Not trolling,but how can anybody,other than the usual suspects have any confidence when they are in and out of the squad likeyo-yo's,miller,rankin,bowden,whiting,crooks etc spring to mind. Reading the weekly threads certain players seem exempt from being dropped and that can't be right can it ?

Preaching to the choir there Des!

I'm getting fed up of it now. Crooks dropped again whilst Yeaman is allowed to serve up garbage week after week. Bowden, our most effective prop for weeks, dropped, presumably, in favour of Hadley who is only just starting out and currently our weakest forward. Half backs chopped and changed every week. Radford better win this or his days are going to be severely numbered.

We have welham who seems exempt from dropping,but to be fair he has improved a bit recently.Being dropped can be a wake up call,but not every other week !

He's going to end up ruining Whiting as well. Blokes already been way down on his exemplary standards this year, not knowing if he's going to play and if he is, where? Can't help.

Radford is so out of his depth you can no longer put a scale onto it.
AP has to save a drowning man and move him aside.
Radford should show some pride and hold his hands up and resign, unlikely though it is.

You've been saying this many times a day for 7 or 8 months now - give it a break, please.

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You didn't watch the game last Friday then
Kids got real skills but really is having the worst second season syndrome I've ever seen. Coach has played it well for me. Took him out the firing line and brought him back in easier games. Looks like his confidence is back and then gets mullered and shows nothing.
Coach can work with him all week but come game day he can't make him put his shoulder into the tackle.

I was one of those wanting to give Crooks a run a few weeks ago, but even I am starting to question his ability.

Crooks defence was appalling last week, last season it wasn't great, but his attacking play was so good, you could ignore his defence a bit.

I though I didn't notice Crooks much as week, so I had a look at the stats, he did 3 runs all game for 15 metres!

I personally don't think Yeaman itsn' much better, I wish we could drop them both TBH.

Crooks for me needs to put some serious work into his all around game or a fear that he could go the same way as Craig Hall.

Radford will ruin crooks confidence , hope the forwards step up especially Paea who has being very quiet last few games

I think Crooks will benefit from having Lineham back. If nothing else he just seems more confident when he's there.

Gelling had Crooks for breakfast, dinner and tea last week. Admittedly near the end he also had Horne and Thompson for supper but nonetheless Crooks can't complain at being dropped IMO. If Crooks plays well he stays in. It's not like he isn't being given chance. It's up to the kid to improve his level to that which got him in the dream team. His confidence was shot at Wembley last year - picked that day by Peter Gentle as it happens.

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Ben Crooks is out Hull FC squad as he's got a pelvic injury. Could be back next week

Glad Rankin is back in the squad