it all goes pear shaped so it's only right he receives credit when it's due.

I have said from the beginning of this phase of the season that all we can hope for is for the team to turn up each week with a good attitude to compete and a willingness to play some decent rugby. Apart from last week they have probably fulfilled that criteria. We'd all like more, but given the current situation a performance like last night has to be applauded. Let's hope we can finish the season at home with a bit of a flourish and then (fingers crossed) see what 2016 will bring us.

I guess we could have gone with a much more experienced team and got bummed 60 nil like rovers did

seems the Club Site got it wrong too, still what do they know?

Lee Radford commended his young Hull FC side after a brave performance last night against Wigan Warriors.

The Black and Whites took on title-challengers Wigan with six academy players and an average squad age of just 21 but almost snatched an unexpected victory.

Two late tries kept Hull in it until the death but they were eventually beaten 30-24.

You are right that Wigan's average age was only slightly higher but the difference is that most of Wigan's 'youngsters' are recognised first team players except for Gildart who was playing only his third game. I thought Hull played really well and weren't far from pulling off a win which would have been deserved. What really annoyed me was the patronising commentary from the Sky muppets. They were talking all the way through as though it was inevitable that Wigan were going to rack up a big score and that it was only a matter of time before Hull ran out of petrol. How wrong could they be!

To be fair to Stevo et al, they were singing our praises by the end of the match. Even Phil Clarke was calling for a knock on by Wigan earlier on which left me scratching my head. The first thing Jon Wells said on 80min was something like "hull fc...wow" or words to that effect