This with a simple game plan is our best hope. Not sure we've been that good at it this year though. Wire will do the same - they beat us with it at the KC earlier this year.

This is nothing like 2005. That year we was dominant throughout our cup run playing like the cup was ours throughout, this year weve played nobody and simply look lost, have been appauling in the league and simply have no chance.

Quote: VerbalKint "Reading Mark O'Meley piece in the Wail today it is clear how much the players want this. It was clear after that fantastic effort in France and their apparent indifference to the league. I think we can do it. no one gave us a prayer against saints in 2005, similar situation here, nothing to lose. a few players last hussar for Hull. Am quietly confident.'" If they all went into it with that mentality we would have a really good chance. Sadly I fear a few of our lot won't however! Great piece though and worth a read! www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html

Quote: VerbalKint "Reading Mark O'Meley piece in the Wail today it is clear how much the players want this. It was clear after that fantastic effort in France and their apparent indifference to the league. I think we can do it. no one gave us a prayer against saints in 2005, similar situation here, nothing to lose. a few players last hussar for Hull. Am quietly confident.'" If they all went into it with that mentality we would have a really good chance. Sadly I fear a few of our lot won't however! Great piece though and worth a read! www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html

It is a one off game and the players and coach are definitely throwing everything at it. We have a 50/50 chance of winning and I wont be admitting defeat till the game is over(well if we are 50 down at half time i will also admit defeat).

Nervous and excited! Lets get behind the boys for 80 minutes!

Is that possible ?

I'm sure Wakey and Catalans would disagree. Wakey are in decent form now (albeit they may not have been at the time) and Catalans are above us and handed us our backsides at their place only a few weeks before we beat them. Hardly "nobody".

Not saying we'll win on Sunday, but that's a particularly negative post.

You say that like his other posts are generally positive.

Will be a great game, could go either way, but people keep thinking this will be our Achilles' Heel. Not been yet and can see no reason for it now. The pack is actually split 7:5 between old and young(ish)....not sure which 10 will play..

Old - Morley, Higham, Carvell, Wood, Westwood, Waterhouse, Monaghan

Young(ish) - Hill, Cooper, Grix, Currie, Harrison

Looking at the forecast for sunday those of you in the North lower will need waterproofs. The roof doesn't cover the lower tier.

It's do-able! Cas, Wakey and Bradford have just done it to us!!

Our team is so ridiculously inconsistent that they will probably beat Wire on Sunday.

We will then all troop off to Wembley on 24 August and watch the team lose to Wigan (again).

Cue a reprise of "You'll never win at Wembley" from the Dobbins (conveniently ignoring the fact that they haven't been there for nearly 30 years and haven't been to the existing stadium at all)

Maybe it would be best if Wire just put us out of our misery on Sunday.